vocabulary
The opposite direction to the way water in a river flows
What is upstream?
Masses of slow moving ice.
What are glaciers?
In this part of the river it is normally fast flowing, narrow channel, steep sides and valleys.
What is the upper course?
The speed of the water on the outside of a curve on a meander?
what is fast?
The two rivers that make up the Nile
What are the White Nile and the Blue Nile?
The end of a river where it flows into the sea
What is the mouth?
A waterfall found on the border of Canada and New York
What is Niagara Falls?
In this part of the river it is slower flowing, deep, wide channel, less steep sides and a wider valley and you can normally find floodplains
What is the lower course?
This is where deposition occurs
What is the inside of the meander?
The reed that grows along the Nile, used for making paper.
What is Papyrus?
A smaller river or stream that joins a big river
What is a tributary
The type of energy from moving water.
What is Hydroelectric power?
In this part of the river it is slower flowing, deep, wide channel, less steep sides and a wider valley and you can normally find meanders and confluence
What is the middle course?
Where erosion occurs on a straight part of a river
What is the center?
The country where the source of the Nile is located
Where is Burundi?
A wide muddy or sandy area where some rivers meet the se. The river slows down an drops all the sediment it was carrying
What is a delta?
The space beneath a waterfall, where the rock has worn away
What is the Undercutting?
where you can find the estuary.
What is the lower course?
When meanders become so curvy that they merge creating a section of the river with multiple paths.
What is an oxbow lake?
The god of the Nile
Who is Hapi?
Where a river reaches the ocean and the river and the ocean mix. These are normally wide and flat
What is an Estuary?
The area of the glacier where snow falls and builds up.
What is the Accumulation zone?
Where you can find rapids.
What is the upper course?
deposition occurs when the water flows at this speed.
The dry season of the Nile
What is Shemu?