Rivers and Waterways
This feature is where a river meets a larger body of water and deposits sediment.
What is a delta?
A large, slow-moving mass of ice on land is called this.
What is a glacier?
This is the world’s longest river.
What is the Nile River?
This African desert is known for its arid conditions and extreme temperatures.
What is the Sahara Desert?
This is one significant way the River Thames is used in modern-day London.
What is transportation, energy, drinking, fishing, etc
This term refers to a smaller river that flows into a larger one.
What is a tributary?
Glaciers shape valleys by creating these distinctive U-shaped formations.
What are U-shaped valleys?
This desert is the largest in Africa.
What is the Sahara Desert?
This biome is characterized by grasslands with scattered trees and supports many large herbivores.
What is the savanna?
This process occurs when rivers deposit sediment in low-energy environments.
What is deposition?
The dividing line between one river basin and the next is called this.
What is a watershed?
This process involves glaciers wearing away rock and soil as they move.
What is erosion?
This feature of a river system is where it originates.
What is the source?
This major geographical feature runs from Lebanon to Mozambique and is visible from space.
What is the Great Rift Valley?
Tourism in glacial regions is often impacted by this environmental issue.
What is climate change?
The River Thames flows through this major city.
What is London?
This term describes the material left behind after a glacier melts.
What is till?
The Great Rift Valley is primarily caused by this geological activity.
What is tectonic plate movement?
This is the largest lake in Africa by area and is bordered by three countries: Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania.
What is Lake Victoria?
This human activity often contributes to desertification in regions near the Sahara Desert.
What is overgrazing?
This partially enclosed coastal body of water mixes freshwater from rivers with saltwater from the ocean.
What is an estuary?s
This climate phenomenon threatens glaciers by increasing global temperatures.
What is climate change?
This landform is often created by deposition at the mouth of a river.
What is a delta?
This country is home to Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain in Africa.
What is Tanzania?
The exploitation of natural resources in Africa during colonialism had this long-term effect on the continent’s economies.
What is economic underdevelopment?