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Nile River Geography

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  • What does the word "current" mean in relation to rivers?
    The flow of a river
  • What is a delta?
    A fan-shaped area where a river empties its water into another body of water
  • What is agriculture?
    farming (growing crops) or ranching (raising livestock)
  • What is silt?
    Very rich soil that is carried by water
  • What do we call dangerous, fast moving waters?
    cataracts
  • What is population distribution?
    how close or far away people are from each other in a given area
  • What is a dam?
    A barrier that stops the flow of water and redirects the water somewhere else
  • What is a flood plain?
    The land that is covered by water and silt during the flood season.
  • What do we call the area where two rivers or streams meet?
    Confluence
  • What do we call dangerous, fast moving waters?
    cataracts or rapids
  • What is an estuary?
    Where the fresh water of a river and the salt water of an ocean meet
  • What is the name of the large dam Ethiopia is currently building?
    The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
  • Which two countries are feuding over a new dam that will be built on the Nile?
    Ethiopia and Egypt
  • What is a tributary?
    smaller streams or rivers that flow into a larger river
  • What is the name of the world's most important canal?
    The Suez Canal
  • What is sediment?
    solid material carried by a river
  • Name an example of flora that live on the Nile River.
    Papyrus, Bamboo, Bananas, etc.
  • Name 4 of the countries that the Nile River runs through.
    Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Rwanda, Tanzania, South Sudan, Uganda
  • What is erosion?
    An act in which earth is worn away by water, wind, or ice
  • What are the names of the 2 rivers that meet to form the Nile?
    White Nile and Blue Nile
  • What is hydroelectric power?
    Power made from running water
  • What is water pollution?
    unnatural materials in the river that make it dirty and unsafe for living things
  • What does it mean if the land is "fertile"?
    It is easy to grow crops and other plant life
  • In what direction does the Nile flow?
    South to North
  • Name an example of fauna that live on the Nile River.
    Crocodile, tiger fish, hippo, egret, nile perch, monitor lizard, soft shell turtle, etc.
  • What is irrigation?
    man-made canals that spread out water to farms and gardens
  • Name an example of fauna that lives on the Nile.
    Crocodile, tiger fish, hippo, egret, Nile perch, monitor lizard, soft shell turtle, etc.
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