2.4 The river Nile

2.4 The river Nile
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2.4 The river Nile

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Aims
  • Describe the upper, middle & lower courses of the river Nile;
  • Explain the main uses of the river Nile.

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Confluence (A meeting point of two rivers).
Confluence = A meeting point of two rivers.

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Confluence of the Negro River and Solimões River, Brazil.
Confluence of the Danube River and Inn River, Germany.

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The Nile
The Nile is a rain-fed river: All water comes from rainfall.

The discharge downstream depends on the amount of rainfall upstream.

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Upstream
Measured from a point on the river towards the source.
Downstream
Measured from a point on the river towards the mouth.

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Regime
Regime = The fluctuations (differences) in discharge throughout the year.

High during the rainy season. 

Low during the dry season.

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Aswan High Dam
Less water flowing through the river downstream.
Upstream a lake is formed behind the dam to store the water.

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The Sudd Wetland in South Sudan is an extremely large and flat piece of land, where water flows slowly.
Because of high temperatures, there is a high rate of  water evaporation = Water that goes from a liquid into a gaseous state.

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Lower course
  • The gradient decreases;
  • The river becomes wider;
  • Because of the Aswan Dam there are less sediments in the Nile Delta;
  • The Delta is less fertile;
  • Farmers use artificial fertilizers to grow crops.
The Nile delta and the sediment plume are visible from space.

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The uses of the river Nile
  • Drinking water;
  • Oppurtunity to transport goods;
  • Deposited sediments made the land fertile;
  • They also provided building materials.

The Aswan Dam changed the river:
  • Regulating the discharge;
  • Assisting in flood prevention;
  • Generate hydropower; electricity generated by the flow of water.

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Slide 12 - Video

Areas of soil are flooded to provide soil for agriculture.
Using the river for cleaning and fishing in South Sudan.

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Population
The population distribution is very uneven; places with a lot of available surface water are densely populated.

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Look at the planner in Teams for the homework!

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