BRICKS Geography (volume 2) chapter 2 Waters and rivers

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Upper, Middle and Lower course

Dischard regime and polution

Uses of the Rhine

B

Brick factories

Floodplains

Navigable from Rotterdam to Basel

Drinking water

Water treatment plants

2.3

Dwelling mounds (terpen)

Dykes

High discharge - evacuations

channelizing rivers

and building in outer-dyke areas

Discharge and climate change

Room for the river

Summer vs winter bed

De-poldered areas

Pluvial flooding

Plan how to deal with extreme rainfall

Retain - Store - Discharge

The Nile

Confluence of two Nile rivers

The Nile, a rain-fed river

Regime of the Nile

The lower course of the Nile

The Aswan High dam

Fertile land and a perfectly shaped delta

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