Chapter 2: Water and rivers repeating

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Chapter 2: Water and rivers

2.1 a world of water

Describe where water is found in the world and explain why freshwater is scarce

Explain how rivers are formed, and how they change from the source of the mouth

Keywords

Saline

Freshwater
Groundwater
Surface water
Water cycle
Drainage basin

Tribitutaries

Watershed
River bed

River banks
Upper course

Middle course

Lower course

Water cycle

§2.2: The Rhine

Describe the differences between the upper, middle and lower courses of the River Rhine

Explain the different uses of the River Rhine

Keywords

Mixed river

Discharge

Gradient

Transportation
Distributaries
Groynes
Floodplains
Water treatment plants

Upper, Middle and Lower course

Discharge and Regime

Putting in order with dutch meaning

Discharge =  debiet. = amount of water in a river at a certain point. ....M3/sec.

Gradient = verval = hoogteverschil tussen A en B.

  verhang = gradient per km

Uses of the Rhine

B

Brick factories

Floodplains

Navigable from Rotterdam to Basel

Drinking water

Water treatment plants

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§2.3 Dealing with water in the Netherlands

Describe how river discharges are likely to change in the future

Explain how the Netherlands deals with high and low river discharges

Keywords

Dwelling mounds

Water authorities
Channelizing

Evacuated

Outer-dyke areas

Room for the RIver

Summer bed

Summer dykes

De-poldered
Pluvial flooding
Retain-store-discharge

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

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§2.4 the river Nile

Describe the upper, middle, and lower courses of the River Nile

Explain the main uses of the Nile

Keywords

Confluence

Rain-fed river

Downstream
Upstream

Regime

Water evaporation

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

2.5 challenges along the Nile

Describe the challenges of transboundary rivers

Explain the differences between physical and conomic water scarcity

Keywords

Transboundary

Physical water scarcity

Economic water scarcity

Aquaculture

2.6 Access to drinking water

Discuss the differences in access to drinking water between MEDCS and LEDCS

Explain the challenges in access to drinking water in rural and urban areas of LEDCS

Keywords

MEDCS
LEDCS
Sustainable development goals (SDG's)

To do

Create one big mindmap of all paragraphs. (use template if needed)

Done? Check if all keywords are on it. 
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