Lesson 4 The Rhine

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Lesson 4

Goals

• Students know how an river originates
• Students can explain in their own words the three stages of the course of the river.
• Students can explain what sedimentation is and what is sedimented at each course of the river.

Homework

Recap

1. Students can explain what erosion is and how it affects nature.
   
2. Students can explain how weathering material is transported and by what transport agents.
   
3. Students can explain the landscape cycle in their own words.
   
4. Students know what different types of relief there are.
   
5. Students can explain what young and old mountains are and how we can recognise these.

From source to mouth

• Source = Lake Toma, near the Oberalp
  Pass in Switzerland; the start of the river.
• Mouth = the Rhine reaches the North Sea;
  the end of the river.

Between the source and mouth

• The river then ‘looks for’ for the easiest route
• --> the flow bends
  
• This is called meanders
  

Get to work!

1. Read lesson 4 up to 'The profile of the Rhine'
2. Mark all the important sentences
   
3. Make exercises 1 & 2

What is the flow rate?

Upper course: ?

Middle course: ?

Lower course: ?

What is the flow rate?

• Upper course: high flow rate
  
• Middle course: the water flows less quickly, but still quite fast
  
• Lower course: slow flow rate
  

Beginning of the river 

End of the river

Profile of the Rhine

• Which letter has the most weathering?
  
• Which letter shows lowland?
  

A

B

C

Profile of the Rhine

• Why does the letter C have the most sedimentation?

A

B

C

Drainage network Rhine

Delta's

• Explain what a delta is by looking at the picture
  
• A delta is a piece of land created when a river deposits sediments.

Different kind of rivers

• Rain river: starting point not high in the mountains, so no glacier water.
• The Rhine is a mixed river
• It starts in the mountains at high altitude, so it gets water from glaciers, but also of course from rain.
  

Get to work!

1. Read lesson 4 completely
2. Mark all the important sentences
   
3. Make exercises 1 up to 4

Goals

• Students know how an river originates
• Students can explain in their own words the three stages of the course of the river.
• Students can explain what sedimentation is and what is sedimented at each course of the river.