Learning Goals Chapter 2 V2

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Chapter 2
Water and Rivers

Learning Goals

Section 1: A world of water

1. Where is water found in the world?

2. Why is freshwater scarce?

3. How are rivers formed?

4. How do rivers change, from source to mouth?

Where is water found in the world?

1. Only in the oceans
2. on 70% of the earth's surface
3. In the oceans and rivers
4. on 85 % of the earth's surface

Why is freshwater scarce?

1. 97% of the water is saline
2. Because of the Climate Change
3. It takes time to make ocean water usable
4. This is found in glaciers and ice caps

How are rivers formed?

Where is this: Some tributary rivers have joined the main river. The rate of erosion is decreasing, and there are fewer large rocks on the river bed to be eroded

1. Upper course
2. Middle course
3. Lower course

Section 2: The Rhine: a river in Europe

1. What are  the differences between the upper, middle and lower courses of the River Rhine?

2. What are the main uses of the River Rhine?

3. Why is water quality in the River Rhine an international issue?

What are the differences between the upper, middle and lower courses of the River Rhine?

Upper Course

Middle Course

Lower Course

Rocky river bed

High and steep but close river banks

A lot of erodation

Less gradient, but more river discharge

More tributaries

The river splits in three distributaries

Medium size rocks

The river moves particles it has eroded

Small rocks and sand

What is not a main uses of the River Rhine?

1. Drinking water
2. Transport
3. Bricks
4. Hydro power

Why is water quality in the River Rhine an international issue?

Section 3: Dealing with water in the Netherlands

1. How are river discharges in the Netherlands likely to change in the future?

2. How does the Netherlands deal with high and low river discharges?
3. How does the Netherlands deal with extreme rainfall?

4. How do people in Bangladesh deal with floods?

How are river discharges in the Netherlands likely to change in the future?

1. Higher peaks of discharges
2. Lower discharges in the winter
3. The discharges will stay the same

How does the Netherlands deal with high and low river discharges?

What is Pluvial flooding?

1. Land located next to a river, which is prone to flooding.
2. Flooding due to lots of melting ice caps
3. Water evaporation
4. Flooding due to heavy rainfall

How do people in Bangladesh deal with floods?

1. Building houses on stilts
2. Building away from the water
3. Building solid houses
4. Nothing

Section 4: The River Nile

1. What are the differences between upper, middle and lower courses of the River Nile?

2. What are the main uses of the River Nile?

3. How is population distribution in the Nile River basin linked to the Nile?

What are the differences between upper, middle and lower courses of the River Nile?

Upper Course

Middle Course

Lower Course

What are the main uses of the River Nile?

How is population distribution in the Nile River basin linked to the Nile?

1. Because of the agriculture
2. Because of the international contacts
3. Because of the water
4. Because of the population

Section 5: Challenges along the Nile

1. What are challenges of transboundary rivers?

2. How do dams impact the relationship between countries?

3. What are differences between physical and economic water scarcity?

What are challenges of transboundary rivers?

How do dams impact the relationship between countries?

What are differences between physical and economic water scarcity?