§2.3 Catchment area of the Rhine part 1

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§2.3 Catchment area of the Rhine part 1

Program

• Throwback
• Goals
  
• New notes
  
• Let's get to work
  
• The End
  

Discuss assignment

What is erosion

1. The abrasive action of water ice and wind
2. Sediment deposition
3. Moving a glacier

What is a moraine?

1. A lot of snow
2. The debris in and on the glacier.
3. The part of a glacier where you can walk safely.
4. A square cube.

What kind of moraines do you see in the picture?

1. Lateral moraines
2. Terminal moraines
3. Ground moraines

The Alps are a folding mountain range. The formation of a folding mountain range happens through a ...

1. endogenic force
2. exogenic force

What is a folding mountain range?

1. Mountains created by collision of two earth plates
2. Mountains created by flattening the earth's crust

Photo

What do you see?
Where does this occur?
Why does this occur here?
Is this desirable?
Does this occur like this everywhere?

Beschrijving van de openingsfoto

De Rijn bij de Duitse stad Boppard.

mooie meander

Goals

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to:
(8) describe how a river behaves in the
       upper, middle and lower reaches

Preknowledge

You know what a rain-, glacier and mixed river is
You know that rivers start in the mountains
You know the countries where the river Rhine is
You know what climate change is

Catchment area of the Rhine

Catchment area = The whole area that drains into the main river

The bigger picture

Rhine

Longitudinal profile of river

Upper Rhine - Upper course

Fast flow

Due to elevation rapid flow

Erosion

Graven and horsts

Meanders

Sedimentation

Sedimentation

Meander moves downstream

Oxbow lake

Middle course

Deflections in river

Flow rate decreases a little bit

Wider and deeper

Lower course 

Low flow rate

Sedimentation and delta formation

Let's get to work!

From §2.3, make assignments 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 9

Have you finished?
Then make assignments 2, 8 and 10