1.4 Journey of the Nile Flashcards

1
Q

What are the 2 major tributaries of the Nile?

A

The White Nile and the Blue Nile

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2
Q

Where does the White Nile begin?

A

The White Nile originates from the Great Lakes in Central Africa

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3
Q

Where does the Blue Nile flow from?

A

Flows from Lake Tana in the Ethiopian Highlands

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4
Q

Where do the Blue and White Nile meet?

A

Khartoum, Sudan

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5
Q

What type of soil does the Blue Nile carry?

A

Fertile volcanic silts during monsoon months

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6
Q

What type of soil does the White Nile carry?

A

light coloured clay sediment

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7
Q

What impact does the soil in the White Nile have?

A

limits sediment and infiltration load

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8
Q

What does porous mean?

A

Refers to the total volume of pore spaces within a rock

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9
Q

What do pervious rocks have?

A

Distinct jointing patterns and bedding planes which allows water to flow through (e.g Limestone or Causeway Basalt Colonnade)

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10
Q

What effect does the soil and rock type have on infiltration?

A

Infiltration rates will increase as porosity and permeability increase

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11
Q

What effect does vegetation have on a drainage basin?

A

The presence or absence of negation affects the amount of interception, infiltration, occurrence of overland flow and transpiration rates.

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12
Q

What project is Ethiopia currently building?

A

The Grand Renaissance Dam

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13
Q

What impact does the Great Renaissance Dam have on Egypt?

A

IT threatens water security for Egypt as 90% of Egypt’s water comes form the Blue Nile’s summer floods

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14
Q

How many different countries does the Nile travel through?

A

11 countries

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15
Q

When and where does the annual rainfall occur?

A

Annual monsoonal rainfall over the Ethiopian highlands during May-Aug - floods the Nile in lower reaches

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