Nile/River Systems
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| What is a tributary? | a stream or river that flows into a larger stream
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| What is a cataract? | rapids or low waterfalls
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| What is a wadi? | a dry riverbed that fills during a rainstorm
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| What is a reservoir? | An artificial lake created by a dam
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| What is a floodplain? | the flat area around a river that is covered with sediment as a result of flooding; makes good farmland
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| What is a river mouth? | the end of a river
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| What is a delta? | the triangle shaped deposit of sediment where a river flows into the ocean
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| What is the water cycle? | the movement of water from the surface of the Earth to the atmosphere and back again
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| What is infiltration? | the movement of water from Earth's surface into the soil
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| What is runoff? | water from rainfall that is not absorbed into the soil and flows into lakes
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| What is a river basin? | the area drained by a river and its tributaries
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| What is a source? | what a stream or river originates from
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| What are headwaters? | streams that make up the beginning of a river
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| What is a confluence? | flowing together or two streams
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| What 2 rivers join to form the main Nile? | Blue and White Nile
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| What direction does the Nile flow? | North
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| Describe where the Nile is in Africa. | Northeast Africa; on the eastern side of the Sahara
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| Name at least 2 countries that the Nile goes through. | Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt, Tanzania
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| What is another term for "river system"? | Watershed or river basin
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| How does a delta form? | A river drops off all of the sand and sediment it has been carrying in front of itself at the mouth of the river; then the river must push through this deposit to make its way out to the sea
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