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Chapter 3

Chapter 3. Par 4: A cruise on the Rhine. Rivers are a part of the water cycle: The ongoing proces in which water changes from one form to another. The phases of water.

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Chapter 3

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  1. Chapter 3 Par 4: A cruise on the Rhine

  2. Rivers are a part of the water cycle:The ongoing proces in which water changes from one form to another.

  3. The phases of water

  4. Two types of rivers:1. rainwater riversTransport rainwater (Maas, Schelde)2. glacier river / mixed riversTransport rainwater as well as meltwater from glaciers (Rhine, IJssel)

  5. Drainage basinThe area drainedby a riverandallitstributaries

  6. Watershed: The line betweentworiverbasins

  7. Discharge (debiet): is the volume of water thatflowsthrough the river at a certain point, expressed in cubic meters per second (m³)

  8. Maas Rhine Regime: changes in the waterflow.When a riverdries up in summer, it'scalled a wadi

  9. Length 1 238,8 km Height (source) 1 602 m Fall 1 602 m (from source to sea level) Drop 1,214 m/km Length 150 m Altitude 12m Altitude 0 m Fall in the Netherlands 12 m Drop in the Netherlands Drop (verhang): the fall (verval) of a river per kilometre

  10. A river starts in the mountains or hills, hereyoucanfind the uppercourse.The lowercourse is, most of the times, in lowlandandends in the sea.

  11. v-shaped valley

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