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Did Jacques Cartier's go East or west when he was blocked by rapids and waterfalls?
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Why did Cartier sail down the St Lawrence River?
Jacques Cartier sailed up the St Lawrence River, as far as the Lachine Rapids, in search of a route to Asia. When he found that the route was impassable, he then turned around sailed back down the St Lawrence. The concepts of "up" and "down" a river relate to the flow of the water, not a direction on a map. Travelling up a river means travelling against the flow. Travelling down a river means travelling with the flow.
Where does the surname Kosky originate from?
koski Name Meaning and HistoryFinnish: ornamental name from koski 'waterfall', 'rapids'. This was one of the many words denoting natural features that were used in the formation of Finnish surnames during the name conversion movement in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In the U.S. this is sometimes a shortened form of other Finnish surnames formed with this element, e.g. Kalliokoski, Ylikoski.Polish: habitational name from any of several places called Koski, named with kos 'blackbird'Ancestry.com
Why did Lewis and clark go to west?
The expedition's goal as stated by President Jefferson was "to explore the Missouri River, & such principal stream of it as, by its course & communication with the water of the Pacific ocean may offer the most direct & practicable water communication across this continent, for the purposes of commerce." In addition, the expedition was to learn more about the Northwest's natural resources, inhabitants, and possibilities for settlement,Jefferson's instruction to Lewis were:"Beginning at the mouth of the Missouri, you will take observations of latitude and longitude at all remarkable points on the river, & especially at the mouths of rivers, at rapids, at islands & other places & objects distinguished by such natural marks & characters of a durable kind, as that they may with certainty be recognized hereafter....The variations of the compass too, in different places should be noticed."(considering the Native Americans) "...You will therefore endeavor to make yourself acquainted, as far as diligent pursuit of your journey shall admit with the names of the nations & their numbers, the extent & limits of their possessions; their relations with other tribes or nations; their language, traditions, monuments, their ordinary occupations in agriculture, fishing, hunting, war, arts & the implements for these, their food, clothing, & domestic accommodations, the diseases prevalent among them, & the remedies they use, moral and physical circumstance which distinguish them from the tribes they know, particularities in their laws, customs & dispositions, and articles of commerce they may need or furnish & to what extent.""Other objects worthy of notice will be the soil & face of the country, it's growth & vegetable productions, especially those not of the US; the animals of the country generally & especially those not known in the US; the remains & accounts of any which may be deemed rare or extinct; the mineral productions of every kind, but more particularly metals, limestone, pit coal & saltpetre, salines & mineral waters, noting the temperature of the last & such circumstances as may indicate their character; volcanic appearances; climate as characterized by the thermometer, by the proportion of rainy, cloudy & clear days, by lightening, hail, snow, ice, by the access & recess of frost, by the winds, prevailing at different seasons & the dates at which particular plants put forth or lose their flower or leaf, times of appearance of particular birds, reptiles or insects."
A series of rapids and waterfalls on a river?
cataract
What is a series of rapid waterfalls called?
Rapids
Cataracts role on Egyptian history?
Waterfalls or river rapids
What is the Greek word for rapids?
You could say καταρράκτες [=waterfalls]
A mechanism for rasing or lowering ships in a river that has rapids or waterfalls is called what?
A lock is the mechanism for raising and lowering ships in a river that has rapids or waterfalls. Locks are used to make navigation an easier task.
What is the term for carrying a canoe around rapids waterfalls and or land?
Portage.
What are the rapids and waterfalls along the nile river called?
CAtaract
A mechanism for raising or lowering ships in a river that has rapids or waterfalls is called?
A mechanism for raising or lowering ships in a river that has rapids or waterfalls is called dam and lock system. It is a special kind of dam system.
Where can you see waterfalls?
you can see waterfalls on the internet but also in the rain forest and any place where there are many large rapids in a large rivers
What features would rivers exhibit when they cross the Fall Line?
"Waterfalls and rapids"
A mature river usually has fast-moving water with rapids and waterfalls. true or false?
False
Waterfalls and rapids?
when the river water suddenly falls from sufficient height it is said to have formed a waterfall .
