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The Nile River is a major north-flowing river in North Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world. It is 4,130 miles long. It runs through the ten countries of Sudan, South Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Egypt. The river has a gentle gradient, dropping 1m in every 13 km.
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What is straighter old rivers or young rivers?
Young rivers are straighter and more narrow. Old rivers have many meanders (bends in a rivers channel), and young rivers do not they are fast and have a high gradient, unlike old rivers which are slow and have a shallow gradient.
What river erodes its channel wider rather than deeper?
A mature river erodes its channel wider rather than deeper. The gradient of a mature river is less steep than young rivers, and the water flows more smoothly. Examples of mature rivers are the Thames, Mississippi, and Ohio rivers.
A pressure difference is also known as an?
pressure gradient
Are bedrock channels more likely to be found near the head or near the mouth of a stream?
In their headwaters, where the gradient is steep, most rivers cut into bedrock. These streams typically transport course particles that actively abrade the bedrock channel.
What is the land alike around the Nile River?
Mesopotamia is Greek for "[land] between rivers." Mesopotamia is the land area found in the Tigris-Euphrates river system. It is generally found in Iraq and parts of Syria.
The Nile begins to separate at what two rivers?
how many nile rivers are there Albert Nile, White Nile, Blue Nile, Nile Fan, Victoria Nile, and Yellow Nile
What type of river is the Nile River?
Ibis
What rivers forms the Nile River?
The two rivers that forms the River Nile is the Blue Nile and the White Nile.
What is straighter old rivers or young rivers?
Young rivers are straighter and more narrow. Old rivers have many meanders (bends in a rivers channel), and young rivers do not they are fast and have a high gradient, unlike old rivers which are slow and have a shallow gradient.
What rivers help the Nile?
Mainly the Blue Nile and the White Nile.
How is nile river valley similar to mesopatamia?
Both the Nile Rivers and the rivers of Mesopotamia flooded. The floods of the Nile were very unpredicatable.
Facts about an old river?
An ' Old River' is a river with a low gradient and low erosive energy. Old rivers are characterized by flood plains. Examples being the Ganges River and the Nile River.
Two major feeder rivers to the Nile?
The Blue Nile and the White Nile.
What 2 smaller rivers did the Nile begin from?
The Blue Nile and the White Nile.
What waterfall is the Nile Rivers main source?
No waterfall is a 'source' of the Nile, other rivers and lakes are the sources.
How are Amazon and Nile and the Mississippi rivers alike?
they are rivers
Biggest river in Africa?
The Nile, the Niger, and the Congo Rivers are three most important rivers of Africa.
