General

Question 1

How many countries does the RNDB flow through?

Answer 1

11

Question 2

What latitude does the RNDB flow between?

Answer 2

Starts at 7°S of the equator, and ends at 31°N

Question 3

Name the 11 countries that the RNDB flows through

Answer 3

Egypt, Eritrea, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania

Question 4

Where is Lake Victoria?

Answer 4

Tanzania

Question 5

Where is Juba?

Answer 5

South Sudan

Question 6

Where is the White Nile?

Answer 6

South Sudan

Question 7

Where is the Blue Nile?

Answer 7

Ethiopia

Question 8

Where is Lake Tana?

Answer 8

Ethiopia

Question 9

Where is the Tissisat Falls?

Answer 9

Ethiopia/Blue Nile

Question 10

Where is Khartoum?

Answer 10

Sudan

Question 11

Where is Aswan?

Answer 11

Egypt

Question 12

Where is Luxor?

Answer 12

Egypt

Question 13

What feature is at the mouth of the RNDB

Answer 13

The Delta/Mediterranean Sea

Question 14

Where do the Blue and White Niles meet?

Answer 14

Khartoum, Sudan

Question 15

Capital of Egypt?

Answer 15

Cairo

Question 16

Capital of Tanzania?

Answer 16

Dodoma

Question 17

Capital of Uganda?

Answer 17

Kampala

Question 18

Capita of Ethiopia?

Answer 18

Addis Ababa

Question 19

Capital of South Sudan?

Answer 19

Juba

Question 20

Capital of Eritrea?

Answer 20

Asmara

Question 21

Capital of Rwanda?

Answer 21

Kigali

Question 22

Capital of DRoC?

Answer 22

Kinshasa

Question 23

Capital of Burundi?

Answer 23

Bujumbura

Question 24

Capital of Kenya?

Answer 24

Nairobi

Question 25

Define 'large natural environment'

Answer 25

A distinct part of the Earth's surface that is defined by its common natural characteristics (eg mountains, deserts, forests, river valleys) that occurs at a national, regional or continental scale

Question 26

Define 'natural characteristics'

Answer 26

Elements of an environment including land forms, relief, climate, soils and vegetation

Question 27

Define 'processes'

Answer 27

A sequence of actions that shape and change environments | Eg; erosion, migration, desertification, globalisation

Question 28

Define 'interaction of people within the natural environments'

Answer 28

May include interactions such as cultural, economic or political interactions between people and the environment

Question 29

Define 'drainage basin'

Answer 29

A drainage basin (or catchment area or watershed) is an area from while all precipitation flows to a single stream or set of streams

Question 30

Define 'catchment'

Answer 30

The action of collecting water, especially the collection of rainfall over a natural drainage area (catchment area)

Question 31

Define 'watershed'

Answer 31

An area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins or seas

Question 32

Define 'tributary'

Answer 32

A river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake

Question 33

Define 'distributary'

Answer 33

A branch of river that doesn't return to the main stream after leaving it (delta)

Question 34

How long is the River Nile?

Answer 34

Approximately 6,250km