Презетация для урока английского языка "Amazon vs Nile" (10 класс)

Amazon vs Nile

Amazon and Nile rivers among the leaders

Amazon

Nile

#Length
#Affluent
#Location

6992 km 6852 km
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South America Africa

#Environment

In fact, Amazon - a humid jungle and marshes stretching along the equator, so the climate all over the lowlands practically identical. Amazon Basin differs the most extensive in the world tropical wet evergreen forest, the climate is hot and humid, the air temperature during the year is stable, there is constantly kept + 25-28 ° C, even at night t almost never drops below + 20 ° C.

Around the Nile there are many plants, it is the only place with the presence of water in the vicinity. Outside the Nile vegetation is absent because of bad conditions when the Nile everything you need is present .Temperatura summer an average of 35 to 45. In winter, from 20 to 30.

#Flora and fauna of Amazon
This region is of great importance due to its unique ecosystem. Many species of flora and fauna are endemic of the Amazon - the world can only be found here.
Rainforests of the Amazon differ incredible biodiversity! One in ten described species of plant or animal is found in the Amazon jungle. Here, the world's largest diversity of plants. Experts estimate 1 km2 there are 150 000 species of plants, including 75 000 trees. This region is still little studied, and many representatives of the local flora and fauna science is not known. Researcher Michael Hopkins believes that the actual number of species of plants of the Amazon in 3 times more than known to date.

#Flora and fauna of Nile
Nile Fauna is quite diverse. Here you can meet crocodiles, turtles, snakes are very diverse, including two species of cobras, Nile perch, which can reach a weight of 140 kg . In addition to his commercial importance polypterus, tiger fish, catfish, toothed carp, African carp .

#Amazon in history
Amazon opened the conquistador Francisco de Orellana, the first European to cross the South America in the widest part of it. In the summer of 1542 his unit allegedly saw the legendary tribe of Amazons, and entered with them into battle. Today, it is believed that it was a Native American woman who fought side by side with men, or just long-haired Indians whom the Spaniards took over the women. Initially de Orellana wanted to call the river its name, but after the fight he stopped on a variant of "Amazon".

#Nile in history
Especially important for the river of Egypt, where the coastal strip width of 10-15 km is home to about 97% of the population. Nile downstream periodically overflows, flooding the whole valley. Tributaries of the Nile, flowing down from the Abyssinian highlands, bring a large amount of sludge settling during the spill. This regular fertilizer plays an important role in the agriculture of Egypt.


Felucca on the Nile.




Creating the Aswan hydraulic complex contributed to long-term management of the Nile flow, eliminate the threat of catastrophic flooding (earlier in the flood water level in the river in Cairo rose to 8 m) and will increase the total irrigated area. It should be recognized, however, that the construction of the Aswan High Dam and the hydroelectric power station, completed in 1970, putting an end to the spring floods, while depriving agriculture of Egypt the most important natural fertilizer - sludge. But control of the water inflow has created conditions for year-round irrigation, and now in some areas can be removed even three crops a year.

On the Nile are the major cities of Khartoum, Aswan, Luxor (Thebes), conurbation Cairo Giza; in Delta - Alexandria. River Nile north of Aswan is a popular tourist route

Nile

Amazon

Tremarctos ornatus

Pteronura brasiliensis

Flying fish

 Hydrochoerus

Caimans

Few inhabitants of the Amazon

Flamingo

Giraffe

Nile polypterus

Hippo

Beaked fish

Few inhabitants of the Nile

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