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List of artificial whitewater courses. The first whitewater slalom race took place on the Aar River in Switzerland in 1933. [1] The early slalom courses were all set in natural rivers, but when whitewater slalom became an Olympic sport for the first time, at the 1972 Munich Games, the venue was the world's first concrete-channel artificial ...
Pumped. The nature of artificial whitewater courses necessitates the need for a drop in the river, and enough water flow to provide hydraulics. When this isn't possible (often in flat low-lying areas), electric pumps are used to lift and re-circulate the water to the top of the course. The shapes of these courses are commonly circular or U-shaped.
The upper course of the Li River is connected by an ancient Lingqu canal with the Xiang River, which flows north into the Yangtze; this in the past made the Li and Gui Rivers part of a highly important waterway connecting the Yangtze valley with the Pearl delta. The 439-kilometre (273 mi) course of the Li and Gui Rivers is flanked by green hills.
Ocoee Whitewater Center. The Ocoee Whitewater Center, near Ducktown, Tennessee, United States, was the canoe slalom venue for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, [1][2] and is the only in-river course to be used for Olympic slalom competition. A 1,640 foot (500 m) stretch of the Upper Ocoee River was narrowed by two-thirds to create the drops ...
Riverscape of the upper course of the Skógá River . In the upper course of rivers, channels are narrow and gradients are steep. [5] Vertical erosion is the prominent land-forming process. Typical features of upper course riverscapes include: Interlocking spurs; Braided channels; V-shaped valleys; Giant's kettles; Plunge pools; Alluvial fans ...
Cataracts of the Nile. The Cataracts of the Nile are shallow lengths (or whitewater rapids) of the Nile river, between Khartoum and Aswan, where the surface of the water is broken by many small boulders and stones jutting out of the river bed, as well as many rocky islets. In some places, these stretches are punctuated by whitewater, while at ...
Zambezi. Main stem source. Zambezi Source National Forest. The Zambezi (also spelled Zambeze and Zambesi) is the fourth-longest river in Africa, the longest east-flowing river in Africa and the largest flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa. Its drainage basin covers 1,390,000 km 2 (540,000 sq mi), [1][2] slightly less than half of the Nile 's.
Apr. 8—Paso Robles got some revenge Wednesday evening. After St. Joseph's softball team scored a 9-8 win over the Bearcats last week, Paso Robles evened the score in a game at St. Louis de Montfort.