Whitewater

With wild water is referred to a body of water with fast currents, strong cross-currents, eddies, rapids and waterfalls in part. Wild water formed during downslope and / or narrowing of the waters run ( mostly by rocks ), whereby the water can no longer flow laminar. Moreover, the slope of the landscape decisive for the intensity of the flow.

From a sufficient amount of water and width are whitewater for any purpose whitewater sports - whitewater kayaking, whitewater racing or rafting - busy. Whitewater be assessed in this context with the whitewater difficulty scale.

Most wild water are formed of natural or semi-natural rivers. More recently, especially the canoe - competitive sports, canoe slalom and white water racing, artificial white-water systems are used for the white water sports, built - (mostly rock ) is removed or watercourses with sufficient slope by additional barriers to whitewater runs - in Germany Augsburg ice track and Canoeing Park Markham.

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