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Hrsanei Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Black water rafting

Hi.

What's the difference between white water rafting and black water rafting?

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White water rafting takes place on fast-flowing cataracts of a river. Black water rafting takes place in caves. Rover

  • White water rafting takes place on fast-flowing cataracts of a river.
  • Black water rafting takes place in caves.
  • Rover
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White water rafting takes place on fast-flowing cataracts of a river.

Black water rafting takes place in caves.

Rover
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Thanks Rover for your response.
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Rover_KEBlack water rafting takes place in caves.
Interesting. I'd never heard of it.

CJ
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Me neither. Thanks, Rover.
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Interestingly, Longman dictionary has black water rafting in its entry but fails to provide white water rafting.
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By the way, what do we call a foam like water that is formed when water is flowing very fast and causes bubbles.

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'White water', I think:

Quick definitions from WordNet (white water)


? noun: frothy water as in rapids or waterfalls
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Thank you very much Mister Micawber.
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I googled it.

Apparently the water's not black and they don't use rafts, but rubber tubing.

Here are some pictures:

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It reminds me a bit of Cirque du Soleil...

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