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The Nile River is located on which continent
What is Africa
The Yellow River takes its name from the
What is silt that flows in the river
On this river, people have built a great dam, in part because of the river's long history of flooding.
What is the Yangtze River
When a dam is built, which of the following things results?
What is a reservoir
An unusual feature of the Ganges River is that it
What is considered holy by Hindu people.
Which of the following could you see from a boat on the Nile River
What are ancient pyramids
The Murray and Darling Rivers combine to form a
What is a drainage basin.
Being a river pilot on the Mississippi River is especially difficult because
What is the river changes all the time.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, or Mark Twain, wrote about these people.
What is river pilots along the Mississippi River.
Special dangers in navigating the Ob River, which empties into the Arctic Ocean, are
What is freezing temperatures and ice.
A key feature that the Nile River and the Yellow River share is that they
What is providing irrigation to surrounding fields
For the Murray River, a small trickle of water near Mount Kosciuszko, high in the Australian mountains, is the location of the river's
What is source.
You might hear a warning about piranhas if you were taking a boat tour of this river in South America.
What is the Amazon River.
Which statement about the Amazon River is correct?
What is it carries the most water of any river in the world.
The Amazon River flows through this type of surrounding environment.
What is a lush rainforest.
A visitor to the Mackenzie River in the Northern Hemisphere might see this wildlife.
What is migrating birds
Boats traveling on the Congo River switch their cargo to railroad cars to help avoid this type of danger on the river.
What is rapids
The Yukon River played a big part in this era of history.
What is the search for gold in the Klondike.
The Rhine River and the Danube River share this feature.
What is they both have their source in the central part of Europe.
The River Niger was key to the growth of the
What is city of Timbuktu in Africa.
Watering of crops by moving water from a well, a river, or a lake to a place where it does not rain enough to grow crops.
What is irrigation.
A stream or smaller river that flows into a larger river.
What is tributary.
a society, or group of people, with similar religious beliefs, customs, language, and form of government.
What is civilization.
A buildup of sand formed by the movement of flowing water.
What is sandbar.
The place where a river empties into a sea or other large body of water.
What is mouth.