Interesting Facts
Name that Continent (Part 1)
Name that Continent (Part 2)
What Am I?
River Vocabulary
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The longest river in the world

Nile


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Mississippi River

North America


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Murray River

Australia


100

The river that carved the Grand Canyon

The Colorado River


100

moving water from a river or lake to dry land to help crops grow

irrigation


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This river carries yellow colored silt which forms fertile land

Yangtze



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Nile River

Africa


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Missouri River

North America


200

fine particles of soil carried by the water in a river

silt


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A river that wanders in a snake-like shape

Meander


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A drainage pattern where tributaries join the river at a right angle

Trellis


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Amazon River

South America


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Parana River

South America


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the place where a river empties into a sea or other large body of water

mouth


300

DOUBLE JEOPARDY:

a lake created by a meandering river that takes a shortcut and leaves the original loop stranded

Oxbow lake


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The beginning of the river

The Source


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Yellow River

Asia


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St. Lawrence River

North America


400

a man made channel that connects two bodies of water

canal


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Silt builds up near the mouth of the river as it slows down, creating this land form

Delta


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A drainage pattern that looks like a tree

Dendritic


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Thames River

Europe


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Rhine River

Europe


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the area drained by a single large river and its tributaries

drainage basin


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a stream or smaller river that flows into a larger river

tributary


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