African Rivers
The Nile River is located on which continent?
Africa
a buildup of sand formed by the movement of flowing water
sandbar
Samuel Clemens, or Mark Twain, wrote about these people.
A) the merchants in riverside markets along the Niger River
B) river pilots along the Mississippi River
C) the workers who built castles along the Rhine and Danube Rivers
D) the workers who built pyramids along the Nile River
river pilots along the Mississippi River
a channel dug by people, used by boats or for irrigation
Canal
Special dangers in navigating the Ob River, which empties into the Arctic Ocean, are
powerful rapids
shifting sandbars
freezing temperatures and ice
the waterfalls
freezing temperatures and ice
A key feature that the Nile River and the Yellow River share is that they?
A) provide transportation to Europe
B) provide irrigation to surrounding fields
C) are famous for having large waterfalls
D) are located in the same country
provide irrigation to surrounding fields
a place on a river where the water moves swiftly and violently
rapids
The Yukon River played a big part in this era of history.
A) the age of castles in Europe
B) the search for gold in the Klondike
C) the building of the Great Pyramids in Egypt
D) the growth of ancient Asia civilization
the search for gold in the Klondike
having a lot of moisture in the air
humid
The Yellow River takes its name from the
A) silt that flows in the river
B) deserts that surround the river
C) brightly colored fish in the river
D) pollution in the river
silt that flows in the river
The Amazon River flows through this type of surrounding environment....
A) a frozen wasteland
B) a harsh desert
C) a lush rainforest
D) high mountains and deep gorges
A lush rainforest
the place where a river empties into a sea or other large body of water
mouth
A visitor to the Mackenzie River in the Northern Hemisphere might see this wildlife.
piranhas
a hippopotamus
migrating birds
camels
Migrating Birds
tiny pieces of soil or earth carried by the water in a river
silt
On this river, people have built a great dam, in part because of the river's long history of flooding.
A) The Amazon River
B) the OB River
C) the Yangtze River
D) the Mackenzie River
The Yangtze River
Boats traveling on the Congo River switch their cargo to railroad cars to help avoid this type of danger on the river.....
Rapids
a stream or smaller river that flows into a larger river
tributary
Being a river pilot on the Mississippi River is especially difficult because
there are many rapids in the river
the river changes all the time
the river is often frozen solid
the river has very few tributaries
the river changes all the time
money charged for use of a road or waterway
toll
You might hear a warning about piranhas if you were taking a boat tour of this river in South America.
The Amazon River
Which of the following could you see from a boat on the Nile River?
Ancient Pyramids
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
irrigation
Which statement about the Amazon River is correct?
A. It is the longest river in North America
B. It carries the most water of any river in the world.
C. It has the largest dam in Asia
D. It has the largest waterfall of any river in the world.
It carries the most water of any river in the world.
type of flesh-eating fish of South America that lives in fresh water
piranha
When a dam is built, which of the following things results?
A) waterfall
B) a gorge
C) a resevoir
D) a canal
a resevoir