Rivers
What world river is in Egypt and is mentioned in the Bible?
Nile
What is the start of a river called?
The source
Name 1 world river in Australia.
Darling and Murray
How many continents are there?
7
What is the longest river in the world?
Nile River
What ocean does the Klondike River empty into?
Arctic Ocean
What is a tributary?
a river that flows into another river
Name 2 world rivers in Asia.
Yellow River and Yangtze River
On a map what is the symbol with the N, S, W, E called?
Compass or Compass Rose
Which river has the largest drainage basin?
Amazon
What are the 3 world rivers in Africa? [100 pts each!]
Nile, Niger, Congo
What is the mouth of a river?
The end of the river.
Name 3 North American world rivers.
Klondike, Yukon, Mackenzie, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio
What do you call the symbol on a map that helps measure the distance between places?
Scale
What do we call the land that water flows across to reach a river?
Watershed
What is the longest river in China?
Yangtze River
What is a riverbank?
The land on the sides of a river.
Name all of the South American world rivers.
Amazon, Orinoco, Parana
Name the 4 oceans that we talked about. [100 pts per ocean]
Indian, Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic
What river did people look for gold?
Klondike River (Yukon River basin also)
Why are rivers important?
They give water, food, and travel routes.
What is the triangular shaped land created by silt deposits at the mouth of a river?
A delta.
Name the 3 world rivers in Europe that we talked about.
Rhine, Danube, Volga
What is the imaginary line in the middle of the globe called?
Equator
Mark Twain grew up by the Mississippi. What does Mark Twain mean?
12 feet