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Geography |
The Rivers of the World |
Activity adapted from EnchantedLearning.com
On this page you are asked to read about the rivers of the world and then do some exercises to check how much you have learnt about them.
Answer the following questions about the text and the chart:
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| 1 | What is the longest river in Africa? |
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| 2 | What is the longest river in South America? |
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| 3 | What continent has no rivers? |
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| 4 | What is the name of the beginning of a river? |
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| 5 | What is the name of a river or stream that flows into a larger river? |
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| 6 | What is the name of a stagnant lake that forms alongside a river after the river changes course? |
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| 7 | What is the name of the end of a river, where it empties into a large body of water? |
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| 8 | What shape do river deltas usually have? |
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| 9 | What is the name of the area where a river meets the sea or ocean? |
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| 10 | What is the name of the natural cycle in which water travels from the earth to the atmosphere and back again? |
EXERCISE 2
Activity from EnchantedLearning.com
Click on the map and do as you are asked. Find the information you need on the geography pages. If the teacher has not given you a sheet, print it yourself.
Label the major rivers of the world using the word bank below. |
Amazon River |
Indus River |
Murray-Darling River |
Rio Grande |
EXERCISE 3
Finally try to locate some of the previous rivers again on this map.