Thursday 26 May 2011

Half Term Challenge

Next half term we will be starting a new topic on rivers.

During half term I would like everybody in class 9 to find out an interesting fact about rivers and write it into a comment on this post. This way we will be able to share lots of information with each other. Hopefully we will gather 30 different facts to share. (Remember to include your initials with your comment.)

Your fact could be about a particular river - for example the length of a famous river or the country/ies it flows through. Alternatively, it could be general information about rivers - for example a particular feature of a river or where rivers begin and end.

Good luck class 9 and have a lovely week.
Ms. Turner

14 comments:

  1. All rivers start at the highest point in the area.As the river flows downstream,it gains more water from other rivers, springs,streams,added rainfalls and other water sources.

    A famous river is the River Thames in London.

    A.S

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  2. The longest river in the world is called the Nile which is 4,135 miles long followed by the Amazon which is 3,980 miles long.H.J.W.

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  3. Helen Skelton from Blue Peter completed a 2,010 mile kayak along the Amazon River in Brazil to raise money for Comic Relief
    T.M

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  4. The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. It measures about 2,320 miles (3,730km) long. It is the fourth longest river in the world. It starts in Lake Itasca, Minnesota and finishes in the Gulf of Mexico.

    E.G.

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  5. Amazon River is only the 2nd longest river in the world with a total length 4,000 miles. However, it is the world’s largest river in the world. It is located in South America and the longest in the continent.
    PE

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  6. The largest river in the UK is the River Severn.L.T

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  7. The longest and largest river in Pakistan is called Indus River. It flows south from the northen border with Azad Kashmir into the Arabian Sea. Around two-thirds of water supplied for irrigation in farming and in homes come from the Indus and its associated 5 rivers which all flow through the Punjab, North and North West of Pakisatan (Punj = meaning 5 ab = meaning river)....

    NB

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  8. River, in French ,is Riviere.

    h.j.w second fact

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  9. In Victorian times all the sewage went to the river Thames and all the tap water came from it so you would drink poop water... EWWWWWW!!!

    J.S.

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  10. The geographical term for water flowing in a river is called channel flow.

    J.S.

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  11. The longest river in europe is the River volga. The length(milles approx) is 2,300.
    T.S

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  12. The Congo river is the deepest river in the world measuring 755 ft (230 meters) in the deepest trench.

    C.O

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  13. There are 3 rivers that run through Birmingham - River Cole, River Rea and River Tame.

    But the nearest river to me is River Island.

    EC

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  14. The Nile which is in Egypt, is the longest River in the world it is 4135 miles long. The Amazon is the second longest river which is 3980 miles long.


    MR

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