The World's Longest Rivers

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This term we have been learning about rivers. We have found out about the longest rivers which include:

The river Nile, The Amazon River, Rio-Grande, Murray-Darling, Volga, Yangtze, Mississippi, Ob, Yenisei/Angara, Yellow river, Congo, Amur, Parana, Lena, Mackenzie, Niger, Mekong

THE FLOW AT THE MOUTH OF A RIVER                       

   The flow at the mouth of a river is the end of a river, where it enters the sea.EG

THE DRAINAGE AREA OF A RIVER

THE DRAINAGE AREA IS WHERE ALL THE LITTLE RIVERS MEET THE BIG RIVER AND JOIN AS ONE. DH

Yellow River

Fact: 1. Yellow River Basin is the birthplace of China’s culture. The trace of human beings had existed there since hundreds of thousands of years ago. The relics of Neolithic Age were found all around the river. SH 

Rio-Grande

Length (Miles) = 1,885

Drainage area (Sq miles) 310,000

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