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Rivers have always been essential for human life and settlement. A source for drinking, the source of food, and a way to transfer goods from one place to another. They are essential in the environment of rainforest and wetlands.
The Yangtze holds the title of Asia’s longest river. The Yangtze has a momentous place in China’s history and culture, providing some of the country’s most fertile land as well as some of its most artistically inspiring scenery.
Where the Mekong river runs, the land is incredibly verdant shaping one of the richest areas of biodiversity on the planet. Thousands of species call its shores and waters home. Long an essential trade route the Mekong passes through, or close to, some of the region’s most important cities, including Vientiane, Phnom Penh and Saigon.
The Volga is the longest river in Europe. The waters of the Volga are used to irrigate the steppe regions of southern Russia. Because of its importance in the country, the Volga has mythological status in Russia, and many iconic sites are found along its banks
The Danube is the second-longest river in Europe. Travelers can experience many of the river's sights by embarking on a cruise along its waterways. Danube River Cruises, which are offered by Viking Cruises, typically stop in Cologne, Budapest, Nuremberg, Belgrade and Krems. Following the river is a way to experience several Eastern European cities in one trip. Famous monuments, such as the Hungarian Parliament, have been erected on its coast.
Main tributaries - Marañón, Napo, Japurá/Caquetá, Rio Negro/Guainía, Putumayo, Trombetas, Ucayali, Javary, Juruá, Purús, Madeira, Tapajós, Xingu.
The Amazon and its tributaries flow through the countries of Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Brazil before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean 6, 437 km (4,000 miles) from the Amazon's headwaters high in the Andes mountains of Peru.
Although the Amazon is such an enormous river, there are no bridges to cross the river along its entire length?
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The Amazon has an impressive number of tributaries - over 1000. Remember that a tributary is a stream or river that flows into and joins the main river.
Type in the names of some of Amazon's tributaries.
The Amazon flows through 6 countries from South America. Type them in.
The Volga is the longest river in Europe with a catchment area of 1,350,000 square km.
Eleven of the twenty largest cities of Russia, including the capital, Moscow, are located in the Volga's drainage basin. Rising in the Valdai Hills 225 meters above sea level northwest of Moscow and about 320 km southeast of Saint Petersburg, the Volga heads east past Lake Sterzh, Tver, Dubna, Rybinsk, Yaroslavl, Nizhny Novgorod, and Kazan. From there it turns south, flows past Ulyanovsk, Tolyatti, Samara, Saratov, and Volgograd, and discharges into the Caspian Sea.
Tributaries: Kama, Oka, Vetluga, and Sura. The Volga Delta has a length of about 160 kilometers and includes as many as 500 channels and smaller rivers.
The Volga freezes for most of its length during three months each year.
Search for other interesting facts about this river and add them here.
Volga River has 23 main tributaries. Type in several examples.
Tributary
This is the place where it drains into a larger body of water - another river, a lake, the sea or the ocean.
Where is the mouth of the Volga River?
The source of a river, also called headwaters, is the original point from which the river flows. Type in Volga's source.
Source of Volga River
Length of Volga River
Volga flows through 11 out of the 20 most important cities in Russia. Type in a couple of these cities.
City
There are four major rivers in Africa: the Nile, the Zambezi, the Congo, and the Niger. The Nile is one of the longest rivers in the world.
The Zambezi's most noted feature is Victoria Falls. Other notable falls include the Chavuma Falls at the border between Zambia and Angola, and Ngonye Falls, near Sioma in Western Zambia.
The Zambezi is the fourth-longest river in Africa and the largest flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa. The area of its basin is 1,390,000 square km.
The 2,574-km-long river rises in Zambia and flows through eastern Angola, along the north-eastern border of Namibia and the northern border of Botswana, then along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe to Mozambique, where it crosses the country to empty into the Indian Ocean.
Major tributaries: Chifumage River, Luena River, Kabompo River, Lungwebungu River, Luanginga River, Gwayi River, Sengwa River, Sanyati River, Kafue River, Luangwa River, Panhane River, Luia River.
Neuroglia
Célula de Shawmanm
The Nile has only 2 tributaries. Type them in.
Forma la Vaina de Mielina en S.N. Periférico
Microglias
This is the place where it drains into a larger body of water - another river, a lake, the sea or the ocean.
Where is the mouth of the Nile River?
Función de defensa
Oligodendrocitos
Forma la Vaina de Mielina en S.N. Central
Astrocitos
Remember that the source of a river is the original point from which the river flows. There are different types of sources: lake, marsh, spring or glacier.
Type in the Nile's source.
Soporte y Nutrición
Neurona
Where is the original point from which Zambezi flows? Type in the answer.
Interneuronales
The Nile flows through 7 countries and 3 republics from Africa. Type them in.
Motoras
Zambezi River flows through 6 countries and 1 republic from Africa. Type them in.
Country
Sensoriales
Envían información desde los tejidos corporales y los órganos de los sentidos hacia el Sistema Nervioso Central
North America
In the 18th century, the river was the primary western boundary of the young United States, and since the country's expansion westward, the Mississippi River has been widely considered a convenient dividing line between the Eastern, Southern, Midwestern United States, and the Western United States.
South America
Amazon River, the greatest river of South America and the largest drainage system in the world in terms of the volume of its flow and the area of its basin.
The Danube is located in Central and Eastern Europe.
The Danube flows through 10 countries, more than any other river in the world. Originating in the Black Forest in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for 2,850 km, passing through or bordering Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Ukraine before draining into the Black Sea. The mouth of the Danube is the Danube Delta. The greater part of the Danube Delta lies in Romania, with a small part in Ukraine (Odessa Oblast).
Tributaries :Iller, Lech, Altmühl, Naab, Regen, Isar, Inn, Ilz, Enns, Morava, Rába, Váh, Hron, Ipeľ, Sió, Dráva, Vuka, Tisza, Sava, Tamiš, Great Morava, Mlava, Karaş, Jiu, Iskar, Olt, Osam, Argeș, Ialomița, Siret, Prut.
This is the place where Danube drains into a larger body of water . Type in the answer.
Remember that this is the original point from which the river flows. Type in the answer.
Cordones
Acinos
Multicelular
Unicelular
Its source is Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota and it flows generally south for 2,320 miles (3,730 km) to the Mississippi River Delta in the Gulf of Mexico.
The main stem is entirely within the United States. Tributaries - St. Croix River, Wisconsin River, Rock River, Illinois River, Kaskaskia River, Ohio River, Minnesota River, Des Moines River, Missouri River, White River, Arkansas River.
The river either borders or passes through the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
PSEUDO ESTRATIFICADO
E.C. SIMPLE CILINDRICO
A tributary, also called an affluent, is a stream or river that flows into and joins a main river. The place where the tributary and the main river meet is called a confluence.
Name as much tributaries as you can.
Intestino Grueso
E.C. SIMPLE CÚBICO
The source of a river, also called headwaters, is the original point from which the river flows. There are different types of sources: lake, marsh, spring or glacier.
Tubo Contorneado
Subtpic
E.C. SIMPLE PLANO
Try to state the length either in miles or in kilometers.
Alveolo Pulmonar
Intercambio Gaseoso
