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Rivers of the World
by Mrs. Riordan
Characteristic | Name of River |
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Third longest river located in China. | Yangtze River |
This river flows north through or into 10 nations in Africa. | Nile River |
This river is known as "China's Sorrow." | Huang He River |
This river in Russia is frozen 5-6 months of the year. | Ob-Irtyish River |
The longest river in the world | Nile River |
Has changed directions several times from west to east | Amazon River |
Home of the Three Gorges Dam | Yangtze River |
Means "Great River" | Mississippi |
Runs through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina | Parana River |
Name means "as big as the sea." | Parana River |
Also known as the Yellow River | Huang He |
Source is Lake Itasca | Mississippi |
Provides 1/5 of total volume of fresh water entering oceans | Amazon River |
Will be the largest hydroelectric dam in the world | Three Gorges Dam |
Flows from the Altai Mountains | Ob-Irtyish |
Source is the Peruvian Andes | Amazon River |