Rivers

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Rivers

• Amy Sullivan
• 3rd Graders

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River SystemsWhat is a river system?
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The River System(the beginning of a river)
River Source
Upstream
Tributaries
Main River
Wet land
Downstream
River Mouth
Ocean/Lake
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River Source(The beginning of a river)

• Usually starts in the mountains

Precipitation
Rain
Melted Snow
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• Then the rain flows down the mountain
• Into small rivers called..

Tributaries
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• The tributaries flow into one large.

River
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• The lager river then breaks into more smaller
  rivers called.
• The area around the tributaries and the river
  mouth is called

Tributaries
Wet Lands
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• The water flows out of the tributaries or small
  streams into the
• This is where the river system ends!!

Ocean Or Lake
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Where does the river system end?

• A. Ocean/Lake
• B. A river
• C. Rain

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• Order of river system
• Start to finish
• 1. Precipitation (rain)
• 2. Tributaries
• 3. River
• 4. Tributaries
• 5. Ocean/River
• The end!!!

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River CrittersWhat lives in our rivers?
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River Life

• Many interesting creature live in and around
  rivers such as
• Fish
• Insects/Bugs
• Reptiles
• Shell critters
• Other critters

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FISH

• What types of fish live in the river??

Bass
Crape
Catfish
Salmon
Minnows
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Insects and bugs

• Dragonflies
• Beetles
• Water Bug
• Mosquitoes

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Snakes

• Cottonmouth snake (poisonous)
• Water Moccasins (poisonous)
• Banded water snake (non-poisonous)

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Creatures with shells
Snails
Crayfish
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Other Critters
Frogs
Turtles
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Plants

• Three types of plant live in rivers.
• Emergents
• Floating plants
• submergents

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Emergents

• They grow out of the water

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Floating Plants

• Their leaves float on the top of the water.
• Normally in backwaters, where there is no
  current.
• A lot like a lily pad.

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Submergents

• Grow completely underwater

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Longest rivers in the world.Where is the
longest river?
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The top three longest rivers.
Nile
Amazon
Chang Jiang
Mississippi
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Nile
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• Located in
• Egypt

• 4,145 miles long

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Amazon
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• Located in.
• Brazil

• 4,000 miles long

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Chang Jiang
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• Located in.
• China

• 3,964 miles long

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Mississippi-Missouri
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• 3,740 miles long

• Located in.
• United States of America

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What is the Longest river in the world?

• Mississippi
• B. Nile
• C. Colorado

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• The longest rivers

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What we use rivers for!!!
Food
Entertainment
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What else???
Trade
Irrigation
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Websites

• http//www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/
  rivers/
• http//mbgnet.mobot.org/fresh/

http//www.americanrivers.org/riverabcs.html
http//flagspot.net/flags/eg.html
http//www.theodora.com/fl ags/brazil_flags.html
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