Rivers

Rivers

In year 5 we have been learning about all sorts of Rivers around the world. Before the half term we all got in pairs or in three's and we made a poster of a river we have studied about. Here are some of the rivers we have studied about.

Amazon:


 * Continent || South America ||
 * Country it flows through || Peru, Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia ||
 * Length || 6400 kilometres (4,000 miles) ||
 * Number of tributaries || Over 200 ||
 * Source || Lago Villafro in the Andes Mountains, Peru ||
 * Mouth || Brazil into the Atlantic Ocean (delta) ||

Mekong:

China, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam  ||
 * Continent ||  Asia  ||
 * Countries it flows through ||
 * Length || 4000 kilometres (2,500 miles) ||
 * Number of tributaries || 6 ||
 * Source || Tibetan Plateau ||
 * Mouth || Vietnam into the South China Sea ||
 * Uses || Irrigation, fisheries, power generation, transportation, industrial and domestic supply ||

Mississippi:


 * Country ||  USA  ||
 * States it flows through ||  Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Illinois, Alabama, Louisiana, Missouri, Minnesota  ||
 * Length ||  6020 kilometres  ||
 * Number of tributaries ||  250  ||
 * Source ||  Lake Itasca in Minnesota  ||
 * Mouth ||  Louisiana into the Gulf of Mexico  ||

Murray-Darling:


 * Continent ||  Australasia  ||
 * Countries it flows through ||  Australia  ||
 * Length ||   3,680 kilometres (2,310 miles )   ||
 * Number of Tributaries ||  3  ||
 * Source ||  Australian Alps  ||
 * Mouth ||  Encounter Bay, Indian Ocean  ||

Nile: Rhine:
 * Continent || Africa ||
 * Countries it flows through || Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, Burundi ||
 * Length || 6,695 kilometres (4,160 miles) ||
 * Number of tributaries || 2 ||
 * Source || Burundi, central Africa ||
 * Mouth || Egypt into the Mediterranean Sea ||

Yangtze: Here are some of the rivers we have studied and put on our posters.
 * Continent ||  Europe  ||
 * Countries it flows through ||  Switzerland, Germany, The Netherlands  ||
 * Length ||  To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 106 and 107 m (1,000 and 10,000 km). See also lengths of other orders of magnitude. Distances shorter than 106 m 1,000 km is equal to: 621 miles. Side of square with area 1,000... 1,320 km (820 miles)  ||
 * Number of tributaries ||  2  ||
 * Source ||  Swiss Alps  ||
 * Mouth ||  Rotterdam into the North Sea  ||
 * Continent || Asia ||
 * Countries it flows through || China ||
 * Length || 6,240 kilometres (3,900 miles) ||
 * Number of tributaries || Over 700 ||
 * Source || Kulun mountains ||
 * Mouth || Yellow Sea at the port of Shanghai ||

By Shomona Ellahi