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20 Cards in this Set
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A river that is located on the continent of Asia is..... |
the Ob
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A river in South America is the....
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Orinoco
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When waterfalls on the Congo river stopped ships, the people got around it by building .....
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railroads
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A landlocked country does not have.....
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an ocean coast
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Two major rivers in Europe are the ___ and the ____
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Rhine
Danube |
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Why did the people who lived near the Volga River build canals?
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to trade goods
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A river on the continet of Africa (but not the largest river in the world) is the ...
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Niger
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All the area that flows downhill to a river is a...
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drainage basin
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The longest river in the world is the _____ and it's located in ______.
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Nile
Africa |
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The people near the Nile River use the river for ____, _____ and _______.
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crops
travel drinking water |
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The Yellow River in China is good for farmers because it carries....
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silt
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The Yangtze Rive ris located in....
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China
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Dams help people who live along rivers because they....
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stop flooding
[also... provide drinking water, electricity, and recreation] |
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The Yangtze, Indus, and Ganges Rivers ar all on the continent of....
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Asia
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The river that is sacred to the Hindu people is the....
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Ganges River
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The place where a river dumps into the ocean is called....
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a river mouth
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The part of a river that fans out at a river mouth is called the....
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delta
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The Murray River is located in the continent....
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Australia
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River pilots have to look for dangers such as...
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ice bergs
rocks, logs sand bars |
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A small river that flows into a larger river is called a....
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tributary
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