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33 Cards in this Set
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Indus River |
important water supply for country of Pakistan
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Yellow River |
named for the color of its water, good for farmers in China because the yellow colored silt in this river forms fertile land
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Yangtze River |
dams have been built on this river in China to prevent flooding, the "Three Gorges Dam" is being built |
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Murray River |
provides irrigation water for farming, orchards and vineyards are important |
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origin |
source where river begins
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mouth |
place where river empties into a sea or other large body of water |
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delta |
triangular piece of land at the mouth of a river (often silt and other sediments that the river has carried are deposited here) |
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tributary |
a stream or smaller river that flows into a larger river |
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drainage basin |
an area with small streams that flow into a river, the are that is drained by a single large river and its tributaries |
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reservoir |
a natural lake, or a lake created by people for the purpose of storing water |
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Congo River |
waterfalls and rapids cause transportation problems in some areas so railroads have been built around the waterfalls |
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Niger River |
has the city of Timbuktu, an important trading center |
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Nile River |
the longest river in the world, river water is important for drinking, irrigation and transportation, size of ancient Egypt civilization |
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Rhine River |
one of the busiest rivers in the world, has many castles along its banks |
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Danube River |
crosses or touches ten different countries, leaders of these countries have promised to allow everyone to use the river, even if they disagree about other things |
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Volga River |
people have built canals that connect the river to the sea to help them trade goods with other countries |
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Ob River |
river empties into the Arctic Ocean, ice causes a problem for river pilots in colder months |
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Ganges River |
water in this river is sacred to many people in India who practice the Hindu religion |
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Yukon River |
important during the Klondike gold rush in 1897, located in both the US and Canada, freezes during the winter months |
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Mackenzie River |
this river freezes during the winter months making navigation impossible, only in Canada |
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Mississippi River |
longest river in North America, and 5th longest river in the world, made famous by Mark Twains books "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" |
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Amazon River |
longest river in South America and 2nd longest in the world, runs through the Amazon rainforest |
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Parana River |
an important river for Paraguay, important for Hydroelectricity |
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Orinoco River |
boats and rivers can travel this river with no problem, also important for hydroelectricity |
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irrigation |
moving water from a river or lake to dry land to help grow crops |
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silt |
fine particles of soil carried by the water in a river |
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landlocked |
a country that does not have an ocean coast, it is surrounded by land |
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orchard |
an area where a large number of fruit trees have been planted helps people who live along a river to keep areas from flooding |
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vineyard |
an area where grapes are grown |
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pasture |
land set aside for cows, horse or other animals to feed off the natural grasses |
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river pilots |
people who steer boats around dangerous places in a river and who need to watch out for ice chunks, waterfalls, fallen logs, rocks or anything else that may damage a boat |
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dam |
a structure built to stop the flow of moving water that helps people who live along a river to keep areas from flooding |
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channel |
a man made channel that connects two bodies of water |
