Mighty rivers of the world
I can locate some of the world’s largest rivers and describe a journey down the Nile.
Mighty rivers of the world
I can locate some of the world’s largest rivers and describe a journey down the Nile.
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Key learning points
- The Nile, Amazon, Yangtze, Mississippi, Murray and Volga are the longest rivers in each continent.
- Antarctica doesn’t have any permanent long rivers.
- The Nile is the longest river in the world and has two major tributaries the White Nile and the Blue Nile.
- The Nile flows through Cairo and then the river splits into lots of different channels. We call this a delta.
Keywords
Tributary - A tributary is a smaller river or stream that joins a bigger river.
Confluence - where two rivers meet
Satellite image - a photograph taken from above using a satellite
Common misconception
There are long rivers on every continent.
There are no permanent rivers in Antarctica
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