World Rivers

Maps

SSoommee MMaajjoorr RRiivveerrss ooff NNoorrtthh AAmmeerriiccaa North Pole 80° N
ASIA 70° N

180°

170° W Yukon River ARCTIC
160° W OCEAN
150° W
Klondike Arctic Circle
River
60° N
Mackenzie
River

PACIFIC NORTH 50° N
140° W OCEAN AMERICA
Mississippi River 40° N
130° W M issouri Ri

ver

Ohio River ATLANTIC
OCEAN
30° N

120° W N Tropic of Cancer
E 20° N
W 600 miles
CARIBBEAN SEA
S
0 10° N

Equator 0° SOUTH
80° W AMERICA

110° W 100° W 90° W 70° W 60° W

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Maps

TThhrreeee MMaajjoorr RRiivveerrss ooff SSoouutthh AAmmeerriiccaa

co River Angel 10° N
Falls Equator 0°
Orino
VENEZUELA

Amazon River

BRAZIL 10° S
SOUTH
AMERICA

PARAGUAY Paraná Riv er

Iguaçu 20° S
Falls Tropic of Capricorn

PACIFIC OCEAN

30° S

ATLANTIC OCEAN

40° S

N 0 800 miles
E
50° S
W
S

100° W 90° W 80° W 70° W 60° W 50° W 40° W 30° W 20° W 60° S 10° W

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Three Major Rivers of Europe Maps

40° W 30° W 20° W 10° W 0° 10° E 20° E 30° E 40° E 50° E 60° E 70° E 80° E
60° N
N 70° N
W ARCTIC
Arctic Circle OCEAN
E

S

0 600 miles 50° N

North Baltic sea Volga River
Sea
ASIA

RhRiinveer EUROPE
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ATLANTIC Caspian Sea 40° N
OCEAN

Danube River Black Sea

30° N

AFRICA MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Some Major Rivers of Asia
Black Sea Maps
Mediterranean Sea ARCTIC OCEAN 80° N 70° N
60° N
48 50° N
40° N
30° N
20° N
0 1,000 miles
EUROPE
NE
Ob River SIBERIA Tropic of CancerWS
10° N
ASIA PACIFIC OCEAN Equator 0°
MONGOLIA Great Wall
10° S
Indus River Yellow River
(Huang He)
PAKISTAN Gange CHINA YangtzTehRreivee r

AFRICA s River Gorges Dam
BANGLADESH

INDIA

20° S

INDIAN OCEAN

30° E 40° E 50° E 60° E 70° E 80° E 90° E 100° E 110° E 120° E 130° E 140° E 150° E 160° E

The Major Rivers of Australia
Maps
110° E 120° E 130° E 140° E 150° E 160° E 170° E 180° 170° W 160° W
er
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INDIAN PACIFIC OCEAN 10° S
OCEAN
AUSTRALIADiRaivmearntina Great Dividing Range 20° S
N Tropic of Capricorn
WE arling RivD
Murray River Mt. Kosciusko 30° S
S
0 1,000 miles 40° S

Glossary

AM

Arctic Ocean, n. one of the four major oceans, “manufactured good,” (phrase), item made
located in the Northern Hemisphere. It is in large numbers for sale or trade  (41)
the smallest and shallowest of the world’s
major oceans  (31) migrate, v. to move to a different place  (31)

C mouth, n. the place where a river empties into
a sea or other large body of water  (13)

canal, n. a channel dug by people, used by N
boats or for irrigation  (41)

civilization, n. a society, or group of people, network, n. a connected system such as roads
with similar religious beliefs, customs, or waterways  (41)
language, and form of government (11)
Northern Hemisphere, n. the half of the
current, n. the ongoing movement of water, earth located north of the equator  (31)
such as in a river  (22)
O
D
orchard, n. an area where a large number of
dam, n. a structure that blocks a flowing river fruit trees have been planted  (16)
and allows water to fill in behind it  (10)
P
delta, n. land created by silt deposits at the
mouth of a river  (11) pasture, n. land set aside for cows, horses,
or other animals to feed off the natural
drainage basin, n. the area drained by a main grasses  (18)
river and other connected rivers (16)
piranha, n. type of flesh-eating fish of South
F America that lives in fresh water  (26)

flood, n. what happens when a river overflows R
its banks  (10)
rapids, n. place on a river where the water
flow, v. to move; water moves (or flows) moves swiftly and violently  (34)
downstream in a river  (6)
reservoir, n. a lake created by people for the
H purpose of storing water  (11)

humid, adj. having a lot of moisture in the river, n. a body of moving or flowing water
air  (26) that follows a set path  (2)

I riverbank, n. the land at the edge of a
river  (4)

irrigation, n. watering of crops by moving “river pilot,” (phrase), a person whose job is
water from a well, a river, or a lake, to a place to guide boats safely on a river  (20)
where it does not rain enough to grow
crops  (5) S

L sandbar, n. a buildup of sand formed by the
movement of flowing water  (22)
landlocked, adj. cut off from the seacoast;
surrounded by land  (34) silt, n. tiny pieces of soil or earth carried by the
water in a river  (6)

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source, n. a supply where an item such as V
water can be obtained  (4)
vineyard, n. an area where grapes are grown
source, n. the starting point or beginning of a on plants called vines  (18)
river’s water  (11)
W
swamp, n. a flat wooded area that is often
flooded  (25) wasteland, n. land that is not useful to
people (25)
T
waterfall, n. a place where water flows over
thermometer, n. an object that measures the the edge of a cliff  (31)
temperature of certain things, such as air or
water  (25)

toll, n. money charged for use of a road or
waterway  (40)

tributary, n. a stream or smaller river that
flows into a larger river  (22)

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