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Rivers of the World
The Mississippi• States it flows through: Minesota, Wisconsin,
Iowa, Illinois, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana
• Length: 2340 miles or 3766 kilometres
• Mouth: Gulf of Mexico
• Number of tributaries: over 13 tributaries & sub tributaries
• Continent: America (North America)
• Interesting fact: The name Mississippi is derived from the Ojibwe word “misi-ziibi” meaning ‘Great River’.
The Amazon• Countries it flows through: Peru, Bolivia,
Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador and Brazil
• Length: over 4000 miles or 6400 kilometres
• Mouth: opens into the Atlantic (its width is longer than the whole length of the Thames River!)
• Number of tributaries: over 1000 tributaries
• Continent: America (South America)
• Interesting fact: The Amazon is the second largest river in the world. No bridges cross the river along its entire length.
The Danube
• Countries it flows through: Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine.
• Length: 1770 miles or 2850 kilometres
• Mouth: opens into the Black Sea
• Number of Tributaries: over 27 tributaries
• Continent: Europe
• Interesting fact: The Danube is the source of drinking water for about ten million people.
The Ganges
• Countries it flows through: India and Bangladesh
• Length: 1560 miles or 2510 kilometres
• Mouth: opens into the Indian Ocean
• Number of tributaries: 2• Continent: Asia
• Interesting fact: The river is thought of as a goddess who aids the dead on their path to Heaven.
Huang He
• Countries it flows through: China
• Length: 3395 miles or 5464 kilometres
• Mouth: opens into the Gulf of Bohai
• Number of Tributaries: 13
• Continent: Asia
• Interesting fact: The river has flooded so often that it has become known as the ‘River of Sorrow’. The water is a yellow colour because of the silt that flows down it.
The Nile• Countries it flows through: Egypt, Ethiopia,
Sudan and Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Eritrea and the Democratic Republic of Congo
• Length: 4169 miles or 6670 kilometres
• Mouth: opens at Egypt into the Mediterranean Sea
• Number of tributaries: 2• Continent: Africa
• Interesting fact: The River Nile is the longest river in the world. Its name comes from the Greek word “neilos” which means valley.