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TASK 1

Use these websites:





and answer the following questions:

1. What is the bottom of a river called?

2. What does flowing water have?

3. Most what are built along major rivers?

4. Rivers have three courses. What are these three courses called?

5. Explain the following five words:

a. Confluence

b. Delta

c. Flood plain

d. Meander

e. Tributary

TASK 2

• Use a safe search engine to find the world’s longest rivers.

• Open Microsoft Word. Use the menu on the top of the page. Click Table, Insert > Table.

• Next, decide how many rows and how many columns you want your table to have. Click Ok.

• Use the information on the world’s longest rivers to make your own table of information.

• Give it a title.

• Highlight the information and change the type of font.

• Ask a teacher to check if you can print it out.

TASK 3

Find a map of the World which shows the world’s rivers. Using a blue coloured PENCIL mark the major World Rivers onto your map.

TASK 4

• Look at this website:

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• Find the ‘River Features’ area of this page. Use this area to find a picture of the water cycle.

• Copy this picture and paste it into Microsoft Word.

• Give the page a title.

• Underneath the picture, type out 3 facts about the MAIN features of the water cycle.

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You are now a River Detective!

Follow the instructions to complete the tasks below.

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