A reservoir is an artificial lake made by humans to store water.

Hydro-electricity is electricity created by water flowing downhill turning a turbine.

The mouth of a river is where it enters the sea or a lake, the river flow slows, loses its energy and often deposition occurs.

Introducing rivers

Geography

River processes and landforms

The river's journey

Flooding rivers

Flooding impacts and solutions

Rivers in the UK

Rivers in Europe

Mighty rivers of the world

This unit links to 'Climate zones: What are they and why do they matter?' in which the influence of climate on global geographies and environmental regions is developed with reference to understanding of the water cycle and rivers.

This unit builds on 'The water cycle: why is it important?' and develops this understanding further to investigate where water goes to and to look at where and why the major rivers are located and how local rivers are affected by weather variations. 

This unit explores how rivers change the land as they flow. Pupils learn about the journey of a river from source to mouth, the effects of flooding, and what makes rivers important. They compare rivers in the UK, Europe and other parts of the world.

Rivers: what's special about them?

A river is a {{}} of water across the land into the sea or another lake.

Why are rivers important for the environment?

the part of the river that enter the sea 

a smaller river that flows into a bigger river

Can you match the key word to the correct definition?

What does the area within the dotted line on this image show?

What is the point where two rivers meet called?

This river flows through London. What is it called?

How do humans often use rivers in the UK?

What colour usually represents rivers on a map?

This is the River Seine, which city does it flow through?

Introducing rivers

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