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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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Year 3

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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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. The Nile, Amazon, Yangtze, Mississippi, Murray and Volga are the longest rivers in each continent.
  2. Antarctica doesn’t have any permanent long rivers.
  3. The Nile is the longest river in the world and has two major tributaries the White Nile and the Blue Nile.
  4. 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

Use Google maps or NASA satellite imagery to explore the Nile.
Teacher tip

Equipment

Atlases and computers if using satellite imagery.

Licence

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Lesson video

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6 Questions

Q1.
How many continents are there?
Correct Answer: 7, seven
Q2.
Rivers drain water from the land and take it to the seas and...
Correct Answer: oceans, Oceans
Q3.
A is a smaller river or stream that joins a bigger river.
Correct answer: tributary
meander
waterfall
Q4.
What is a river confluence?
Correct answer: Where two rivers meet
Where the river starts
Where the river flows into the sea
Q5.
Why do we build dams?
Correct answer: To create hydroelectric power
To provide habitats
To stop fish moving downstrea
Q6.
The width and the depth of a river get larger as the river flows...
Correct Answer: downstream

6 Questions

Q1.
Which continent does not have any large rivers?
Correct answer: Antarctica
Africa
Asia
Q2.
What is the longest river in the world?
River Amazon
Correct answer: River Nile
River Volga
Q3.
How wide is the River Amazon during the dry season?
2km
5km
Correct answer: 11km
Q4.
What is the longest river in North America?
Correct answer: Mississippi
Loire
Amazon
Q5.
What are the two tributaries of the River Nile called?
Correct answer: Blue and White Nile
Red and Green Nile
Black and Pink Nile
Q6.
Which of these cities does the River Nile flow through?
Cape Town
Correct answer: Cairo
Copenhagen