Why are rivers important?

What does transport mean?

• Moving goods and people from one place to another

• Generating electricity using the power of water.

• Providing activities for people's spare time

• Watering crops in farmers fields>

What does hydro-electric power mean?

• Moving goods and people from one place to another

• Generating electricity using the power of water.

• Providing activities for people's spare time

• Watering crops in farmers fields>

What does leisure mean?

• Moving goods and people from one place to another

• Generating electricity using the power of water.

• Providing activities for people's spare time

• Watering crops in farmers fields>

What does irrigation mean?

• Moving goods and people from one place to another

• Generating electricity using the power of water.

• Providing activities for people's spare time

• Watering crops in farmers fields.

Why is it important to study rivers?

• So we know how much water we can use from them.

• To help avoid damage from flooding

• So we understand how they change over time

Which of these rivers is in Africa?

• Niger

• Congo

• Nile

• Danube

Which of these rivers in is South America?

• Amazon

• Parana

• Lena

• Ob

Which of these rivers is in North America?

• Mississippi

• Missouri

• Colorado

• Nile

Which of these rivers is is Europe?

• Danube

• Volga

• Huang He

• Murray-Darling

Which of these rivers is in Asia?

• Huang He

• Ganges

• Mekong

• Niger