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General information
Go here for a list of the principal rivers of the world
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0001779.html
This is about Australia's rivers and other landforms
http://www.ga.gov.au/education/facts/landforms/longrive.htm
'Half the world's rivers at risk' A discussion from BBC News about the state of the world's river. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/538457.stm
What is a river? http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/riversandcoasts/rivers/whatis_river/
People and rivers: about how people use a river and about conservation
http://www.globaleye.org.uk/primary_autumn2001/focuson/people-rivers.html
Amazon River
piranaha live in parts of the Amazon River
This first site has a map, information about wildlife and photographs
http://www.mbarron.net/Amazon/
This one has stuff about the people who live on the river and the agriculture. It addresses the following: Where is the Amazon? How rainy is the rainforest? Who lives there? Making a living, Conservation and coffee. http://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html
This one covers some conservation issues to do with the Amazon. http://www.worldwildlife.org/amazon/
Read here about the rainforest animals http://www.animalsoftherainforest.com/amazonmorpho.htm
Parrots of the Amazon http://www.parrot-lexicon.com/amazons.htm
A description of a journey along
the river
http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/news/february97.html
Colorado River, USA
the
Colorado River flows through the Grand Canyon
General
information with links to features along the river
http://www.kaibab.org/misc/gc_coriv.htm
About fish that live in the river
and sporting fishing
http://www.fish-colorado-river.com/
This one is about tours on the river. Read the information and you'll pick up info. about wildlife, geography, some history etc. http://www.crateinc.com/
This one is from a group which
aims to clean up the Colorado River. For a history of the river,
use the history button at the bottom of the page http://www.coloradoriver.org/
Mackenzie River,
Canada: the world's 10th longest river
A general description
http://www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca/rivers/mac1.htm
http://www.wrigleyhotel.com/mackenzie-river.htm
About the history of the river
and about the fur trapper after whom the river is named: Alexander
Mackenzie
ithttp://greatcanadianrivers.com/rivers/mack/history-home.html
This is about a cruise people
go on, but there is information here.
http://www.norweta.com/mac_river_itinerary_facts.htm
Mekong
The Mekong as it flows through Cambodia
The Mekong is the 12th longest
river in the world. It begins its 4,800 kilometre journey in Tibet
and flows through Yunnan Province of China, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia,
Lao PDR and Vietnam. Over 60 million people depend on the Mekong
and its tributaries for food, water and transport.
http://www.africanwater.org/mekong_river.htm
riverboat 'Natchez' on the Mississippi River
Mississippi,
USA
Comprehensive information
about the river; its history, plant and animal life and conservation
issues. http://biology.usgs.gov/s+t/SNT/noframe/ms137.htm
This one is about places along the
river. It includes things to note during different seasons.There's
information too about miratory birds in the Mississippi Valley
area. http://www.mississippi-river.org/
Here you'll find history, information
about flooding, maps and information about some of the paddleboats
that still sail on the river. Lots of links from this site too.
http://rosecity.net/river/
Environmental aspects are here. A
useful map showing the parts of the USA through which the river
flows. http://www.epa.gov/msbasin/
Murray River:
Australia's longest river
The Murray
is Australia's longest river.
It is 2,589 kilometres long. It rises (starts) in the Australian
Alps, in south eastern New South Wales, and flows westward to
form the border between New South Wales and Victoria. The Murray
then flows southwest across South Australia through Lake
Alexandrina, a lagoon, and into the Indian Ocean. Its main tributary,
the Darling River, joins the Murray at Wentworth. The Murray-Darling
river system is 4,685 kilometres long.
The water of the Murray is used for irrigation, and the Murray valley contains almost all of Australia's irrigated land where vines, fruits, and vegetables are grown.
Scroll down the site contents to find about the river and free photographs. http://www.murrayriver.com.au/
The Murray is in great danger from
salinity which is destroying the river and the land of the Murray
Valley. Go here to read about plans to rescue the Murray river http://www.murrayriverrescue.com.au/
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updated October 2006