Rivers
What is the world third longest river? Where is it located?
The Chang Jian or Yangtze in China
What does the mouth of the Mississippi flow into?
The Gulf of Mexico
What is the world's longest river? Where is it located?
The Nile in Africa
Where is a river at its highest?
A river is at its highest at its headwaters or source (where it begins).
Where is a river at its lowest?
A river is at its lowest at its mouth (where it ends).
What is the world's fifth largest river? Where is it located?
Huang He or Yellow River in China
Where is the source of the Mississippi?
Lake Itasca in Minnesota
What is the second longest river in the United States?
Mississippi River
What is the longest river in the United States?
Missouri River
Which river connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?
St. Lawrence River
What is the world's second longest river? Where is it located?
The Amazon in South America
Which river forms an international boundary between Mexico and the United States?
The Rio Grande
What makes up a river system?
The river and all the smaller streams that supply the water to the river
Name the longest river in the European part of Russia.
Volga River
Where is the mouth of the Mississippi?
the Mississippi delta in Louisiana
What is a small stream or river that flows into a larger one?
tributary
source
where a river begins
mouth
where a river ends
