Natural disasters
NATURAL DISASTERS Whitewater Rafting
Whitewater rafting enthusiasts row or paddle rubber rafts down turbulent, fast-running rivers. Rafting trips can be short day trips or longer trips that involve camping alongside the river at night.
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Amazon River
The Amazon River in South America is one of the longest rivers in the world. Only the Nile River in Africa is longer.
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Parts of a River
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Earth Extremes Tour
Can you name the world’s tallest mountain, longest river, and deepest lake? Click on the map to learn about Earth’s most extreme places!
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Thames River, London
The Thames River in London is the most important river in England. It is the main source of London’s water supply.
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Steamboat
Steamboats used to be an important way to travel and to ship goods, especially on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. This boat is a modern copy of a 19th-century steamboat.
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Colorado River in the Grand Canyon
The Colorado River runs along the bottom of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. The river created the canyon over millions of years by slowly wearing through rock.
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Emmanuel Delali Fayorsey Floods
A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land.[1] The European Union (EU) Floods Directive defines a flood as a covering by water of land not normally covered by water.[2] In the sense of "flowing
Whitewater rafting enthusiasts row or paddle rubber rafts down turbulent, fast-running rivers. Rafting trips can be short day trips or longer trips that involve camping alongside the river at night.
Encarta Encyclopedia
Energy Productions/The Image Bank
Amazon River
The Amazon River in South America is one of the longest rivers in the world. Only the Nile River in Africa is longer.
Encarta Encyclopedia
Claudia Parks/The Stock Market
Parts of a River
Encarta Encyclopedia
© Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
Earth Extremes Tour
Can you name the world’s tallest mountain, longest river, and deepest lake? Click on the map to learn about Earth’s most extreme places!
Encarta Encyclopedia
© Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
Thames River, London
The Thames River in London is the most important river in England. It is the main source of London’s water supply.
Encarta Encyclopedia
Sandy Stockwell/Corbis
Steamboat
Steamboats used to be an important way to travel and to ship goods, especially on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. This boat is a modern copy of a 19th-century steamboat.
Encarta Encyclopedia
David R. Frazier/Photo Researchers, Inc.
Colorado River in the Grand Canyon
The Colorado River runs along the bottom of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. The river created the canyon over millions of years by slowly wearing through rock.
Encarta Encyclopedia
David Muench/Corbis St. Paul’s Lutheran school
Six Sparrows
Emmanuel Delali Fayorsey Floods
A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land.[1] The European Union (EU) Floods Directive defines a flood as a covering by water of land not normally covered by water.[2] In the sense of "flowing