RIVERS

DEFINITION

• A river is a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another such stream.

HOW IT IS CREATED

• Most emerge from underground streams, formed after rain or snow seeps into the ground then bubbles back to the surface. As the water flows downhill, the trickle swells into a stream and then, as side streams called tributaries join it, into a wider river.

NAMES OF RIVERS

• The Mississippi River, North America.
• The Nile River, Africa.
• The Amazon River, South America.
• The Volga River, Europe.
• The Mekong River, China