Rivers of the World

Almanac information

• Principal Rivers of the World - statistics and InfoPlease almanac information
  http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001779.html
• Principal Rivers of the World - statistics and FactMonster almanac information
  http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0001779.html

Encyclopedia information

• General Encyclopedia --- use the ADVANCED search top right, then exact phrase
  Groliers Online Encyclopedia

  • USERNAME: sjoseph PASSWORD: jaguars
  • To use from HOME register HERE
• Encyclopedias from the Seattle Public Libary - need your library card number

Internet searching : ie., Google -- hints

• put the name of your river in QUOTATION MARKS
• do an ADVANCED search and put your river as the TITLE of the PAGE
  • use this exact wording line
  • use the last section "Date, usage rights, numeric range, and more" and then Where your keywords show up = Title
• check the URL address to see who is publishing the web page and their perspective
  • a newspaper? -- current, popular account
  • a government agency? --tourism?
  • an organization? -- purpose?

Online web sites

• Rivers of the World - brief information and links to web sites
  http://www.slco.lib.ut.us/kidriver.htm
• River systems of the world - chart with statistical information
  http://www.rev.net/~aloe/river/
• Profiles of Great World Rivers (Amazon, Zambezi, Volga, Yangtze, Thames, Mississippi)
  http://cgee.hamline.edu/rivers/Resources/river_profiles/index.html
• Rivers and streams - river biome information - watershed, river zone,
• World's largest rivers map
  • World's longest rivers quiz
  • Major world rivers - Enchanted learning blank printout

Student projects - be careful of information since done by students or teachers

• Rivers of the World
  http://web.bryant.edu/~langlois/ecology/riversproject.htm
• Rivers of the World
  http://www.kenttrustweb.org.uk/kentict/kentict_subjects_geo_rwld_index.cfm
• Rivers of the World
  http://woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/rivers/longest.htm

Games

• World Features - online interactive world map - mostly rivers to find
• Major world rivers - Enchanted learning blank printout

All Star River Explorers - audio/video website explaning how US rivers form, why important, management of: U Illinois

Rivers and Streams - parts of: river zones, watershed, how formed, dams, hydroelectric power -- Missouri Botanical