Earthquakes & Volcanoes
The Americas
Rivers & the Water Cycle
Rivers are like nature's highways, flowing through the land, carrying water from high mountains to the wide ocean. Imagine them as big, watery snakes winding through forests and valleys! They start small as trickling streams, then grow bigger and stronger as they collect water from rain and melting snow. Along the way, they give life to plants and animals. But that's not all! Water from rivers also travels up into the sky through evaporation, forming clouds. Then, it falls back to Earth as rain, sleet, or snow, starting the cycle all over again. It's like a never-ending adventure for water!
Key Vocabulary:
Source - The place where a river begins.
Tributaries - Rivers that join up with another river.
Channel - The course in the ground that a river or water flows through.
Mouth - The point where a river joins the sea.
Erosion - Rocks and other river materials are picked up by the water and moved to another place along the river.
Valley - A long ditch in the earth’s surface between ranges of hills or mountains.
Evaporation - The process of water heating up and changing to water vapour.
Condensation - The process of water vapour cooling and turning back into water.
Precipitation - Rain/snow/hail which falls from the sky.
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