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Bodies of waters in United StatesTRANSCRIPT
Bodies of water in the United States
The continental United States has two coasts.
These coasts touch two oceans.
What is a coast?
What are the names of the two oceans that the United States touches?
• There are two states in the US that are not continental– What are the names of these states?
What oceans do these states touch?
The longest rivers in the US
• The Missouri River is 3,768 km long
• The Mississippi River is 3,544 km long
• The Yukon River is 3,185 km long
• The Rio Grande River is 2,830 km long
• The Colorado River is 2,330 km long
The Rivers
The Great Lakes
• What does fresh water mean?• What other country touches the Great Lakes?
The Great Lakes form the largest group of fresh water lakes on Earth!
They contain 21% of the Earth’s fresh water!
Rivers in Pittsburgh
Three rivers:
1. Allegheny River
2. Monogahela River
3. Ohio River