Rivers of the world By Jade and Grace

Europe-UK-River Severn   The river Severn is 354 Km long

  The river passes through Wales and England.

  Cities the river goes through are Shrewsbury, Worcester, Gloucester and also Bristol.

  The river is 14Km wide.

  The river Severn has the second highest tide in the world.

It is one of the most dangerous rivers.

  The river Severn is 50ft deep.

  The source of the river is Plyhlimon ceredigion Wales

Europe-Russia-Volga   The source of the river Valdai hill,

Tver oblast

  The mouth of the river is empties in to the Caspian sea

  The length of the Volga is 3,092 Km

  The capacity of water flowing through the mouth is 8,060m3/s

  One of the most interesting facts is it has got hydroelectric power generators and plenty of reservoir's to do this in

  Astrakhan, Volgograd, Saratov, Samara, Kazan, Ulyanovsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Yaroslavl, Tver

Africa-Nile   The source of the river is the White Nile

  The mouth of the Nile empty's in to the Mediterranean Sea.

  The length is 6,650 Km

  The capacity is 2,830m3/s

  Most Egyptians lived near the Nile as it provided water, food, transportation and excellent soil for growing food

  the city's that the Nile runs though is Jinja, Juba, Khartoum, Cairo

  The Nile runs through these countries Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi

South America-Amazon   The source of the river is Andes

Mountains

  The Amazon empty's in to the Atlantic Ocean

  The length of the river is 6,800 km

  The capacity passing throw is 209,000 m3/s

  The vast Amazon basin covers more than two and a half million square miles

  the river flows through these city's Iquitos (Peru); Manaus (Brazil)Santarém and Belém do Pará (Brazil)Macapa (Brazil)

  the river passes though these counters Brazil, Peru, Colombia

North America-Mississippi   The source of the river is Lake Itasca

  The mouth of the river is Gulf of Mexico

  The length of the river is 3,734 km

  The average capacity is 18,434 m3/s

  The Mississippi and Missouri Rivers combine to form the longest river system in the USA and North America. It is also the fourth longest in the world.

  The river runs thought these city's Minneapolis, MN, St. Paul, MN, Quad Cities,IA/IL, St. Louis, MO, Memphis, TN, Baton Rouge, LA, New Orleans, LA

  The contrary it passes though is United States

Asia-China-Yangtze   The source of the river is Geladaindong Peak

  The mouth of the river is east china sea

  The length of the river is 6,300 km

  The capacity of the water flowing out is 30,166 m3/s

  The Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world after the Amazon in South America and the Nile in Africa. The Chinese name of the river is Chang Jiang (literally "Long River"), and this name is also found on many modern maps in English.

  the river passes though these city's Yibin, Luzhou, Chongqing, Wanzhou, Yichang, Jingzhou, Yueyang, Wuhan, Jiujiang, Anqing, Tongling, Wuhu, Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Nantong, Shanghai

  The countries it passes though is china

Oceana-Australia-Murray   The river Murray source is cowombat flat in the

Australian alps

  The mouth of the river empty's in the southern sea

  The length of the river is 2,375 Km

  The capacity of the water flowing in to the sea is 767m3/s

  A fact about the river is that The Murray-Darling drainage area is one of the largest in the world and certainly the largest on the continent, draining most of inland Victoria, New South Wales, and southern Queensland.

  The city's it passes though is Albury, Wodonga, Echuca, Swan Hill, Mildura, Renmark, Murray Bridge

  The contrary's it passes though is Australia.