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In your notebook, write true or false. Correct the false sentences
a)
The longest river in Europe is the Rhine.
b)
The rivers that flow into the Atlantic Ocean have a lot of water.
c)
The Danube is usually frozen in winter.
d)
The Rhine is a navigable river.
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Listen and identify the rivers.
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Find out about the largest European rivers. Copy and complete the table in your notebook.
Countries it flows through
Source
Mouth
Switzerland, Germany and France
Helinium in the Netherlands
The Black Forest
Odessa, Ukraine and Tulcea,
Romania
The Volga
Moscow
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Look at the map on page 24. Draw a river and include the countries and cities it flows through.
Write sentences about it.
This river starts in … It flows through … and … It flows into the…
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QUIZ
Check your learning.
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C T I V I T I E S
When water collects in a
basin
, or
depression
, it forms a lake. Lakes are
usually fed by rivers which flow into
them but they also receive rainfall.
Lake Ladoga
is the biggest lake in
Europe. It’s in Russia. It’s 17 700 km
2
and it connects two rivers, the Svir and
the Neva.
Lake Constance
, which is
in Switzerland, Germany and Austria,
is fed by the Rhine. Lakes can also
be formed by glaciers. When glaciers
move and melt, they
carve
out the land.
Spain has a lot of glacial lakes, such as
Laguna Negra
and
Lago de Sanabria
.
The Rhine forms part of
one of the most important
industrial transport systems
in the world. Goods that
can’t be carried on Europe’s
busy roads are now
transported by river.
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