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1 KEY POINTS IN THIS CHAPTER Canterburys braided rivers are internationally and nationally significant and provide outstanding habitat for many rare birds fish plants and other species Canterbury has the largest number of braided rivers in New Zealan. And . Two Mountain Chains. By: Melissa White and . Lyndsey. Robbins. GPS Standard. SS3G1 The student will locate major topographical features. . a. Identify major rivers of the United States of America: Mississippi, Ohio, Rio Grande, Colorado, Hudson. . Western Rivers/ Inland/ Great Lakes. Objectives:. STATE. the importance of the towing vessel industry to the nations economy. . STATE . the differences between towing vessel types and operations (i.e. Inland, Western Rivers, and Great Lakes towing). By: Jade Coley-Still, Justin Nelson and Martin . 5 largest rivers in the world? . the . N. ile river. Amazon river. Yangtze river. . M. ississippi river . Yenisei river . 5 largest rivers in the world: . Meanders. A meander is a turning or winding of a stream. Incised meanders of Dolores River, Colorado . They have single channels that makes big loops . Meanders of the . Rio Cauto. at . Guamo Embarcadero. Water Security. Friday September 6, 2013. “tragedy of the commons”. First “assignment”. Re-write this definition and email to . sbowring@mit.edu. before 2 PM Friday . A) . Water . security is a population’s capacity to ensure a . Peng. . Wenqi. Director of Department of Water Environment, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research. Director of Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Research Center, MWR. June 21, 2016. Christoph Csallner. , University of Texas at Arlington. . http://ranger.uta.edu/~csallner/. . Joint work with: . Shabnam Aboughadareh. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants No. 1017305, 1117369, and 1527398. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.. Explain why many cities in the United States are located near rivers. . Lesson Vocabulary. inlet. – any area of water extending into the land from a larger body of water.. g. ulf. . – are large inlets. . Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Both rivers begin in Turkey and flow south through Iraq. In southern Iraq, the two rivers join to form one waterway. That waterway, Al- Arab Shatt, empties into the Persian Gulf. Rivers As a stream forms, it erodes soil and rock to make a channel. Over time the stream transports rock and soil downstream, making it longer and wider A streams ability to erode is influenced by 2 factors AUTHORS: . Rômulo Henrique Teixeira do Egito . Bruna Letícia Oliveira da Silva . Janyelle Santos Soares . Rafael Aguiar de Miranda . Gilcean Silva Alves . Bombas River. Paraíba do Sul River. Tamanduateí River. Rivers carry rainwater from hills downhill to other rivers, lakes or the ocean.. Many rivers and streams will join together before they reach the mouth of the river. The smaller rivers and streams are called tributaries.. runoff. ), where it travels overland to the oceans. Streams and Rivers are an essential part in the water cycle and account for most of the . erosion of Earth’s surface. .. Rivers. A . tributary. is a stream that runs into a larger stream. The main river will eventually drain into the ocean. A river and all of its tributaries is called a . Fluvial Processes. Erosion. Term. Definition. Hydraulic action. Flowing water erodes the bed and banks. Found at waterfalls and meanders. Abrasion. Scraping of rivers bed by particles of rock – like sandpaper.