geographie lesson with qiyaro and julian

Amazon river

Made by: Tommy and Qiyaro

To begin our Lesson with some fun we will show you a video, but you have to write down 5 facts you didn't know until now. You have to pay attention the whole lesson including the video, because we will give you a quiz at the end.

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Type in the fact you like most.

Source

The rivers source is where the river starts it's journey. The source of the Amazon River starts high in the mountains of the Peruvian Andes at over 5,000 m above sea level. The Specific source is being debated by a lot of scientists.

River basin and watershed

The river basin is the area where all the rain water goes to one river. And the watershed is the dividing line between multiple river basins. As you can see the river basin is really big and it has a variety of landscapes like rainforests, floodplain forests, savannahs and rivers.

Tributaries

Tributaries are the the smaller rivers that join the big river. The Amazon also has a lot of tributaries. The Amazon river has 70 tributaries, so we won't be naming all of them,but we'll name a few. For example Cajari River, Napo River and Rio Negro.

Mouth

The mouth of a river is where the river flows into a lake or sea.

The mouth of the Amazon river is into the Atlantic Ocean and at 0 m above sea level.

Long profile

The long profile is the river from it's source to it's mouth and it has 3 courses: The upper course, middle cours and Lower course.

Upper course

The Amazon Rivers upper course takes part in Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela, whose waters drain into the Solimões (river) and its tributaries. So it is big.

Middle course

In the middle course the Amazon River is wider and it goes through a lot of valleys. It causes a lot of erosion in the valley.

Lower course

The Amazon River flows way slower than it did before. It slowly flows into the ocean.

Quiz

We will give a small quiz now so we know who understands and who doesn't.

In what mountains does the Amazon River starts?

1. Himalaya
2. Alps
3. Andes
4. Karakoram

What is a watershed?

1. All the rain water in this area wil go to one river.
2. The dividing line between different rain water to river areas.
3. Area with higher land on each side.
4. Where the river flows into a lake or sea.

How long is the Amazon river according to most scientists?

1. Atleast 400,000 kilometers long.
2. Atleast 4,000 miles long.
3. Atleast 4,000 kilometers long.
4. Atleast 6,000 kilometers lng.

What is the slowest course in the river.

1. Upper cours
2. Rivers long profile
3. Middle course
4. Lower course

What do you know about the Amazon River?

Do you think the Amazon River is cool and why?

Are there still questions?