Term 2 & 4
	Students need to chose and research a River System from the following continents. Africa Asia South America Niger Nile Zaire Zambesi Amur Brahmaputra Chang Jaing Ganges Huang He Indus Irrawaddy Irtysh-Ob Lena Mekong Salween Yenisey Amazon Orinoco North America Europe Australia Colorado Mackenzie-Peace Mississippi Missouri Rio Grande St Lawrence Yukon   Clyde Danube Po Rhine Seine Thames Tiber Volga   Brisbane Darling Derwent Hawkesbury Murray Ord Swan Yarra   The final presentation is to include maps and detailed information on at least three (3) different aspects of your river from the following list: Landforms Water Quality/Pollution Tourism/Recreation Wilderness/National Parks Catchment Area Agriculture Water Storage Flooding Fishing/Fauna Hydro-Electricity Industry Urban Centres More detailed references can be found from the links at the left of the page. Suggested Approach Locate a map of your river using CD-ROM WorldBook 98 (Search …Maps) or Britannica 97. Search Internet resources using the Name of the River as the Keyword. Don’t forget to use + for some search engines or place the name of your river in (" ") inverted commas. Use the words delta, estuary, together with the river name for better hits. Try http://www.rev.net/~aloe/river/ to check out the statistics about your river Resources The following provides a starting point for most topics. Starting points for general book references are: R910.3 WEB (1997), Merriam Webster’s Geographical Dictionary R910.3 ENC (1994), Encyclopedia of World Geography R030 WOR (1997), The World Book Encyclopedia – Check V22 Index R994.03 AUS (1983), The Australian Encyclopedia – Check V12 Index