The World's Longest Rivers
River | Length | Location |
Nile | 4,132 miles (6,650 km) | Africa |
Amazon | 4,000 miles (6,400 km) | South America |
Chang Jiang(Yangtze) | 3,915 miles (6,300 km) | China |
Mississippi—Missouri—Red Rock | 3,902 miles (6,275 km) | United States |
Ob | 3,364 miles (5,410 km) | Russia |
Fast Facts
The Nile River passes through 9 countries: Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
The Amazon is second in length but first in amount of water carried and area of land drained(排水).
Chang Jiang is the longest river in Asia and the third—longest in the world. The river is the longest in the world to flow wholly within one country.
The Missouri and Red Rock Rivers are considered tributaries (a stream or river that flows into a main river) of the Mississippi.
The Mississippi river system goes through only one country: the United States.
The Ob River is a major river in western Siberia, Russia and is the world's seventh longest river.
1.How are the rivers listed in the table?
A.From northernmost to southernmost. B.From widest to narrowest.
C.From longest to shortest. D.By greatest to least volume(体积).
2.Why are the Mississippi, Missouri, and Red Rock Rivers grouped together in the river?
A.All three are the same length. B.They all flow to the Amazon.
C.They are all rivers in North America. D.They are part of the same river system.
3.Which river is the longest in the world that goes through only one country?
A.Nile. B.Chang Jiang. C.Amazon. D.Ob.
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As more adults hope to get peace from meditation (冥想), more children want to get it too. It can help people deal with stress and find a more peaceful idea of life. The following can help children do meditation exercises.
Look at the sky
On nice days, go to nature, lie down on the grass and look up at the sky. The clouds move through the sky. But the sky stays clear, open and free. This is also how our thoughts work. Thoughts float in and out of our minds just like clouds. Allow your thoughts to come and go.
Then you know your mind is clear and free just like the sky.
Mindful bottle
Fill a bottle with water. The bottle of water stands for our minds. Then add red and blue sand to it. Red stands for our thoughts, and blue stands for our feelings and moods. Now shake it up. The water will get cloudy. We need to wait and watch the sand settle, as our thoughts, feelings and moods settle just like the sand.
Mindful listening
Sit in comfort and hold a bell or anything that makes a simple sound in your hands. Just feel and hear its sound as you ring it. Focus on the sound from the very first moment you hear it all the way to the end. When you can’t hear the sound any more, open your eyes or put up your hand.
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Introduction | Meditation can help people deal with stress and find more peaceful 2. of life. | |
3. | Looking at the sky | On nice days, go 4. and look up at the sky. The clear, open and free sky helps your thoughts float like clouds. |
Mindful bottle | Make a bottle 5. of water and add red and blue sand to it. Red and blue 6. for our thoughts, feelings and moods. Shake it up and watch the sand settle as our thoughts, feelings and moods settle like the sand. | |
Mindful7. | Sit 8. and hold anything that makes a simple sound. Pay 9. to the sound from the very first to the end as you ring it. When you can’t hear the sound any more, open your eyes or 10. your hand. |