Showing posts with label LAKES. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LAKES. Show all posts

Sunday, 15 November 2015

EUROPE'S RIVERS AND LAKES

There are hundreds of rivers and tributaries in Europe.
The biggest are navigable rivers.
Rivers which flow into the Arctic Ocean: (completely frozen in winter)
  • Pechora.
  • Dvina.
Rivers which flow into the North Sea:
  • Thames.
  • Elbe.
  • Rhine.
Rivers which flow into the Baltic Sea:
  • Oder.
  • Vistula.
Rivers which flow into the Atlantic Ocean: (with a high volume of water because of rainfall)
  • Loire.
  • Seine.
Rivers that flow into the Black Sea:
  • Danube (Europe's second longest river).
  • Dnieper.
  • Don.
Rivers that flow into the Caspian Sea:
  • Volga (Europe's longest river, 3.690 km long).
  • Ural (It's often frozen in winter).
Rivers that flow into the Mediterranean Sea:
  • Ebro.
  • Rhone.
  • Po.
  • Tiber

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.
Other important lake is Lake Constance.


http://www.educaplay.com/es/recursoseducativos/2173185/rivers_and_lakes_in_europe.htm