Bodies of
Water
Stream
water that flows naturally
along a fixed route formed
by a channel cut into rock
or ground.
River
a large natural stream of
water flowing in a channel
to the sea, a lake, or
another such stream.
World's Most Famous Rivers
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The second-longest river in North America and is part
The Nile is a major north-flowing river in northeastern
of the second-largest drainage system on the
Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea.
continent as well.
Pond
small body of still water
formed naturally or by
hollowing or embanking.
World's Most Famous Ponds
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Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts is 1/2 mile wide about 500 feet across and only 3 feet deep, was
and lies in a kettle hole, created by a retreating glacier at artificially created 100 years ago in Santa Cruz, California
least 10,000 years ago. and supports many bird species and small wild animals.
Ocean
a very large expanse of
sea, in particular each of
the main areas into which
the sea is divided
geographically.
World's Oceans
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Pacific is the largest of these oceans. It fills the area It is bounded by the Americas to its west, and by the
between the western coastline of the Americas, the western shores of Europe and Africa to its east. It
eastern coastlines of Asia and Australia, and is capped to includes the Mediterranean, Caribbean and Baltic Seas, and
the North and South by the Arctic and Antarctic regions. the Gulf of Mexico.
World's Oceans
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The Arctic is the smallest and shallowest of the five
Until the mid-20th Century, the waters surrounding
Oceans, and falls mostly within the Arctic Circle. It is Antarctica were generally considered to be extensions of
surrounded by the Eurasian and North American the adjoining oceans.
continents
World's Most Famous Rivers
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One of the most famous rivers in the world because The largest river by discharge volume of water in the
it’s one of the rivers that encloses the historical world, and the disputed longest river in the world in
region of Mesopotamia comparison to the Nile.
World's Oceans
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Covers area between the eastern coast of Africa, the
shores of the Middle East and India to its north, and is
separated from the Atlantic Ocean by Southeast Asia and
Australia/Oceania.
Lake
a large body of water
surrounded by land.
World's Famous Lakes
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This lake is located in the Republic of Buryatia (in Russia's
Lough Neagh is a freshwater lake in Northern Ireland. It is
Irkutsk province). it has the largest water volume of any
the largest lake in the British Isles, and one of the forty
continental lake on the planet, and it is the world's
largest lakes in Europe.
deepest lake.
World's Famous Lakes
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named after the Kaspi peoples who used to live in
Transcaucasia, is an oceanic lake in central Asia. This lake This freshwater lake is in the highlands and is the largest
is in both Russia and Iran. Many people might not know of all Scottish lakes. The famous Inchmurrin, the largest
that it's not a sea at all. In fact, it is an oceanic lake. freshwater island in the British Isles, is in this lake.
What's your
favorite among the
five?
Have you visited one of them? Share it with the class!
thank
you!
