The Congo River

The Congo river is also known as the Zaire river.It is 4700 km long, making it the second longest river in Africa and the eight longest river in the world. Its basin is the democratic republic of the Congo and it flows through republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Rwanda, Burindi and the African Republic. The mouth of the Congo river is the Atlantic Ocean, and its source is the junction of Lualaba and the rivers of Lualaba.

Every year the Congo river gets up 90 inches of rainfall. It also has withins its banks, thousands of islands and thirty waterfalls. The river flows mostly near the Equator and because of these the area around it is very hot. Most of the surrounding land is tropical rain forest, except for some of the land which is full of long grass. Many people live along the river and they also fish in it. The river is also used as a means of transport for people and goods, such as barges carrying fuel, wood, or crops up or down the river. Many people use the river as irrigation so they can water their tobacco, peanut, cotton or sugarcane crops.

The Congo river is home to many animals such as tortoises, manatees, crocodiles, hippos, giraffes, elephants, zebras, water snakes, pigs and many diferent types of fish.

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The Yangtze River

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The river Yangtze is located in China. It is 6380km long making it the third longest river in the world and the longest river in Asia. The source of the Yangtze river is in Qinghai Province and its mouth is in the East China Sea which is near Shangai. . Its basin area is 1,800,000 km squared. The river Yangtze is traditionally believed to be the dividing line between North and South China, but many geographers believe that Qinling-Huai river is the real divider.

The Three Gorges Dam is a dam on the river and it is the largest hydro-electric power sation in the world. Many people are no longer be affected by flooding because of this dam and they are also provided with water transport and electricity. The river Yangtze is also beneficial to Chinas economy, as tourists take river cruises on the river, and bulk goods such as coal as well as manufactured goods are transported. Floods along the river have been a major problem. The three biggest floods were in 1911 100,00 people were killed, in 1931 145,00 people were killed and in 1935 142,000 people were killed.

There are many animals in the river Yangtze some of these are the white stork, the soft shelled turtle, the leopard, the baiji dolphin, the salamander and the chinese pangolin.

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This is a video of the Yangtze river

The Niger River

For five nations of west Africa the river Niger is a source of food, water and drainage. Also more than 20 African tribes rely on it. It is the third longest river in Africa and the thirteenth longest river in the world. The river Niger is 4180km long. Its drainage basin is 2,117,700km squared in area. The river Niger runs through Niger, Mali, Nigeria and Benin. The Benue river is its main tributary. The river Nigers source is in Guinea highlands in southeastern Guinea.

The Niger Inland Delta is an unusual feature of the river Niger as it forms whre its gradient suddenly decreases. A region of marshes, braided streams and lakes are formed because of this. The floods make the Delta extremely productive for fishing and agriculture. Heavy rainfall in the highlands of Guinea feed the Niger. The heavy rainfall floods the flatlands of Mali. During the flood season many fish enter the marshes to spawn. Fish are very easy to catch as the water recedes and they are left in shallow waters. The river Niger is also a source of oil and because of it Nigeria is in the worlds top ten producers of petroleum. Also the raffia palm grows in this region and this provides material for making brooms, building houses and making mats.

There are many different types of animals living in the river Niger some of these are hippopotami, crocodiles, manatees and black-crowned cranes.






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The River Nile

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The river Nile is 6695 km in length making it the longest river in the world.It flows through a total of nine countries. The Nile is in Eygpt it touches Uganda, Zaire, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Kenya. Some of the Niles sources are the white Nile and the blue Nile. The white Nile located in Lake Victoria and Uganda. The blue Nile is located in Lake Tana and Ethiopia.

The river Nile has the ability to produce extremely fertile soil and this made it easy for cities and civilisations to spring up alongside the banks of the Nile.The annual floods contribute to the fertile soil, due to these floods the river Nile overflows onto the banks. Very little rain falls on Eygyptian land, so the river Nile provides irrigation. It also provides papyrus which could be needed for building materials and paper and it is used as a source of drinking water aswell.

The crocodile is an animal that lives along the banks of the Nile. Some birds of the Nile are the pied kingfisher, the red-billed ilbis, the flamingo and the little green bee-eater. Some of the fish in the river Nile are the red-tailed nile catfish, the tilapia and the nile perch.

The Amazon River

The mouth of the Amazon river is located in North Eastern Brazil. Its source is in Calillona in Peru. The Amazon river is 6280km in length, which makes it the second longest river in the world. The Amazon may not be the longest river in the world, but it is the widest. At any one point in time it has the highest amount of water flowing down it.


The Amazon produces approximately 20% of all the water that the world`s rivers puor into the ocean. Thousands of tributaries join the main branch of the Amazon river, and through these tributaries the Amazon colects water from over 40% of South America`s landmass. 17 of the tributaries that the Amazon collects from are over 1600km long.

The Amazon is 11km wide in the dry season and 40km wide during the flood season. The reason it is wider during the flood season is because it widens to cover its bank and its islands in the middle of the river. The floods leave sediment and this enriches the soil.

There are over 300 species of mammals in the Amazon rainforest, thousands of fish, ten thousands of trees and nearly a hundred thousand other plant species. There are Jaguars, Toucans, Piranhas, many different types of Frogs, Macaws, Anacondas and many other different species of mammal and fish.


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This is a video of the Amazon river.

Introduction to Ravin Rivers

My name is Zach and I am writing this blog on the most rapid and ravin rivers in the world. I will be posting information on some of the most famous and longest rivers in the world. I will also post pictures, polls, videos and many other fun gadgets relating to these amazing rivers. So if you are interested in rivers this is where to come because you will be provided with educational and fun facts about the most raving rivers in the world. So why not come and visit this blog and be entertained by videos and polls, and also learn some great facts about rivers at the same time.You can leave comments, take polls and read the blogs. By visiting this blog it gives you a chance to sit back and enjoy yourself, and be educated at the same time.