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Earth’s Bodies of Water
What are Earth’s bodies of water?
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Do Now Write a haiku for lakes
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Lesson Essential Question
How are bodies of water formed on Earth?
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tributary a smaller river that feeds into a larger river
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River system a network of a river and its tributaries
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drainage basin the land drained by a river system
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Streams streams are bodies of water that flow over land in a channel
Source or beginning of a stream may be a: melting snowfield glacier overflowing lake
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Rivers Broad and deep streams
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Africa Nile River world’s longest river
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Asia Chang Jiang or Yangtze
Water from Chang Jiang is used to grow about 70% of China’s rice crops
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Australia Murray River Australia’s longest continuously flowing river
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South America Amazon River
At its mouth the Amazon empties more than 50 million gallons of water per second into the Atlantic Ocean
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North America Mississippi River
“Father of Waters” in Algonquian Indian language
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Europe Danube River More than 300 tributaries
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“first highways” used by explorers, traders and pioneers
Important Source Cleaning Drinking Food Transportation Energy Jobs “first highways” used by explorers, traders and pioneers
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Lakes Bodies of water surrounded by land Greek word= “hole”
Most are formed when water filled a hole or opening in Earth’s surface
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How are lakes formed? water filled a hole or opening in Earth’s surface glaciers gouged huge holes and basins in Earth’s surface and deposited water in holes as glaciers melted; during last ice age
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How are lakes formed? Rain water collected in huge holes made in other ways Crater Lake= formed in crater of an extinct volcano (western United States) Huge crack in Earth’s surface
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Lakes Deepest= Lake Baikal in Russia
Lowest lying= Dead Sea between Israel and Jordan Highest= Lake Titicaca in South America
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Great Lakes H= Huron O= Ontario M= Michigan E= Erie S= Superior
1/5th of all fresh water on Earth is found in the Great Lakes
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Great Lakes Identify the surrounding states
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Lake or Sea? Dead Sea Sea of Galilee Caspian Sea
Called seas because they contain salt water (Southwest Asia)
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Ticket out the Door How are lakes formed?
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