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Life Giving Rivers

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Students examine the world's rivers in this six lessons unit which mingles science with social studies. The dynamic forces that create erosion in nature are also seen as habitats and ecosystems that are affected by environmental and man made changes.

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water runoff, water, delta, erosion, mouths, sediment, springs, banking, finance, floodplains

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bank, channel, delta, distributaries, drainage bsin, erosion, floodplain, mouth, runoff, sediment, source, springs, waterfall, science
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3rd
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