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    A

    river is a moving body of water


    What is that flows toward an ocean, lake, or another
    river. The place where a river starts is
    called a source. Rivers usually flow out from a spring,
    snow melt or lake. Rivers flow, sometimes for miles,

    a River? until they reach their mouth, or the place where it


    joins another body of water. The land surrounding a
    river is called a bank, and the bottom of it is called
    a bed. A channel is an area that contains flowing
    xxxxxxxxxxxxx water confined by banks, usually a groove in the land
    that a river flows along. At the mouth of a river there
    is usually a delta, or a flat area of silt surrounding
    the area where the river branches off. Most rivers
    have tributaries, or other rivers that branch off
    from it. The place where two rivers meet is called a
    confluence.
    Rivers are important to us. They give us food
    source
    and water, and make it easier for us to transport
    goods. Rivers can provide easy borders for states and
    territories, and provide protection.

    f Label the different parts of a river on the two


    illustrations.

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