Geography Corners Chapter 4 Flashcards
The Amazon River in South America is…
The second longest river
The Nile River is…
The world’s longest river
The Chong river in China is…
The third longest river
The longest river in North America is…
The Mississippi River
The longest river in Europe is…
The Volga River
The longest river in Australia is…
Sometimes the Darling river but sometimes the Murray river
What makes an area a desert?
It receives less than 10 inches of precipitation a year
Name the worlds largest hot desert
The Sahara desert
Name the worlds largest polar desert
Antarctica
What covers the surface of most of the worlds hot deserts?
Only 30% of sandy desert called ergs. The other 70% or Rocky deserts called regs.
What animal is most useful in a hot desert?
Camels. A dromedary camel has one hump and a Bactrian has two
