Basic knowledge about mountains, rivers and lakes with short definitions and pictures.

1. Week 2

2.  Define Mountains, Rivers and Lakes
 List the major mountains, rivers and lakes of the world
 State the differences between rivers and lakes
 Differentiate between the different types of mountain

3.  Mountains are large landforms that stretch above the
surrounding land and form a peak. They are steeper
than hills and the high elevation causes colder
climates than at sea level

4. Types 0f Mountains

8.  A river is a natural watercourse, usually of fresh water,
that flows into the ocean, seas or other rivers. Some
rivers flow into the ground or dry up completely.

9.  A lake is a body of relatively still water, surrounded by
land

10. Rivers
 They are free flowing,
often in one direction
 Rivers have long
stretches of land
bordering their sides
 Rivers flow into the sea
 They appear immobile
and are referred to as still
bodies of water
 Lakes are enclosed by
land
 Lakes evaporate due to
heat
Lakes

11.  1st – Mt Everest (Nepal/China) 29, 035ft
 2nd – Mt K2 (Pakistan/China) 28, 328ft
 3rd – Mt Kanchenjunga (Nepal/India) 28, 208ft
 4th – Mt Lhotse (Nepal/China) 27, 923ft
 5th – Mt Makalu (Nepal/China) 27, 842 ft
The Highest Mountain in Africa
 Mt Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) 19, 341ft

12.  1st – River Nile (6, 650km) Africa
 2nd – Amazon River (6, 400km) South America
 3rd – Yangtze River (6, 300km) Asia
 4th – Mississippi River (6, 275km) North America
 5th – Yenisei-Angara-Selenge River (5, 539km)
Asia/Europe

13.  Lake Baikal - Asia - 1,637 m (5,369 ft)
 Lake Tanganyika - Africa - 1,470 m (4,823 ft)
 Caspian Sea - Asia - 1,025 m (3,363 ft)
 O'Higgins Lake (San Martin Lake) - South
America - 836 m (2,742 ft)
 Lake Malawi (Lake Nyasa) - Africa - 706 m (2,316 ft)

14.  Mountains are large landforms that stretch above the
surrounding land and form a peak. They are steeper than hills
and the high elevation causes colder climates than at sea level
 There are three types of mountains; fold, block and volcanic
mountains
 A river is a natural watercourse, usually of fresh water, that flows
into the ocean, seas or other rivers. Some rivers flow into the
ground or dry up completely.
 A lake is a body of relatively still water, surrounded by land

15.  A volcano is a rupture on the crust of a planetary mass
object, such as the Earth, which allows hot lava,
volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma
chamber below the surface.

16.  Volcanoes are formed when magma from within the
Earth's upper mantle works its way to the surface. At
the surface, it erupts to form lava flows and ash
deposits. Over time as the volcano continues to erupt,
it will get bigger and bigger.

17.  Active Volcanoes – recently erupted and likely to erupt
soon
 Dormant Volcanoes- it hasn’t erupted in a long time
but there is a possibility that it will erupt in future
 Extinct Volcanoes – erupted thousands of years ago
and it is not likely to erupt again.

18.  http://10mosttoday.com/10-most-active-volcanoes-in-
the-world/