1. The rivers of
Estonia

2. ● We have over 7000 rivers in Estonia, but only
10 of them are over 100 km long
● The Vigala River is the longest river in Rapla
County. It is 95 km long
● It begins in Keava bog, Rapla county and it
takes its waters into the Kasari river, and
together with it into Matsalu bay in the Baltic
Sea.
● The river is very close to our school
● http://kaart.otsing.delfi.ee/index.php?id=1&uid=3f22

3. The Vigala river (Vigala jõgi)

4. The Vigala River flows through the
town of Rapla

5. In the river and on the riverbanks
grow lots of plants

6. Poisonous climbing nightshade
(Solanum dulcamara)

7. Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)

8. Water mint (Mentha aquatica)

9. Yellow iris(Iris pseudacorus)

10. Forget-me-not flower(Myosotis
scorpioides)

11. Yellow marsh marigold(Caltha
palustris)

12. Reed (Phragmites australis)

13. Aspen (Populus tremula),downy
birch (Betula pubescens)

14. Hop (Humulus lupulus)

15. Grey alder (Alnus incana)

16. Bird cherry (Padus avium)

17. Some mushrooms as well

18. In the river and on the riverbanks
also live a lot of animals

19. Painter’s mussel (Unio pictorum)

20. Toad (Bufo Bufo)

21. Frog (Rana arvalis)

22. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

25. .
According to the local fishermen, the
following fishes live in the river:
● pike (Esox lucius) ● hub (Leuciscus
cephalus)
● perch (Perca fluviatilis)
● tench (Tinca tinca)
● vimba bream (Vimba
vimba) ● carp (Cyprinus carpios)
● roach (Rutilus rutilus) ● bleak (Alburnus
alburnus)
● burbot (Lota lota)

26. Beavers (Castor fiber) world
Beavers build dams For this, they fall trees

27. Beavers are skilled tree - cutters
● http://www.naturetour
s.ee/?page=3367

30. Beavers dam

31. Beavers lodge

32. And someone`s home...

33. People also act on the banks of the
river

34. They build their homes here

35. In Rapla you can find River(Jõe)
Street.

36. Along the neat riverside promenade
you can...

37. ... walk,

38. ...rest,

39. ...climb,

40. ... ride a bicycle

41. Lots of Rapla’s historic and
important buildings are located near
the river:

42. Historic Stone Bridge

44. Church

45. Hospital

46. Bank

47. Pharmacy

48. In teaching process the river is an
inexhaustible field of research

50. The students studying the small
organisms of the river

51. We specified these creatures using
the binoculars

53. And drew them

54. Pond snail (Lymnea stagnalis)

55. Caddisfly (Limnephilus flavicornis)
larva

56. Cyclops (Cyclops )

57. Waterflea Mosquito
(Daphnia) (Culicidae)larva

58. Arrhenurrus(Arrenurrus)

59. Larva of pale evening dun
(Procloeon bifidum )

60. Woodlouse (Asellus)

61. ●
All photos in this presentation are
originals( except beaver),
photographed or painted by our
team. The work lasted from
September 2010 to March 2011,
but some photos were taken last
spring.
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62. The following children from Form 4
helped to complete the presentation:
Mikk-Sander Kristjan

63. Tõnis-Aleks, Anna-Maria, Aileen

65. Thanks for your
attention!