Great rivers

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The Mississippi

1998
Traces the course of the river Mark Twain immortalized; describes its physical features, history, and importance.

The Ganges

1998
Traces the course of this famous river in India and describes its physical features, history, and importance.

The Yangtze

1998
Traces the course of the third longest river in the world, the Yangtze in China, and describes its physical features, history, importance as a source of food and for transportation, and more.

The Nile

1998
Traces the course of this famous African river and describes its physical features, history, and importance.

The Rhine

1998
Traces the course of one of Europe's busiest rivers, the Rhine in Germany, and describes its physical features, history, importance for transportation, and more.

The Amazon

1998
Describes the effects of the world's second longest river on the history, food, economy, transportation, plants, wildlife, and people of the region through which it flows.
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