Rivers in the world

the Mississippi River
Messipi, the French rendering of the Anishinaabe name for the river, Indian Misi-ziibi (Great River)

The Mississippi River
3,730 km long
the largest river system in the United States and North America
the river drains all or parts of 31 U.S. states
Steamboats VS railroads

transport goods from place to place
Cotton
timber
food

the Volga River

Volga : Slavic влага "vlaga", волога "vologa" meaning "wetness", "humidity";
alternatively, Proto-Uralic *valki- "white";
alternatively, Russian velikij "great"

The Volga
3,645 km - the longest river in Europe
225 meter in the Valday Hills
freezes for most of its length for three months each year

The delta
1919 Astrakhan Nature Reserve
water birds, raptors and passerines
sturgeons, catfish and carp
lotus

Much of its local fauna is considered endangered

the Nile
Nile: from Greek Neilos (Νεῖλος) meaning valley,
from Sanskrit 'Neel' meaning 'dark' or 'blue",
sometimes derived from the Semitic Nahal "river."

The Nile
6,650 km from East Africa to the Mediterranean
two major tributaries, the White Nile and Blue Nile
Silt deposits
The god named Hapy was the deification of the annual floods

the Amazon River
The Amazon River:
Greek (after the Amazons – women warriors ‘cause the tribes near this river were mostly female)
alt. Indian (from Amassona 'boat destroyer')

the Amazon River
6,400 km - the second longest river in the world
Volume -one-fifth of the world’s total
flows through Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Brazil

3,000 recognized species of fish and new species are still being discovered