Otter B. Goode explains the history of the Wilderness Act, the Clean Water Act, and most specifically the National Wild & Scenic Rivers System.
This informative site for high-school students is part of the U.S. Geological Survey's Water Science for Schools project.
Discover the basics of rivers and how they are formed.
This excellent lesson for middle and high-school students covers watersheds, surface runoff, water pollution, how streams become rivers, river zones, river creatures and hydroelectric power.
Fact Monster: Principal Rivers of the World 4 stars The Fact Monster almanac lists the fifty-five biggest rivers in the world, with links to additional articles about most of them.
Surfnetkids.com recommends sites about rivers.
Snaith Primary school's main page about water and rivers
Woodlands junior school site introducing rivers
Water cycle animation and quiz
Rivers and coasts homepage from the BBC
Virtual visit to a mountain range
based on themes of flood,settlement,pollution and coast
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