Along its entire route, the river fertilizes the land allowing plants and crops to grow.
Animals congregate around its banks, humans build towns and cities.
This is true for many rivers on this planet.
The Nile River in Egypt is the longest river in the world.
The concept of channeled surface flow, however, remains central to the definition.
In most landscapes the land is not perfectly flatit slopes downhill in some direction.
Flowing water finds its way downhill initially as small creeks.
As small creeks flow downhill they merge to form larger streams and rivers.
Rivers eventually end up flowing into the oceans.
Creeks are the smallest of the three, streams lie in the middle, and rivers are the largest.
Let us look at some of them.
The water is turquoise green and its a popular spot among tourists.
The source of the Reprua River are springs in Krubera Cave, the second-deepest-known cave on Earth.
The river flows in the Black Sea.
More than 50,000 people live in this region.
The Roe River runs from Giant Springs to the Missouri Rivera distance of just 61 meters.
For a while, the Guinness World Records recognized Roe as the world’s shortest river.
But it no longer does so.
It is also 61 meters long making it among the shortest rivers in the world.
The river is a popular fishing spot for the locals and a place to bath.
The course is just 130 meters.
