Key Geography GCSE Links - Chapter 1 - Rivers

River Basin

River Features

Los Angeles River Tour - Hot Link! -http://www.lalc.k12.ca.us/target/units/river/tour/index.html
What do you mean you didn't know there was a river in Los Angeles? Why not take the Target Science Los Angeles River Virtual Tour and see for yourself? Like modern-day Lewis and Clark explorers, you will be able to digitally navigate the river from the headwaters in the San Fernando Valley to the mouth of river in Long Beach, over 50 miles away.
This will be a descriptive tour, showing you samples of the sights, plants, animals, architecture, and history along the way. There are twelve stopping points along the tour: Headwaters, First Channel, Convergence, Sepulveda Basin, Verdugo Wash, Los Feliz, Frogtown, Arroyo Seco fork, 4th Street Bridge, Rio Hondo fork, Lower river, and mouth of the river in Long Beach.

At any point along the journey you can choose to back up, or continue down the river. If at any time you would like to learn more information about selected topics concerning the Los Angeles River, refer to the menu at the bottom of each page. Here you can learn more about the Plants, Animals, Birds, Microorganisms, Water Quality, Human Impact, History, and Art on the L.A. River


Hydrological Cycle

Flooding

General information is available on the Mississippi website on its Flooding section http://www.greatriver.com/FLOOD.htm


Digital photos of the 1996 flood are available at http://www.ontv.com/bulletin/jan1596/