Alicia64 Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 We're taking a geography class and the teacher asked the kids to study cities w/ two rivers. Any suggestions for studying that subject in an interesting way? The boys (and I) are in a funk at the moment and need a fun studying suggestion versus a text book moment. And thank you! Alley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdj2027 Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 How big do these rivers need to be? Berlin, Germany has two, the Havel and the Spree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Chongqing in China is at the confluence of two rivers. That might be a fun, different place to investigate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Manhattan has two rivers, the East River and the Hudson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Manhattan has two rivers, the East River and the Hudson. I thought that the East River wasn't actually a river. That might matter in this case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptor_dad Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Pittburgh with the Allegheny and Monongahela merging to form the Ohio river would be a good choice. I would view it as having two rivers not three. St Louis with the Missouri and Mississippi would be another obvious choice. ETA: From the fun angle I would go with St Louis and play up the gateway to the west, Lewis and Clark angle... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 I thought that the East River wasn't actually a river. That might matter in this case. ... have i been lied to my whole life???????? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! Oh, the humanity!!!! Ah, well, we learn something new each and ever day. Even if we don't want to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandra Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Philadelphia -- Delaware & Schuylkill Mainz & Koblenz in Germany Avignon in France Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandra Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 I thought that the East River wasn't actually a river. That might matter in this case. Ditto the Harlem River. If you go on them, you see lots of giant, scary whirlpools. I presume that is where the tides are fighting each other. Only other place I have seen that is John o' Groats. I've been on it three times I think. At least one time the whirlpools (which did not look that big) must have had an underwater component, because they made a 100 m ship shake. [This is for you, Laura.] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptor_dad Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 It could be fun looking at cities that are situated on watershed boundaries. For instance Lviv, Ukraine is on the Baltic/Black sea boundary. Streams in different parts of the city drain in to rivers that go opposite ways. There is bound to be interesting history of the Rus and Vikings using these sort of sites as portages. Unfortunately being so high in the watershed you probably won't see anything that you would call a real river. Maybe someone else knows of some better examples of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alicia64 Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 Major oops -- I'm so sorry guys. My brain is turned off. We're just studying U.S. rivers. My bad! Alley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 I'd look at a map, going up the Mississippi and look for cities that are where another river joins the Mississippi River. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Harper's Ferry? There are certainly a lot of books about John Brown. Though I have to admit... this is why I've never taught "real" geography. What the heck is there to study? Like, why do a large number of cities sit between two rivers? Because it's twice the potential connections with other settlements and lots of water for all the things we use water for like drinking and farming. And... what else is there to say??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Fort smith AR has the Arkansas river and the Poteau river...Poteau river flows north....so that is interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascadia Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Charleston, SC is located between the Ashley and Cooper rivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smfmommy Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Grand Junction, Colorado is the junction (a grand one if you believe the name) of the Colorado River and the Gunnison River. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascadia Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Interesting topics about Charleston include the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, Gullah culture, rice agriculture, religious tolerance, and hurricanes. Also, if you are familiar with the Wheel of Time series, the author was a lifelong resident of Charleston and named a geographical area in the series "The Two Rivers." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymonster Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Portland, Oregon has the Willamette River and the Columbia River. Good links to the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Also, Oregon and Washington have to cooperate (or not) on transportation issues, as the Columbia divides the two states. It might be an interesting discussion for older students. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieB Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Zanesville, OH -- Muskingum & Licking Rivers -- plus there's a Y-shaped bridge where the rivers come together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violamama Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 We met our daughter in Wuhan, China this fall. It was a fascinating city. Huge, bustling, traditional, modern, poor, rich. Over 10 million people live there. The rivers the meet there are the Han and the Yangtze. Both rivers are also full of interesting histories including the damming of the Yangtze and the current deadly pollution of the waters. You could go a lot of directions with that. Another idea might be to look into sister cities who have two rivers. Sometimes they'll send trinkets or information back and forth for school kids. Perhaps your city hall might have some info there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loesje22000 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 I'd look at a map, going up the Mississippi and look for cities that are where another river joins the Mississippi River. I was going to suggest something like this. In Dutch, almost all places ending op 'mouth' are places with two rivers, I don't know if it is the same for English Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carriede Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Wichita KS has the Big Arkansas and little Arkansas rivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeannpal Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Cairo, Illinois is mentioned in the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It is the place that they try not to miss so that Jim can get to a free state. Cairo is at the convergence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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