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HI! Our names are Riley S. and Cassidy T. Welcome to Rivers-Streams Home! __Locations__ There are very many rivers in the world. There are some in the tropics, which are in between 23.5 degrees north and 23.5 degrees south, while other rivers are in temperate zones, from 23.5 degrees north or south to 66.6 degrees north or south. One river in the tropics is the Amazon River.The Amazon is located in Brazil, Peru, and Colombia. Brazil, Peru, and Colombia are all in South America. The Amazon River is surrounded by the Amazon Rainforest, a very wet forest that covers the Amazon Basin. A temperate river is the Yangtze River. The Yangtze River is located in China. China is in Asia. The Yangtze is the longest River in Asia and the third longest in the world. The Yangtze river is in Chongqing, a major city in Southwestern China. __Climate__ There are four seasons for the Temperate River. Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring. There are two seasons for the Tropical River. Wet season and Dry season. In the Amazon Rainforest the wet season gets 23.62-70.9 centimeters of rain. In the Dry season there is 11.8-39.4 centimeters of rain. Chongqing one of the provences the Yangtze river flows through gets 7.13 cm of rain in spring. 9.21 cm of rain in summer. 5.12 cm of rain in fall. And 1.56 cm of rain in winter. another provence that the Yangtze river flows through is Wuhan. Wuhans rainfall in the spring is 18.11 cm. 15.75 in summer. 9.84 in fall. And also 9.84 in winter. There is also many different temperatures where a temperate and tropical river is. for the Temperate river in Chongqing the temperature is 20.63 degrees celcius in spring. 27.38 dgrees celcius in summer. 17.13 degrees celcius in fall. And 10.5 degrees celcius in winter. For Wuhan the temperature in spring is 73.4 degrees celcius. 98.15 degrees celcius in summer. 76.40 degrees celcius in fall. 23.40 degrees celcius in winter. For the tropical river the wet season is 23-30 degrees celcius. and for the dry season it is 26-40 degrees celcius. Just like Michigan the seasons for a temperate river are warmer in spring and summer and colder in fall and winter. And for a tropical river there is not much of a difference in temperature between wet season and dry season.





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