Bodies of water in the United States

The continental United States has two coasts.

These coasts touch two oceans.

What is a coast?

What are the names of the two oceans that the United States touches?

• There are two states in the US that are not continental– What are the names of these states?

What oceans do these states touch?

The longest rivers in the US

• The Missouri River is 3,768 km long

• The Mississippi River is 3,544 km long

• The Yukon River is 3,185 km long

• The Rio Grande River is 2,830 km long

• The Colorado River is 2,330 km long

The Rivers

The Great Lakes

• What does fresh water mean?• What other country touches the Great Lakes?

The Great Lakes form the largest group of fresh water lakes on Earth!

They contain 21% of the Earth’s fresh water!

Rivers in Pittsburgh

Three rivers:

1. Allegheny River

2. Monogahela River

3. Ohio River