Great Rivers of the World “K...-L...-”
for social studies and science educators and home schoolers.

River Kwai in Thailand is chiefly known for its association with the Pierre Boulle novel and David Lean film The Bridge on the River Kwai, in which WWII prisoners of war were forced by the Japanese to construct two parallel bridges spanning a river as part of the Burma Railway.

The Lena is the easternmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean (Ob River and the Yenisei River). The Lena is the 11th longest river in the world and has the 9th largest watershed.

The Lena delta is frozen tundra for about 7 months of the year, the spring thaw in May transforms the region into a lush wetland for a few months.

The Li Jiang River is noted for the unusual karst hillsides and cormorant fishing.

It is one of China's most famous scenic areas, featured in many scroll paintings.

The Limpopo River rises in central southern Africa, and flows generally eastwards to the Indian Ocean.

There is evidence of human habitation in the region with 3.5 million year old Australopithecus fossils in the Makapans Valley near Mokopane.

Vasco da Gama anchored off the mouth of the Limpopo in 1498.

Author Rudyard Kipling described as “the great grey-green, greasy...”, in the Just So Stories.

The Loire River is the longest river in France. It rises in south-east France and flows west to the Atlantic Bay of Biscay.

The Loire River Valley is called the “Garden of France” with noble chateaux and grape vineyards lining the banks of the river.

Cities along the Loire include Tours, Orleans, and Nantes.