New Geography in Action Junior Cycle Geography NUMERACY ACT VITY Finn
Lough Neagh
Lower Lough Erne
Lough Allen
Lough Conn
Lough Mask
Lough Corrib
Clare
Lough Bofin
Lough Ree
Liffey Blackwater
Upper L. Erne
Annalee
Go online to find the answer to these questions. Give your answers in kilometres. (Note: 1 mile = 1.6 kilometres)
(a) What is the length of the longest river in Ireland?
(b) What is the length of the river that flows through Cork City?
(c) What is the length of the river that flows through Dublin City?
Lough Derg
(d) What is the length of the river that flows through Waterford City?
(e) What is the total length of all three rivers commonly known as the Three Sisters in Ireland?
Suir Blackwater Lee
(f) Which is longer in length (i) the River Shannon OR (ii) the total length of the rivers that run through the following cities – Waterford, Galway, Cork, Dublin and Kilkenny?
: Figure 9.3 The rivers of Ireland
Rivers are of great importance to people as a source of water, and we also interact with them in other ways. We will look at the ways in which we interact with rivers later in the chapter.
Can you list four other ways people interact with rivers? ACT VITY
(i) Name two landforms in the mature stage of the river.
(ii) Name two landforms in the old stage of a river. (iii) What is the start or beginning of a river called? (iv) What is a confluence point? (v) What are the main differences between the old stage and the youthful stage of a river? (vi) Which two characteristics of the youthful stage of a river allow erosion to occur?
/ I can explain the landforms that are commonly found along the route of a river. / I can name and identify the three stages of a river.
