by Criswell | Amazing America, Places
On the border between the states of Nevada and Arizona is a huge dam that blocks the Colorado river and holds back water that fills an enormous lake. It’s an giant block of concrete and steel called Hoover Dam. When it was completed in 1935, Hoover Dam was...
by Criswell | Amazing America, Places, Planet Earth
If you were in a space ship flying above North America, you’d notice five very big bodies of water located on the boarder between the United Sates and Canada. They’re called the Great Lakes, and their names are: Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron,...
by Criswell | Amazing America, Places
In 1919 a young army officer named Dwight Eisenhower took a long road trip across America with his fellow troops. Because the highways were in such bad shape, the trip (which was officially called a “convoy”) took 56 days and averaged less than 6 miles per...
by Criswell | Places, Planet Earth
The Amazon River is huge. In fact, it flows more water than the next seven biggest rivers combined! It’s in South America; it’s about 4,000 miles long; and, it runs through through several countries: Guyana, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia...
by Criswell | Amazing America, Places, Planet Earth
No wonder they call it, “The Mighty Mississippi.” The Mississippi River is America’s largest river by far. It’s about 2,320 miles long. It passes by 10 states. And, water from 31 states drains into it. It is also one of the world’s most...
