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Water in Asia and Australia

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Instructions: You’ve learned a lot about water from all over the world. Now it’s time to explore water in Asia and Australia. Visit each clickable item to read text and hear about a water fact associated with each clickable. There are 6 items to explore on this page. This webpage is best viewed at a minimum width of 1250 pixels.

Illustrated clouds
Cloud
Illustrated Baikal Lake
Lake Baikal

Illustration of a camel
Camel
Illustration of a Chinese pagoda

Illustration of the Yangtze River
Yangtze River

Illustration of a buoy
Indian Ocean
Illustration of the Murray River
Murray River

Illustration of a heat transfers

Changes in states of matter

Water changes from a liquid to a solid when heat is taken away, and it changes from a liquid to a vapor when heat is added.

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Illustration of Lake Baikal

Lake Baikal

Lake Baikal is located in central Asia. It’s the deepest lake in the world. At its deepest point, the lake is 1,620 meters deep. That’s over 5,300 feet, or almost a mile deep.

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Illustration of Ollie in the desert

Changes caused by energy

Heat has the ability to transfer or move from one thing to another. That’s why you get hot when you’re in the sun for a while. It’s also the reason why water changes from a solid to a liquid to a gas.

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Illustration of The Yangtze River

Yangtze River

The Yangtze River is the longest river in China and the third longest river in the world.

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Illustration of the Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean lies mostly in the world’s southern hemisphere between Africa, southern Asia, Australia and Antarctica. It makes up 20 percent of the world’s oceans.

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Illustration of te Murray River

Murray River

The Murray River runs through the eastern side of southern Australia. It’s an important source of water for the area. Water from this river is used for irrigation. Many farms are dependent on this water to grow their crops.

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