The Web Show: Rivers
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How do rivers change our world? Find out in this episode of Science Trek: The Web Show.
A river is freshwater flowing across the landscape. Rivers have a beginning and an end. They forever change a landscape. Host Joan Cartan-Hansen and her guests, James McNamara at Boise State University and Elowyn Yager, at the University of Idaho will answer students’ questions about rivers.
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Science Trek is a local public television program presented by IdahoPTV
Major Funding Provided by the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation and the Idaho National Laboratory
The Web Show: Rivers
Clip: Special | 7m 33sVideo has Closed Captions
A river is freshwater flowing across the landscape. Rivers have a beginning and an end. They forever change a landscape. Host Joan Cartan-Hansen and her guests, James McNamara at Boise State University and Elowyn Yager, at the University of Idaho will answer students’ questions about rivers.
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