Books with author RobDe Bowden

Become a detective and discover information about an interesting destination using photos, figures and facts. This book helps you discover what it is like to live in the United Kingdom. Find out what the countryside looks like and what people do for fun. Discover what English cities are like and what English people eat. You will also learn how to travel to websites that will lead you to additional facts about your destination.

For more than 350 million people who live near its banks, the Ganges River represents life. It nourishes and cleans them, helps them travel, and lies at the heart of their religious beliefs. The Ganges has more than a hundred names, but Hindus call it Gangamai, or Mother Ganga. As we travel its 1,558 miles (2,500 km) from the Himalayan Mountains to the Bay of Bengal, we see how the Ganges is used. It is endangered by pollution, and its future is at risk from global warming and water disputes-- but the Ganges remains one of the world's greatest rivers.

The Nile river is the longest river in the world. It stretches for an incredible 4,132 miles (6,650 km) and passes through seven countries. The Nile is actually two rivers – the White Nile and the Blue Nile. They join to become a single river, the Nile, at Khartoum in Sudan. Before this they are two quite separate rivers. In this book we focus on the White Nile. It is the route of this river that gives the Nile its crown as the longest of all the world’s rivers.