1.  The Parana is the 14th-longest river in the world, flowing 2,485 miles across southeastern South America. It begins at the junction of the Paranaiba and the Rio Grande rivers, flows southwest to the Paraguay River, then south and east through Argentina to the Uruguay River and the Rio de la Plata.

2. The Parana river has the second largest drainage system on the continent. Flooding is common on the southern Parana, which also many waterfalls and a large dam built in the 1980s.

3.The Parana River Delta is also considered one of the biggest bird-watching destinations.

We got these facts from :

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/geography/paranariver.htm

by Christina Celentino

1.His brother’s name is Davie.

2.He liked collecting and studying plants.

3.John Muir was born April 21, 1838.

4.He died December 24, 1914 in Los Angeles CA.

5.His parent’s names are Daniel and Anne. He was the 3rd child of 8.

6.He was married to Louisa Wanda Strentzel.

7.His children’s names were Wanda Muir Hanna and Helen Muir Funk.

8.John Muir was born in Dunbar, Scotland, over 150 years ago.

9.At night John and his brother, Davie, huddled under their bedcovers imagining voyages to faraway places such as France, Australia and America.

10.In his spare time John experimented in inventing.

11.He made a thermometer, a barometer, a fire-starter, clocks and a device that would feed horses at given times.

12.He loved learning new things.

13.He hiked through Canada’s thick forest, collecting and studying plants.

14.One year he walked a thousand miles from Kentucky to Florida.

15.For years, John Muir explored Yosemite, the forests of California and the whole of the Sierra Range.

16.John helped protect the environment.

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