The Lifelines of Rivers deals with a wide array of rivers. It also looks at the animals that live and depend on the rivers. Another important aspect covered in this chapter is the pollution and problems we have with the rivers. The first part of the chapter looks at the vital needs served by the rivers. Anything living needs water, and the rivers are the water supply of the earth. The rivers move water from …showed first 75 words of 592 total…

…showed last 75 words of 592 total…issue to take lightly. Americas Rivers are what gives life to virtually everything. I liked this chapter about rivers, but I still can’t believe that our water is that polluted. I hope that because of people like Bob McCullough others will take a stand and try to preserve our rivers. I think if everybody knew how badly polluted the rivers actually are, maybe then we can make our rivers what they used to be.