2007 Winning Entry - St Wilfrid's School
Children's rewrite of Flanders & Swan's song explained the Another important cause of annual flooding is snow melting in the Himalayas and pouring into the Indus River. rainy season, the principle of precipitation and its importance for flood plain agriculture.
"Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud"
"....On the banks of the Indus River, The Harappan people looked up to the sky, Then they watched for the gathering clouds, Awaiting the rain that would flood the whole plain, So their crops would grow healthy and tall.
Mud, mud, glorious mud, Was Mud important for more reasons? Clay is mud. How important was clay for the Indus Cities?Nothing quite like it for doing the job The valley was fertile, the people would all smile, While planting their crops out in glorious mud.
The cycle of water is really quite cool, You can start it wherever you like, The same old water keeps going around, No new water is ever made.
From precipitation to infiltration, Then evaporation and condensation. Rain, rain falls on the land, Nothing quite like it for all of the earth, With evaporation and cloud formation, The precipitation starts over again"
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