How well do you know the world’s waterways? Know your creeks from your canals? Your deltas from your estuaries? Test out your riverological knowledge right now! And don’t forget to let everyone know how well you did, below 🙂
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Question of
What’s the longest river in the world?
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Nile
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Amazon
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Yangtze
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Mississippi
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Question of
A river is said to flow from its source to its…
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bottom
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end
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mouth
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beginning
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Question of
The Mississippi River empties into which body of water?
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Gulf of Mexico
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Gulf of California
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Gulf of Saint Lawrence
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Persian Gulf
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Question of
The ‘left bank’ of a river is on your left when you’re facing…
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downstream
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upriver
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north
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the sky
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Question of
Which is the longest river in Europe?
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Danube
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Dniester
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Seine
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Volga
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Question of
The study of rivers is called…
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thalassology
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potamology
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rhinology
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canalology
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Question of
Which of these rivers flows through the Sahara Desert?
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Niger
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Congo
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Zambezi
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Maputo
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Question of
Which of these words does NOT describe a small river?
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Burn
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Brook
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Beck
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Breek
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Question of
Which of the following is NOT a term for a river which flows only seasonally?
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Rick
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Wadi
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Donga
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Arroyo
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Question of
Mesopotamia is the site of one of humanity’s earliest civilisations. The name means “between two rivers”. The rivers referred to are the Euphrates and the…
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Indus
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Nile
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Tigris
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Thames
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You got 3 out of 10 right!
Well, you seem to know a bit about rivers. But pay attention and you might learn more!
lol not so bad
10 out of 10. Very detailed and informative. Learned some new stuff.
Glad you enjoyed 🙂
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Only 2
it was a tough one, Elenka! Thanks for playing 🙂
got 6 out of 10 right!
Not bad, Edith! It was another hard one. Thanks or playing 🙂
Got 7 out of 10 right!
You have a fairly good level of potamic knowledge. Quite impressive!
😀 Well done, Lucia !
Halfling here…cool quiz 🙂
50% not bad! Thanks for playing 🙂
Oh my…only got 2 right..I don’t know rivers!
Oh Eli’s Mommy, you can only get better 😉 Thanks for playing!
Hello! How are you? Hope you okay.
Only 4 correct
I think it was a bit harder than I intended 🙁 But thanks for playing!
4 out of 19
I think you mean 4 out of 10, which is a lot better than 4/19! Thank you for playing, my friend 🙂
My eyes my friend
I wanted to say that
Not so good only three correct!
It’s a start, and maybe you’ll remember one or two of the answers! Thanks for playing, Carol 🙂
6 out of 10!
That’s pretty good, Kim 🙂
3/10 🙁
Gotta try harder! I bet you do better, second time around 😉
Ugh! bad bad bad! Only 2 out of 10!
I am sure you can do better! Try again 😉
happy afternoon
Buenas tardes, amiguita 😀
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