Rivers of Britain

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1. Which English river, probably most famous for a song about a ferry which crosses it, enters the Irish Sea at Liverpool? Mersey Tyne Ribble Avon

2. The tenth longest river in the United Kingdom, it rises in Northamptonshire, passing through Northampton and Peterborough, and flows to The Wash. What's its name? Piddle Wharfe Nene Cam

3. This Welsh river rises as two rivers in the Brecon Beacons, which join north of Merthyr Tydfil to form the main river, which flows into the Bristol Channel at Cardiff. What is it called? Severn Dee Wye Taff

4. Which English river forms most of the boundary between Devon and Cornwall? Solent Exe Tamar Dart

5. Which Scottish river flows through Perth and Dundee, but is probably most famous for a rail bridge collapse in 1879? Tay Clyde Spey Tweed

6. What tributary of the River Thames, although extremely short in length, gives its name to the street that was once synonymous with British journalism? Wandle Test Brent Fleet

7. Wensleydale is famous for its cheese, but what is the name of the river that runs through the Dale? Ure Tees Wensley Welland

8. Which English river rises at Turners Hill in West Sussex, and runs from that county into Kent before joining the Thames? It flows through Tonbridge, Maidstone and Rochester. Eden Sheppey Medway Thanet

9. Rising in the North Pennines, this river flows into the North Sea at Middlesbrough, after passing under a famous Transporter Bridge. What is it called? Swale Tees Humber Ouse

10. One of many rivers in the UK going by the same name, what is known as Shakespeare's River? Trent Isis Avon Severn