Rivers of the World

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1. Which river is NOT a tributary of the Amazon? Jurua Cuito Negro Madeira

2. Which river drains Lake Baikal, the world's deepest lake? Yenisei-Angara Sungari Ob Paraguay

3. What is the world's longest westward-flowing river? Congo Amazon Nile Colorado

4. Into what sea does the Volga River empty? Adriatic Caspian North Black

5. In what country would you find the Murray-Darling River? Australia Scotland Canada South Africa

6. Which river flows over Victoria Falls? Orange Congo Zambezi Nile

7. In what country is the River Kwai, famous for its bridge? Thailand Japan Cambodia Mongolia

8. What river forms the eastern border of Luxembourg? Rhine Loire Rhone Moselle

9. Which country's longest river is the Waikato? Chile Senegal Japan New Zealand

10. Which of these Polish cities is NOT located along the Vistula? Poznan Warsaw Gdansk Cracow

11. Lisbon sits on which river? Esla Tagus Segura Duero

12. In what country would you find the Guadalquivir River? Portugal Spain Ecuador Brazil

13. A river branch flowing away from the main stream of a river is called a _______. drift tributary distributary estuary

14. What is the largest and most important river in Mozambique? Niger Nile Zambezi Congo

15. Which Canadian river system has the largest drainage area? St. Lawrence Columbia Yukon Mackenzie