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Rivers of the World Multiple Choice Quiz | 15 Questions

See how much you know about these rivers from all over the world. These are pretty difficult.

A multiple-choice quiz by bullymom. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
bullymom

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
68,350

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

Plays
5560

Awards
Top 10% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 172 (2/15), Guest 73 (8/15), Guest 66 (10/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. Which river is NOT a tributary of the Amazon? Hint

Madeira

Jurua

Cuito

Negro

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Question 2 of 15

2. Which river drains Lake Baikal, the world's deepest lake? Hint

Yenisei-Angara

Sungari

Paraguay

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Question 3 of 15

3. What is the world's longest westward-flowing river? Hint

Nile

Colorado

Amazon

Congo

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Question 4 of 15

4. Into what sea does the Volga River empty? Hint

Black

Adriatic

Caspian

North

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Question 5 of 15

5. In what country would you find the Murray-Darling River? Hint

Australia

Scotland

Canada

South Africa

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Question 6 of 15

6. Which river flows over Victoria Falls? Hint

Orange

Congo

Zambezi

Nile

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Question 7 of 15

7. In what country is the River Kwai, famous for its bridge? Hint

Thailand

Japan

Cambodia

Mongolia

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Question 8 of 15

8. What river forms the eastern border of Luxembourg? Hint

Loire

Rhine

Moselle

Rhone

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Question 9 of 15

9. Which country's longest river is the Waikato? Hint

New Zealand

Japan

Chile

Senegal

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Question 10 of 15

10. Which of these Polish cities is NOT located along the Vistula? Hint

Gdansk

Poznan

Warsaw

Cracow

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Question 11 of 15

11. Lisbon sits on which river? Hint

Esla

Tagus

Segura

Douro

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Question 12 of 15

12. In what country would you find the Guadalquivir River? Hint

Spain

Ecuador

Portugal

Brazil

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Question 13 of 15

13. A river branch flowing away from the main stream of a river is called a _______. Hint

distributary

estuary

tributary

drift

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Question 14 of 15

14. What is the largest and most important river in Mozambique? Hint

Nile

Niger

Congo

Zambezi

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Question 15 of 15

15. Which Canadian river system has the largest drainage area? Hint

St. Lawrence

Mackenzie

Yukon

Columbia

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which river is NOT a tributary of the Amazon?

Answer: Cuito

The Cuito runs through Angola in Africa.

2. Which river drains Lake Baikal, the world's deepest lake?

Answer: Yenisei-Angara

Lake Baikal is located in the Buryat Autonomous Republic in Russia. It covers 31,500 square kilometers, and its maximum depth is 1,620 meters. It even has its own web page!

3. What is the world's longest westward-flowing river?

Answer: Congo

The Congo (or Zaire) River in Africa is 2,720 miles long.

4. Into what sea does the Volga River empty?

Answer: Caspian

5. In what country would you find the Murray-Darling River?

Answer: Australia

6. Which river flows over Victoria Falls?

Answer: Zambezi

7. In what country is the River Kwai, famous for its bridge?

Answer: Thailand

This railway bridge, immortalized in the movie 'The Bridge Over the River Kwai', has a tragic history. Tens of thousands of workers died while building it during World War II. The Japanese rushed the bridge's construction, forcing the workers to perish under the harsh conditions.

8. What river forms the eastern border of Luxembourg?

Answer: Moselle

9. Which country's longest river is the Waikato?

Answer: New Zealand

10. Which of these Polish cities is NOT located along the Vistula?

Answer: Poznan

Poznan is in the western part of Poland.

11. Lisbon sits on which river?

Answer: Tagus

Lisbon is the capital of Portugal.

12. In what country would you find the Guadalquivir River?

Answer: Spain

Its name comes from the Arabic Wad-al-Kebir, 'great river'. There is also a river by this name in Bolivia.

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

Answer: distributary

A tributary flows INTO a river and contributes water to it; a distributary takes water AWAY.

14. What is the largest and most important river in Mozambique?

Answer: Zambezi

The Zambezi divides the country into two topographical regions: hills and highlands in the north and lowlands in the south.

15. Which Canadian river system has the largest drainage area?

Answer: Mackenzie

The Mackenzie River drains 1,805,200 square kilometers.

Source: Author bullymom

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