2. Which of these rivers does not have its source in the Alps?
The Danube forms from the confluence of the Breg and the Brigach located in the Black Forest, and the sources of those two rivers are also in the Black Forest. The two sources of the Rhine are both in the Lepontine Alps, the source of the Rhône is in the Uri Alps and the source of the Po is in the Cottian Alps.
Danube
Rhine
Rhône
Po
3. Which of these cities is not located on a river?
Rio de Janeiro is located on a bay. Baghdad is located on the Tigris, Lisbon is located on the Tagus and Luxor is located on the Nile.
Lisbon
Baghdad
Luxor
Rio de Janeiro
4. Which of these is not the name of a tributary of the Mississippi River?
Minnesota River
Nebraska River
Illinois River
Wisconsin River
5. Which of these is the name of an English river?
There are two rivers in England with this name: one flows into the Bristol Channel and the other flows into Lyme Bay.
River Axe
River Spear
River Sword
River Mace
6. During the rainy season, which of the Nile's tributaries supplies most of the river's water?
It supplies 80-86% of the Nile's water.
Blue Nile
White Nile
7. Five of Australia's seven longest rivers are tributaries of the country's longest river.
The Murrumbidgee River, Darling River, Lachlan River, Warrego River and Paroo River are all tributaries of the Murray River.
True
False
8. Which of these rivers flows into an ocean?
The Syr Darya ends at the Aral Sea, the River Jordan ends at the Dead Sea and the Tarim River ends at Lop Nur, while the Krishna River flows into the Bay of Bengal.
Krishna River
Syr Darya
River Jordan
Tarim River
9. Which tributary river joins the Amazon at Manaus?
The confluence is called the Meeting of Waters.
Rio Negro
Tocantins River
Madeira River
Trombetas
10. Which of these rivers flows through Pisa?
The Arno also flows through Florence. The Tiber flows through Rome, the Po flows through Turin, Piacenza, Cremona and Ferrara, and the Adige flows through Verona.
Tiber
Arno
Po
Adige
11. Which river is Victoria Falls located on?
Benue River
Limpopo River
Zambezi River
Congo River
12. Which of these bodies of water does the Yukon River empty into?
Chukchi Sea
Bering Sea
Beaufort Sea
Gulf of Alaska
13. What material causes the Yellow River to be yellow?
Part of the river surrounds the Loess Plateau, an area located in the southeast of the Gobi Desert.
Loam
Sandstone
Loess
Gypsum
14. The Orinoco is located entirely within Venezuela.
Parts of the river are in Colombia.
True
False
15. Which of these rivers has the greatest average discharge?