Basic River Knowledge #1

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What is the largest river by total discharge?

What river is the most sacred to Hinduism?

What is the longest tributary of the Mississippi River?

What river flows through Paris?

Lake Tana is the source of what major tributary?

And in what city does that tributary end?

What were the two important rivers of Mesopotamia?

The Amu and Syr Darya rivers used to flow entirely into what inland sea before humans
diverted the water?

What river flows through cities like Kazan and Tolyatti?

What country is the Irrawaddy River in?

Other than Buenos Aires, what national capital is on the Río de la Plata?

What is the largest city on the Tiber River?

What is the Chinese name for the Yellow River?

What is the biggest country in the world with no permanent rivers?

In what country does the Orinoco River drain?

Bamako, the capital of Mali is on what river?

Which huge and famous waterfall is on the Zambezi River?

What is the Arabic term for a non-permanent river that fills with water only during rainstorms?

What Chinese province is the Pearl River Delta in?