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Name that River

Major rivers throughout the world, including waterways and deltas
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River
1) This river begins in Minnesota and empties into the Gulf of Mexico in
Louisiana
Mississippi
2) This river bisects the Grand Canyon through carved gorges
Colorado
3) The longest river in the world
Nile
4) The largest river by volume in the world
Amazon
5) The longest river in Europe
Volga
6) This river connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
St Lawrence
7) Forms the natural boundary between the US and Mexico across Texas
Rio Grande
8) 2nd longest river in Africa, and the worlds deepest
Congo
9) This famous river runs through London
Thames
10) The longest river in Australia, over 2500 km
Murray
11) The most sacred river in India
Ganges
12) Longest river in Asia and the 3rd longest in the world
Yangtze
13) Longest river in SE Asia and an important fishing hub
for major cities
Mekong
14) This river connects Lake Tana in Ethiopia to the Nile itself
Blue Nile
15) Longest river in Canada flowing through the Yukon and
NW Territories
Mackenzie
16) This river bisects Paris and played a role in the 2024 Olympic games
Seine
17) The longest river in Italy at over 650 km
Po
18) The Eastern river that defined Mesopotamia
Tigris
19) The Western river that defined Mesopotamia
Euphrates
20) 2nd longest river in China, also known as the Huanghe
Yellow
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River
21) General Washington crossed this icy river into New Jersey
in Dec 1776 for a surprise attack
Delaware
22) This major central European river runs through 4 capital cities
Danube
23) The largest river in the US Pacific Northwest
Columbia
24) This river bisects Washington DC and played an important
role in its war history
Potomac
25) Major river that runs through much of Venezuela and part
of Colombia
Orinoco
26) The longest river in Great Britain, running 220 miles
Severn
27) This river expands into a vast, swampy delta of the same name in
northern Botswana
Okavango
28) The longest river in Japan stretching 367km long
Shinano
29) Important transboundary river stretching through Pakistan and India
Indus
30) This river flows thru Lake Erie into Ontario, emptying into the famous
waterfall of the same name on the Canadian border
Niagara
31) Famous European river popular with boat tours, flowing thru Switzerland,
Liechtenstein, Austria and Germany
Rhine
32) Major boundary river running thru Russia and most of Ukraine
Dnieper
33) This 3,000 mile long river runs thru Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil
Parana
34) This river spans much of Borneo in Indonesia, the longest in the country
Kapuas
35) This major river cuts through western PA and forms the borders of
Indiana, Kentucky, and southern Illinois
Ohio
36) This major river is technically the longest, with its mouth at the Mississippi river
Missouri
37) This Nile tributary flows from Lake Victoria north thru Sudan
White Nile
38) This river spans New England from CT to the Vermont-Canada border
Connecticut
39) This river forms the boundary of Eurasia in Russia with a
mountain range of the same name
Ural
40) The 3rd longest river in Africa, spanning 2600 miles across West Africa
Niger
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