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Rivers by City

Can you name the river that flows through each group of three cities?
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First submittedJuly 31, 2012
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Cities
River
Minneapolis, Memphis, New Orleans
Mississippi
Albuquerque, El Paso, Ciudad Juárez
Rio Grande
Cairo, Khartoum, Juba
Nile
Albany, New York City, Jersey City
Hudson
Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Volgograd
Volga
Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade
Danube
Basel, Düsseldorf, Rotterdam
Rhine
Chongqing, Wuhan, Shanghai
Yangtze
Tulsa, Wichita, Little Rock
Arkansas
Louisville, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh
Ohio
Geneva, Lyon, Avignon
Rhone
Allahabad, Kanpur, Kolkata
Ganges
Buenos Aires, San Fernando, Montevideo
Río de la Plata
Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis
Missouri
Brazzaville, Kinshasa, Mbandaka
Congo
Vientiane, Nong Khai, Phnom Penh
Mekong
Grand Junction, Lake Havasu City, Yuma
Colorado
Bamako, Timbuktu, Niamey
Niger
Oxford, Reading, London
Thames
Massena, Montreal, Quebec City
St. Lawrence
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60 Comments
CapitalAce
+2
Level 56
Sep 9, 2012
Great quiz! Can't believe I got 100% my first try.
loganslater
+1
Level 22
Mar 12, 2026
just got level 15
mountainsong
+2
Level 29
Sep 25, 2012
Nice quiz! Got 16/20 first try.
Ozchris
+30
Level 32
Jan 19, 2013
Darn,, there are alot of American rivers in this quiz. Makes it tough.
wolfcat95
+2
Level 66
Nov 10, 2013
...Or easy, depending on where you are from. ;-)
kalbahamut
+3
Level 79
Apr 28, 2015
15 of these rivers are not entirely in the USA, 14 are not in the US at all, and 11 are not even in the Americas. So maybe something else is to blame for your finding this quiz difficult.
Miqueas
+5
Level 73
Apr 28, 2015
looks like things have changed, because now there are 12 out of North America, and 13 out of the US, out of 20 rivers
kalbahamut
+2
Level 79
Apr 28, 2015
1. Nile 2. Volga 3. Danube 4. Rhine 5. Yangtze 6. Rhone 7. Ganges 8. Rio de la Plata 9. Congo 10. Mekong 11. Niger 12. Thames 13. St Lawrence, not in the US at all. Rio Grande only curves into the US at the end. I miscounted by one.
qcumber
+5
Level 45
May 24, 2018
um, there are only 20 rivers here...
CardinalSin
+16
Level 82
Nov 2, 2019
kalbahamut, you calculate 7/20 in the US. Actually you erred because the St Lawrence forms part of the US/Canada border so it's 8/20 in the USA. Far too heavily biased towards one country, isn't it? There are some great rivers missed out such as the Amazon, Indus, Murray, Mackenzie, Yellow if only one could be a little less insular.
InterAlia
+3
Level 83
Feb 22, 2023
@CardinalSin, some of those rivers don't have enough notable cities to be included. I fully endorse the idea that we, collectively, could do better at being less insular, but it is an English language quiz. Of the major English speaking countries, the US has a high proportion of the significant rivers. Without looking, many would be hard pressed to name a single city on the Amazon, Murray, or Mackenzie.
DoktorApplejuce
+4
Level 76
Dec 22, 2025
Hard agree. There's also rivers like the Vistula, Elbe, Dnieper, Pearl, Yellow, Tigris, Indus, and Zambezi that would all be very reasonable for people to know.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Apr 1, 2020
Currently there are 7 from north america and 2 from south america.
EcceHomo
+8
Level 86
Mar 8, 2021
Can we please lose the rivers that are not in the USA? It's far too non-USA-centric.
Chick0nPlayzOld
+1
Level 32
Jun 14, 2021
I agree with CardinalSin.
Freestatebear
+1
Level 88
Mar 13, 2026
So do I!

Oh...wait...you're talking about the commenter above, aren't you?

Never mind. :-(

bezz
+1
Level 71
Apr 30, 2017
Makes it tough for the yankees.
quizfinisher
+1
Level 47
Dec 24, 2013
I got 17/20 on my first try.
Victoulapin
+8
Level 68
Mar 17, 2014
Please accept "St Laurent" for St Lawrence, as it is its name in the french-speaking region of Canada
azteque316
+1
Level 71
Apr 30, 2014
you should say Québec instead of French- region of Canada
pampelius
+8
Level 46
Apr 28, 2015
except there are other French-speaking reagions of Canada too
azteque316
+1
Level 71
Apr 30, 2014
and this region is called Quebec..
Galeag
+7
Level 69
Mar 17, 2021
New Brunswick people also mostly speak French. Québec people are the most part of the french-speaking canadians, but they are not the only ones.
CH5443
+2
Level 73
Apr 28, 2015
Rhein should be accepted for Rhine
Carry
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Level 63
Apr 28, 2015
I always forget Danube. Here it's called Donau.
eurocrem
+1
Level 41
Apr 28, 2015
And here it's called Dunav, but i did get it?
sillie
+1
Level 75
Apr 28, 2015
Isn't the Missouri a tributary of the Mississippi? If other rivers are grouped together with their tributaries (White Nile and Nile, Hugli and Ganges) shouldn't Missouri be too? For consistency.
Freestatebear
+2
Level 88
Sep 15, 2015
Don't see how any rivers are "grouped together" as main stem versus tributary - unless the quiz has been changed. Seems like the rivers were picked as being "major" rivers along which there are at least three larger cities. The Missouri certainly qualifies - especially since it's longer the the main (Mississippi) river, though only by about 20 miles. Note that the quiz also includes the Arkansas River, another tributary of the Mississippi - at over 1400 miles long, it fits the bill too.
Zatana
+1
Level 58
Jan 27, 2025
im with freestatebear on this one.
Typek81
+5
Level 70
Apr 28, 2015
parana or uruguay should be accepted for rio de la plata
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Apr 28, 2015
I tried that too but didn't think they were the same river.
Findlay
+8
Level 80
Aug 29, 2016
The Rio de la Plata is basically just a bay of the Atlantic into which the Uruguay and Parana flow. I've always thought it odd that it gets named a river. Though it is a fairly significant feature, lending its name to Argentina (Plata being the Spanish for silver, Argentina being derived from the Latin for the same - argentum) and apparently being the world's largest river mouth.
Miqueas
+1
Level 73
Mar 12, 2026
Montevideo is very much not in the shore of any of those two really
ruudsje
+1
Level 68
Apr 29, 2015
Rotterdam is considered to be on the Meuse, not on the Rhine. Hard to tell the difference I agree, but still. Rotterdam is often dubbed 'de Maasstad' (the Meuse City) so.
PjotrL
+3
Level 78
Jan 17, 2019
Rotterdam is an extremely interesting case as it was founded on the banks of the Maas/Meuse Delta. However over time changes have been made to the flows of the rivers and 100% of the water flow through Rotterdam is now coming from the Rhine, with the current water flow from the Maas/Meuse being further south. Quite interesting how things change and a lot of the references along that riverfront refer to Maas (Maasstad, but also Maassluis), without any water from that river passing through nowadays.
kariannepizza
+3
Level 50
Dec 14, 2015
Please accept Parana for Rio de la Plata?
iuvas
+3
Level 99
Oct 17, 2017
no, because actually Paranà and Uruguay rivers end where rio de la plata begins.

though it is questionable if the "rio de la plata" (despite its name) is technically a river at all.

WanderingWalrus
+1
Level 82
Oct 15, 2016
Please accept Rhein for Rhine. Most of it is in German speaking countries.
Malbaby
+1
Level 70
Dec 13, 2016
Good quiz, if you like this try ...... 'Mal's Capital Rivers'
MustardCustard
+1
Level 66
May 24, 2017
I just typed in Lawrence. :(
Jarl5
+1
Level 69
May 24, 2017
20/20 with 2:24! Awesome quiz! Would love to see a sequel.
Zefyrinus
+3
Level 74
Feb 10, 2018
Isn't Rhein supposed to be a type-in for Rhine? I could've sworn it's like that on other quizzes.
FolgoreCZ
+2
Level 59
Jan 10, 2019
Donau or Donnau should really count for Danube
hyzoo
+3
Level 53
Jan 18, 2019
Please accept Parana or even Uruguay for Rio de la Plata
antivist
+1
Level 22
Feb 16, 2019
Pleae accept Donau for Danube
Bengus
+8
Level 60
Aug 23, 2021
Far too many American rivers. Hint: there are other rivers in the world.
Tramp
+5
Level 79
Mar 30, 2025
That's the worst possible hint for a quiz for a quiz with lots of American rivers
piR
+4
Level 53
Feb 20, 2022
Rio de la Plata is not a river, it's just an estuary
Prakash14
+4
Level 56
Jan 6, 2023
Parana is the river not Rio de la Plata
Asturias
+1
Level 74
Jul 28, 2023
Avignon mentionned ⊂((・▽・))⊃
ElPepeGerman
+5
Level 72
Oct 5, 2023
Too us centered
blizzrd33
+3
Level 81
Jun 18, 2024
Arkansas river should not be included in this quiz.

There are two major rivers in China (Yellow, Pearl) not currently included in the quiz that would both be better choices.

Aoto327
+1
Level 87
Jan 4, 2025
100%, easier than I thought.
GeniusKhan
+1
Level 73
Aug 20, 2025
Maybe replace Allahabad with Prayagraj
floccopus
+1
Level 59
Mar 12, 2026
ngrams shows that "yangzi" is now almost exactly as common as "yangtze" in American english, and it is the current pinyin spelling standard--please consider including it as an alternate
Miqueas
+1
Level 73
Mar 12, 2026
Isn't San Fernando part of the Buenos Aires metro area? Could use La Plata, Colonia del Sacramento or Punta del Este to name a few others for Rio de la Plata
Ampersandwich
+1
Level 61
Mar 12, 2026
Bit of a stretch, but could you accept "Hooghly/Hughli" for the Ganges answer as a type-in? I'm from Kolkata & that's the local name for it. (Or at least the arm of the river which flows through the city)
fujiwar
+1
Level 64
Mar 13, 2026
Great quiz, I believe it would be more interesting and challenging with yellow boxes - I got some of them mixed up and still got right answers.
armaandoman2796
+2
Level 47
Mar 13, 2026
ya know, could be better if you had added some cities along the zambezi river...
Gurminator
+1
Level 70
Mar 15, 2026
I enjoyed this quiz, although it was a little too US-centric.
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