The Negro river flows in –
(a) Brazil
(b) Bolivia
(c) Spain
(d) Argentina
The river situated along the border between the USA and Mexico is ___
(a) Rio Grande
(b) Amazon
(c) Mississippi
(d) Colorado
Tiber runs through which capital city?
(a) Lisbon
(b) Rome
(c) Washington DC
(d) Paris
Where would you find the river Bug?
(a) Spain
(b) Estonia
(c) Ukraine
(d) Sweden
The great Asian river Mekong does not run through __
(a) China
(b) Malaysia
(c) Cambodia
(d) Laos
The Congo river flows in –
(a) Angola
(b) South Africa
(c) Zambia
(d) Algeria
The highest waterfall in the world is.
(a) Niagara Falls
(b) Boyoma Falls
(c) Salto Angel Falls
(d) Khone Falls
River which has a greater flow of water than any other river in the world is:
(a) Hwang-ho
(b) Amazon
(c) Zaire
(d) Nile
The longest river in the world is the –
(a) Amazon
(b) Yangtze
(c) Nile
(d) Congo
Dublin is situated at the mouth of this river –
(a) Shannon
(b) Liffey
(c) Nore
(d) Boyne
Volga flows out into the –
(a) Black Sea
(b) Aral Sea
(c) Sea of Azov
(d) Capsian sea
Which one of the following rivers crosses the tropic of Capricorn twice?
(a) Vaal
(b) Limpopo
(c) Nizer
(d) Zambezi
Basel, Strasbourg, Karlsruhe, Mannheim, Mainz, Koblenz, Bonn, Cologne and Dusseldorf are on which river?
(a) Limpopo
(b) Thames
(c) Rhine
(d) Swan
Which one of the following is the largest lake in the world?
(a) Lake Superior
(b) Caspian Sea
(c) Lake Baikal
(d) Lake Victoria
The capital city that stands on the Danube is –
(a) Amsterdam
(b) Belgrade
(c) Minsk
(d) Sofia
The country in which the Wangchu flows is –
(a) Bhutan
(b) Laos
(c) Myanmar
(d) Thailand
The city which is also known as the City of Canals is –
(a) Venice
(b) Treviso
(c) Florence
(d) Rome
The largest river in France is –
(a) Seine
(b) Rhone
(c) Meuse
(d) Lore
The city of Rome is situated on the bank of this river
(a) Danube
(b) Tibet
(c) Rhine
(d) Elbe
Danube flows in –
(a) Czechia
(b) Slovakia
(c) Romania
(d) Hungary
Nile is on what continent?
(a) Europe
(b) Africa
(c) Australia
(d) South America
Tigris flows in –
(a) Syria
(b) Iran
(c) Iraq
(d) Saudi Arabia
Mackenzie flows in –
(a) Canada
(b) Australia
(c) USA
(d) Holland
Murray-Darling river flows in –
(a) Canada
(b) New Zealand
(c) Australia
(d) France
The Whanganui River is in
(a) Australia
(b) China
(c) USA
(d) New Zealand
The biggest river delta in the world is the –
(a) Ganges-Brahmaputra delta
(b) Okavango Delta
(c) Amazon Delta
(d) Ebro Delta
Lake formed in a cut off river, called __
(a) Playa Lake
(b) Meteoric Lake
(c) Ox-Bow Lake
(d) Crater Lake
Where are the Snowy, Murray and the Darling?
(a) Australia
(b) India
(c) South Africa
(d) Montserrat
Where is the strait known as the Bocca Tigris?
(a) In the River Tigre, Peru
(b) At the mouth of the River Tigris in the Persian Gulf
(c) In the Pearl River delta, South China
(d) At the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
If you traveled down the Yarra River in Australia, which city would you be in when you reached the ocean?
(a) Brisbane
(b) Melbourne
(c) Wellington, New Zealand
(d) Sydney
To measure the length of a river on a map, we use
(a) Planimeter
(b) Opisometer
(c) Lactometer
(d) Anemometer
The river situated along the border between the USA and Mexico is ___
(a) Rio Grande
(b) Amazon
(c) Mississippi
(d) Colorado
Which country contains the largest lakes in the world?
(a) Canada
(b) New Zealand
(c) Afghanistan
(d) Antarctica
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Which Frenchman was the first to navigate the St Lawrence River in Canada in 1535?
(a) Jacques Cartier
(b) Jacques Timex
(c) Jacques Omega
(d) Jacques Casio
The source of the Nile is
(a) Lake Nassir
(b) Lake Victoria
(c) Lake Chad
(d) Lake Tanganyika
The “Beautiful River” is in which country ?
(a) Chile
(b) New Zealand
(c) Indonesia
(d) Vietnam
The Okavango Delta is in which country?
(a) Ivory Coast
(b) Nigeria
(c) Botswana
(d) Kenya
What ancient Sumerian city stood on the banks of the Euphrates River between 3200 and 2300 BC?
(a) Ah
(b) Ur
(c) Um
(d) Eh
What is a lagoon?
(a) Pound
(b) Lake
(c) Spring
(d) Water fall
The largest sweet water lake in the world is
(a) Lake Caldera
(b) Lake
(c) Lake Baikal
(d) Lake Superior
Which river is the longest in France?
(a) Seine
(b) Rhine
(c) Rhone
(d) Loire
What city has more than one hundred kilometres of which were dug in the 17th century to form concentric belts around the city, known as the grachtengordel?
(a) Venice
(b) Amsterdam
(c) Berlin
(d) Geneva
One of the rarest reptiles, a species of crocodile, is found in the wild exclusively. Where?
(a) The Orinoco
(b) The Amazon
(c) The Murray
(d) The Yangtze
What energy of water is used to produce hydroelectricity?
(a) Potential energy
(b) Kinetic energy
(c) Both (a) and (b) of these
(d) None of these.
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The surface of a lake is frozen in severe winter, but the water at its bottom is still liquid. What is the reason?
(a) Ice is a bad conductor of heat
(b) Since the surface of the lake is at the same temperature as the air, no heat is lost.
(c) The density of water is maximum at 4°C
(d) None of the statements
The place where the river meets the sea is called
(a) estuaries
(b) oceans
(c) lake
(d) wetlands
