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Rivers - Multiple Choice Quiz

Multiple choice questions about or relating to rivers.
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Last updated: March 27, 2022
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1. Which of these rivers is the longest?
Mekong
Indus
Irrawaddy
Brahmaputra
Mekong: 2,700 miles, Brahmaputra: 2,466 miles, Indus: 1,980 miles, Irrawaddy: 1,422 miles.
2. Which of these rivers does not have its source in the Alps?
Danube
Rhône
Po
Rhine
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.
3. Which of these cities is not located on a river?
Luxor
Lisbon
Baghdad
Rio de Janeiro
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.
4. Which of these is not the name of a tributary of the Mississippi River?
Illinois River
Wisconsin River
Nebraska River
Minnesota River
5. Which of these is the name of an English river?
River Sword
River Axe
River Mace
River Spear
There are two rivers in England with this name: one flows into the Bristol Channel and the other flows into Lyme Bay.
6. During the rainy season, which of the Nile's tributaries supplies most of the river's water?
White Nile
Blue Nile
It supplies 80-86% of the Nile's water.
7. Five of Australia's seven longest rivers are tributaries of the country's longest river.
True
False
The Murrumbidgee River, Darling River, Lachlan River, Warrego River and Paroo River are all tributaries of the Murray River.
8. Which of these rivers flows into an ocean?
River Jordan
Tarim River
Syr Darya
Krishna River
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.
9. Which tributary river joins the Amazon at Manaus?
Tocantins River
Trombetas
Rio Negro
Madeira River
The confluence is called the Meeting of Waters.
10. Which of these rivers flows through Pisa?
Po
Arno
Tiber
Adige
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.
11. Which river is Victoria Falls located on?
Congo River
Limpopo River
Benue River
Zambezi 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?
Gypsum
Loess
Loam
Sandstone
Part of the river surrounds the Loess Plateau, an area located in the southeast of the Gobi Desert.
14. The Orinoco is located entirely within Venezuela.
False
True
Parts of the river are in Colombia.
15. Which of these rivers has the greatest average discharge?
Rhône
Seine
Loire
Garonne
Rhône: 1,710 m3/s, Loire: 835.3 m3/s, Garonne: 650 m3/s, Seine: 560 m3/s.
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