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US Watersheds Quiz

Answer these questions about US watersheds.
Mostly from https://txpub.usgs.gov/DSS/streamer/web/
Does not include minor endorheic systems and groups the "Great Basin" into one region
Makes the general assumption that water which flows into the Great Lakes eventually ends up in the Atlantic, where relevant
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Last updated: January 28, 2021
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Which is the only state from which water can flow into the Gulf of Mexico but not the Mississippi River?
Florida
Other than the Upper and Lower Mississippi, name one hydrologic region which is part of the Mississippi River drainage basin.
Arkansas-White-Red | Missouri | Ohio | Tennessee
Name a state partially within the Great Basin.
California | Idaho | Nevada | Oregon | Utah | Wyoming
The state of South Carolina is entirely within a hydrologic region. Which one?
South Atlantic-Gulf
The state of Montana contains watersheds which eventually drain into three different bodies of water: the Pacific, Atlantic, and...
Hudson Bay
The Missouri hydrologic region crosses an international border into which country?
Canada
Name the state from which water might flow into the Hudson Bay or the Atlantic Ocean.
Minnesota
Name one of the three rivers which lend their names to the hydrologic region in the above state from which water flows into the Hudson Bay.
Souris River | Rainy River | Red River of the North
Name a state other than Utah from which water flows into the Great Salt Lake.
Idaho | Wyoming
Name a state which is exclusively part of hydrologic regions which drain into the Pacific. HINT: One of them is landlocked.
Arizona | Hawaii | Washington
Name a city of 100,000 people or more entirely within the Great Lakes hydrologic region.
Amherst | Ann Arbor | Buffalo | Cleveland | Clinton | Detroit | Fort Wayne | Grand Rapids | Green Bay | Lansing | Milwaukee | Rochester | South Bend | Sterling Heights | Syracuse | Toledo | Warren
Into which Louisiana river are most of the tributaries of the Mississippi also connected before entering the Gulf of Mexico?
Atchafalaya River
The better-known Colorado River empties into the Pacific. However, another river by that name with a drainage basin spanning two states empties into the Gulf of Mexico. Name one of those states.
New Mexico | Texas
Which river caused the deadliest river flood in US history, excluding dam breaches?
Ohio River
Name the river which has the highest discharge into the Pacific in the Americas.
Columbia River
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Jan 29, 2021
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