Statistics for Most Important Rivers

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Clue	River	% Correct
Extremely long river placed in Eastern South America	Amazon River	100%
Longest river in the world	The Nile	100%
Second longest river in North America, running north from the Southern United States	Mississippi	95%
River that was the birth of Chinese civilization	Yellow River	95%
One of two rivers that formed the cradle of civilization	Euphrates	92%
Longest River in China	Yangtze	92%
Long river in India sacred to Hindus	Ganges	84%
Longest River in the United States	Missouri River	84%
River going through Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands	Rhine	81%
Longest river in Russia	Lena	49%