Statistics for 50 Largest Drainage Basins in the World

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Rank	Continent	Drains to	Answer	% Correct
4	South America	Atlantic Ocean	Amazon River	94%
8	Africa	#2	Nile River	94%
9	North America	#3	Mississippi River	90%
42	Asia	Pacific Ocean	Yellow River	90%
6	Africa	Atlantic Ocean	Congo River	87%
51	Europe	#15	Danube River	87%
20	Asia	Pacific Ocean	Yangtze River	86%
23	Asia	Indian Ocean	Meghna-Padma-Ganges-Brahmaputra River	84%
38	Asia	#23	Ganges River	83%
26	Europe	#7	Volga River	80%
5	North America	Atlantic Ocean	Hudson Bay	77%
17	Africa	Atlantic Ocean	Niger River	77%
29	North America	#9	Missouri River	75%
2	Multiple	Atlantic Ocean	Mediterranean Sea	74%
48	Asia	Pacific Ocean	Mekong River	74%
28	Africa	Indian Ocean	Zambezi River	72%
32	Asia	Indian Ocean	Indus River	71%
3	Multilpe	Atlantic Ocean	Gulf of Mexico-Caribbean Sea	68%
11	Asia	Arctic Ocean	Ob River	68%
7	Multiple	n/a	Caspian Sea	67%
35	North America	Atlantic Ocean	St. Lawrence River	67%
15	Multiple	#2	Black Sea	65%
10	South America	Atlantic Ocean	Rio de la Plata	64%
18	Asia	Pacific Ocean	Amur River	62%
47	North America	Pacific Ocean	Yukon River	61%
21	Europe	Atlantic Ocean	Baltic Sea	58%
12	South America	#10	Parana River	58%
16	Asia	Arctic Ocean	Lena River	54%
19	North America	Arctic Ocean	Mackenzie River	54%
43	Africa	Atlantic Ocean	Orange River	54%
41	South America	Atlantic Ocean	Orinoco River	54%
13	Asia	Arctic Ocean	Yenisei River	54%
50	North America	#35	Great Lakes	51%
46	Europe	Atlantic Ocean	North Sea	51%
34	Oceania	Southern Ocean	Murray-Darling basin	49%
27	Asia	Indian Ocean	Persian Gulf	41%
24	Asia	n/a	Aral Sea	38%
14	Africa	n/a	Chad Basin	35%
37	Africa	n/a	Lake Chad	35%
31	South America	#12	Paraguay River	33%
40	North America	#19	Great Slave Lake	26%
22	Asia	#11	Irtysh River	26%
39	North America	#33	Lake Winnipeg	20%
33	North America	#5	Nelson River	19%
30	Oceania	n/a	Lake Eyre Basin	13%
25	South America	#4	Madeira River	13%
36	Asia	#13	Angara River	10%
49	Africa	Indian Ocean	Jubba-Shebelle basin	7%
44	Africa	#6	Kasai River	7%
45	Asia	n/a	Tarim Basin	7%