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RIVERS & LAKES
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| WORLD'S DEEPEST LAKE | LAKE BAIKAL (SIBERIA) |
| WORLD'S LONGEST FRESHWATER LAKE | LAKE TANGANYIKA |
| LARGEST LAKE IN SOUTH AMERICA | LAKE TITICACA |
| DEEPEST LAKE IN THE U.S. | CRATER LAKE |
| LARGEST LAKE LYING WITHIN U.S. BOUNDARIES | LAKE MICHIGAN |
| SOURCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER | LAKE ITASKA, MINNESOTA |
| LAKE BETWEEN SWITZERLAND & FRANCE | LAKE GENEVA |
| LAKE BEHIND GRAND COULEE DAM | FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT LAKE |
| LAKE BEHIND HOOVER DAM | LAKE MEAD |
| LAKE BEHIND ASWAN HIGH DAM | LAKE NASSER |
| NY-VERMONT LAKE | LAKE CHAMPLAIN |
| ATLANTA | CHATTAHOOCHEE |
| BOSTON | CHARLES |
| HARRISBURG, PA | SUSQUEHANNA |
| LITTLE ROCK | ARKANSAS |
| LOUISVILLE-CINCINNATI | OHIO |
| WASHINGTON, DC | POTOMAC |
| ALASKA | YUKON |
| IDAHO | SNAKE |
| IOWA | DES MOINES |
| MONTANA | MISSOURI |
| NEBRASKA | (NORTH) PLATTE |
| NEW YORK STATE | HUDSON |
| HUDSON TRIBUTARY | MOHAWK |
| NORTH DAKOTA | RED RIVER (OF THE NORTH) |
| TEXAS-NEW MEXICO | RIO GRANDE |
| VIRGINIA | JAMES |
| WEST OF THE ROCKIES | COLORADO |
| BAGHDAD | TIGRIS |
| BUDAPEST | DANUBE |
| CAIRO | NILE |
| DUBLIN | LIFFEY |
| FLORENCE | ARNO |
| HAMBURG | ELBE |
| KIEV | DNIEPER |
| LISBON | TAGUS |
| LIVERPOOL | MERSEY |
| LONDON | THAMES |
| MONTREAL | ST. LAWRENCE |
| PARIS | SEINE |
| ROME | TIBER |
| STALINGRAD | VOLGA |
| ST. PETERSBURG | NEVA |
| VIENNA | DANUBE |
| ARGENTINA-URAGUAY | RIO DE LA PLATA |
| NW CANADA | MCKENZIE |
| WEST CENTRAL FRANCE | LOIRE |
| NE INDIA | GANGES |
| IRELAND | SHANNON |
| ISRAEL | JORDAN |
| PAKISTAN | INDUS |
| POLAND | VISTULA |
| SCOTLAND | CLYDE |
| SPAIN | EBRO |
| SOUTH AFRICA | ORANGE |
| TURKEY | MEANDER |
| VENEZUELA | ORINOCO |
| VIETNAM & CAMBODIA | MEKONG |
| NORTHERN VIETNAM | RED RIVER |
| EAST AFRICA | ZAMBEZI |
| WEST AFRICA | CONGO |
| NORTH & EAST AFRICA | NILE |
| NW EUROPE | RHINE |
| RIVER THAT FEEDS LAKE GENEVA | RHONE |
| "BIG MUDDY" RIVER | MISSOURI |
| ROBERT BURNS' "SWEET" RIVER | AFTON |
| THIS SWISS-FRENCH LAKE IS ALSO CALLED "LAC LEMAN" | LAKE GENEVA |
| THE VOLGA FLOWS INTO THIS INLAND "SEA" | CASPIAN SEA |
| THE CATATUMBO RIVER FLOWS INTO THIS LAKE, AN EXTENSION OF THE GULF OF VENEZUELA... | LAKE MARACAIBO |
| GRAND ISLE & ISLE LA MOTTE ARE IN THIS, THE 4TH-LARGEST FRESHWATER LAKE ENTIRELY IN THE US | LAKE CHAMPLAIN |
| BORDERING 4 OUT OF 5, THIS STATE BORDERS MORE OF THE GREAT LAKES THAN ANY OTHER... | MICHIGAN |
| THIS CANADIAN BAY COVERS MORE THAN 3 TIMES THE AREA OF THE GREAT LAKES COMBINED... | HUDSON BAY |
| JOLIET FORMED A TRADING CO. TO WORK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THIS RIVER, THE CHIEF OUTLET OF THE GREAT LAKES... | ST. LAWRENCE RIVER |
| LOCATED AT SAULT STE. MARIE, THE ST. MARY'S CANAL CONNECTS THESE 2 GREAT LAKES... | SUPERIOR & HURON |
| THIS GREAT LAKE REACHES THE FARTHEST SOUTH... | ERIE |
| A RIVER LINKING THE GREAT LAKES AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN IS NAMED FOR THIS SAINT WHO WAS MARTYRED BY THE ROMANS IN 258... | ST. LAWRENCE |
| THE U.S. QUARTER HONORING THIS STATE DEPICTS ALL 5 GREAT LAKES... | MICHIGAN |
| THE TWO LARGEST LAKES SOLELY WITHIN CANADA... | GREAT SLAVE LAKE & GREAT BEAR LAKE |
| WISCONSIN IS BORDERED BY THESE 2 GREAT LAKES... | MICHIGAN & SUPERIOR |
| THE SMALLEST OF THE GREAT LAKES | ONTARIO |
| THE SHALLOWEST OF THE GREAT LAKES | ERIE |
| IT'S CANADA'S ONLY PROVINCIAL CAPITAL ON THE SHORES OF ONE OF THE GREAT LAKES... | TORONTO |
| THE STRAITS OF MACKINAC CONNECT THESE 2 GREAT LAKES... | MICHIGAN & HURON |
| WATER COVERS ABOUT 40% OF THIS STATE'S TOTAL AREA... | MICHIGAN |
| THE NY STATE BARGE CANAL SYSTEM CONNECTS THE GREAT LAKES WITH THE ATLANTIC VIA THIS RIVER.. | HUDSON |
| MICHIGAN'S ISLE ROYALE IN THIS GREAT LAKE HAS OVER 30 LAKES OF ITS OWN... | LAKE SUPERIOR |
| MANITOULIN ISLAND IN THIS GREAT LAKE IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST FRESHWATER ISLAND... | LAKE HURON |
| THIS FRENCHMAN'S INTERPRETER ACTUALLY SAW THE GREAT LAKES FIRST, BUT THE BOSS GOT THE CREDIT. | CHAMPLAIN |
| THE GREAT LAKES BORDER THIS # OF U.S. STATES | 8 |
| MICHIGAN'S NATIONAL FORESTS ARE LOCATED ALONG THESE 3 GREAT LAKES... | MICHIGAN, HURON, & SUPERIOR |
| THE SMALLEST & MOST EASTERLY OF THE GREAT LAKES | ONTARIO |
| THIS CITY IS PENNSYLVANIA'S ONLY PORT ON THE GREAT LAKES... | ERIE |
| NY STATE IS BORDERED BY THESE 2 GREAT LAKES... | ERIE & ONTARIO |
| 2 GREAT LAKES NAMED FOR AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBES | ERIE & HURON |
| THIS RIVER LINKS THE GREAT SALT LAKE & UTAH LAKE | RIVER JORDAN |
| THESE 2 GREAT LAKES EACH BORDER 4 U.S. STATES | MICHIGAN & ERIE |
| IT'S THE WESTERNMOST STATE TO BORDER ANY OF THE GREAT LAKES | MINNESOTA |
| NOW CALLED LAKE MICHIGAN, THE 17TH-C. FRENCH CALLED IT THE "LAKE OF" THIS INDIAN TRIBE... | ILLINI |
| THE ONLY GREAT LAKE THAT MICHIGAN DOES NOT BORDER... | ONTARIO |
| THESE 2 GREAT LAKES ARE THE ONLY ONES TO BORDER ONLY 1 STATE EACH... | HURON (MICHIGAN) & ONTARIO (NY) |
| IT'S FORMED BY THE CONFLUENCE OF 3 RIVERS NEAR THREE FORKS, MT... | MISSOURI RIVER |
| THIS LARGEST SOUTH-FLOWING TRIBUTARY OF THE OHIO FORMS A 200-MILE BOUNDARY BETWEEN INDIANA AND ILLINOIS... | WABASH |
| JOHN C. FREMONT NAMED THIS NEVADA LAKE FOR ITS TUFA OR ROCK FORMATION | PYRAMID LAKE |
| UNTIL 1900 WHEN ENGINEERS REVERSED THE FLOW, THIS RIVER FLOWED INTO LAKE MICHIGAN... | CHICAGO RIVER |
| THIS LAKE WHOSE FRENCH NAME MEANS "HEART OF AN OWL" IS AT THE HEART OF A BEAUTIFUL RESORT AREA IN IDAHO... | COEUR D'ALENE |
| ITS UPPER BRANCH IS THE MARANON, ITS LOWER BRANCH THE UCAYALI... | AMAZON |
| GATUN LAKE WAS FORMED IN 1912 BY THE GATUN DAM DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS... | PANAMA CANAL |
| THIS LARGEST INLAND BODY OF WATER IN CENTRAL AMERICA LIES JUST SE OF MANAGUA... | LAKE NICARAGUA |
| THE 3/4-MI-WIDE STRAIT OF TIQUINA IN BOLIVIA SEPARATES THE UPPER & LOWER PORTIONS OF THIS LAKE... | LAKE TITICACA |
| THIS LONGEST VENEZUELAN RIVER STARTS IN THE PARIMA HIGHLANDS NEAR THE BRAZILIAN BORDER... | ORINOCO RIVER |
| THIS SALT LAKE ON THE BORDER OF ASIA & EUROPE IS MORE THAN 4 TIMES THE SIZE OF LAKE SUPERIOR | CASPIAN SEA |
| IN HINDUISM, A SHORTCUT TO PARADISE IS TO DIE IN THIS 1,560-MILE RIVER... | GANGES |
| JOSHUA LED THE ISRAELITES ACROSS THIS RIVER | JORDAN |
| IT'S ESTIMATED THAT MORE THAN 20% OF THE WORLD'S UNFROZEN FRESH WATER IS IN THIS SIBERIAN LAKE... | LAKE BAIKAL |
| THE TIPITAPA RIVER CONNECTS LAKE NICARAGUA WITH THIS OTHER LARGE LAKE TO THE NORTH... | LAKE MANAGUA |
| THIS RIVER FLOWS OVER 2300 MILES BEFORE ENTERING THE MISSISSIPPI JUST NORTH OF ST. LOUIS... | MISSOURI RIVER |
| THIS BEAUTIFUL BLUE LAKE ON THE CA-NV BORDER IS ONE OF NORTH AMERICA'S DEEPEST... | LAKE TAHOE |
| THIS RIVER WINDS ITS WAY THROUGH GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, AS WELL AS HELL'S CANYON... | SNAKE RIVER |
| IN SCOTLAND, LOCHS ARE LAKES & THESE ARE WIDE BAYS INTO WHICH MOST OF SCOTLAND'S RIVERS FLOW... | FIRTHS |
| NOTED FOR ITS TURQUOISE WATERS, IT'S THE PEARL OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES... | LAKE LOUISE |
| THIS LAKE BORDERS PERU AND BOLIVIA... | LAKE TITICACA |
| THIS NYC RIVER IS ACTUALLY A TIDAL STRAIT CONNECTING UPPER NY BAY WITH LONG ISLAND SOUND... | EAST RIVER |
| 336 RIVERS FLOW INTO THIS SIBERIAN LAKE, BUT ONLY ONE, THE ANGORA, FLOWS OUT OF IT... | LAKE BAIKAL |
| THIS RIVER THAT FLOWS TO LYON, FRANCE RISES FROM A GLACIER OF THE SAME NAME IN SWITZERLAND. | RHONE |
| THESE LONG NARROW NY LAKES WERE ONCE RIVERS, BUT GLACIERS CAUSED THEM TO BE DAMMED UP | FINGER LAKES |
| THE MARNE JOINS THIS RIVER AT CHARENTON-LE-PONT, A SUBURB OF PARIS... | SEINE |
| THE CASTLE OF CHILLON ON THIS LAKE'S EASTERN SHORE WAS MADE FAMOUS IN A LORD BYRON POEM... | LAKE GENEVA |
| THE LORELEI IS A FAMOUS STEEP ROCK ON THE RIGHT BANK OF THIS RIVER... | RHINE |
| A PORTION OF THAILAND'S BORDER WITH LAOS IS PROVIDED BY THIS RIVER... | MEKONG |
| FED BY THE KISSIMMEE RIVER, IT'S THE LARGEST FRESHWATER LAKE IN THE SOUTHERN US... | LAKE OKEECHOBEE |
| RISING IN THE BLACK FOREST, IT'S THE SECOND LONGEST RIVER IN EUROPE... | DANUBE |
| THIS LAKE IN MANITOBA, ONTAIRIO, & MINNESOTA IS A REMNANT OF AN EXTINCT GLACIAL LAKE... | LAKE OF THE WOODS |
| THE JAMES, POTOMAC, AND CHESTER RIVERS ALL FLOW INTO THIS BAY... | CHESAPEAKE BAY |
| IT'S STILL WORKING ON DEEPENING THE GRAND CANYON... | COLORADO RIVER |
| THE RIVER KNOWN AS THE 'GREAT MAN-MADE RIVER' IN LIBYA, REACHES INTO THIS DESERT... | SAHARA |
| THIS "LIFELESS" LAKE IS KNOWN IN ARABIC AS THE SEA OF LOT... | DEAD SEA |
| THE ARTIFICIAL LAKE O'THE CHEROKEES WAS FORMED BY DAMMING THE NEOSHO RIVER... | OKLAHOMA |
| THE URAL RIVER FLOWS 1500 MILES TO THIS INLAND SEA WHERE STURGEON SWIM... | CASPIAN |
| THE NIAGARA RIVER FLOWS ABOUT 34 MILES FROM LAKE ERIE NORTH TO THIS GREAT LAKE... | LAKE ONTARIO |
| THE MOSELLE RIVER FORMS PART OF THE BORDER BETWEEN GERMANY & THIS GRAND DUCHY | LUXEMBOURG |
| ABOUT 70% OF CHINA'S RICE CROP IS GROWN IN THIS RIVER'S BASIN... | YANGTZE |
| GREAT BRITAIN'S 2 LONGEST RIVERS... | SEVERN & THAMES |
| THIS RIVER FLOWS FROM ITS SOURCE IN TURKEY TO THE SHATT AL ARAB, WERE IT UNITES WITH THE TIGRIS... | EUPHRATES |
| DEPOSITS OF SILT ARE CAUSING THIS LONGEST ITALIAN RIVER'S DELTA TO ADVANCE INTO THE ADRIATIC SEVERAL FEET PER YEAR... | PO |
| NEAR THE GERMAN-DUTCH BORDER THIS RIVER SPLITS INTO 2 CHANNELS : THE LEK AND THE VAAL... | RHINE |
| CITIES ON THIS RIVER INCLUDE LOUISVILLE, CINCINNATI, AND WHEELING, WV... | OHIO RIVER |
| A SHORT CHANNEL CONNECTS THIS LARGE LAKE WITH THE GULF OF VENEZUELA... | MARACAIBO |
| SMOLENSK, MOGILEV, & KIEV ARE MAJOR PORTS LYING ON THIS, EUROPE'S 3RD-LARGEST RIVER... | DNIEPER |
| NUMEROUS ISLANDS LIE WITHIN THIS LAKE, SCOTLAND'S LARGEST... | LOCH LOMOND |
| THIS COUNTRY'S LONGEST RIVER IS THE TAY, BUT THE CLYDE CARRIES MORE TRAFFIC... | SCOTLAND |
| NY STATE ACTUALLY HAS 11, NOT 10, OF THEM... | FINGER LAKES |
| LAKE EYRE, THE LARGEST ON THIS CONTINENT, COVERS 3600 SQUARE MILES BUT IS ONLY ABOUT 4 FEET DEEP... | AUSTRALIA |
| THE NAME OF THIS RIVER WHICH JOINS THE GANGES MEANS "THE SON OF BRAHMA, THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE"... | BRAHMAPUTRA |
| THE LONGEST RIVER IN EUROPE, IT'S NOTED FOR ITS BOATMEN... | VOLGA |
| RIVER THAT RUNS FROM PITTSBURGH TO CAIRO, IL... | OHIO RIVER |
| THIS LAKE CAME INTO EXISTENCE IN 1971 WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE ASWAN DAM... | LAKE NASSER |
| THE THOUSAND ISLANDS OF SALAD DRESSING FAME ARE IN THIS RIVER... | ST. LAWRENCE |
| BODY OF WATER CURRENTLY CROSSED BY THE 1831 LONDON BRIDGE... | LAKE HAVASU |
| TURIN IS THE ONLY MAJOR CITY ON BOTH BANKS OF THIS RIVER... | PO RIVER |
| THIS LAKE IN THE BANFF NATIONAL PARK IS THE MOST VISITED PLACE IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES... | LAKE LOUISE |
| WHILE POETS POUR OVER THE RHINE & DANUBE, THIS 2ND-LONGEST GERMAN RIVER GETS NO PRESS... | ELBA |
| SAM RAYBURN RESERVOIR IS THIS STATE'S LARGEST LAKE... | TEXAS |
| IT'S THE LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WITHOUT ANY PERMANENT NATURAL RIVERS OR LAKES... | SAUDI ARABIA |
| WHAT RIVER RISES IN THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES, FLOWS THROUGH WEST TEXAS, AND EMPTIES IN THE RIO GRANDE? | PECOS RIVER |
| THE HEADWATERS OF THE MISSOURI RIVER ARE IN THIS STATE... | MONTANA |
| THIS RIVER FLOWS FROM SOUTHERN WV TO PITTSBURGH, JOINING THE ALLEGHENY TO MAKE THE OHIO RIVER... | MONONGAHELA |
| THIS RIVER IS NAVIGABLE FROM EAST BRADY, PA TO PITTSBURGH... | ALLEGHENY |
| THIS ARIZONA RIVER THAT FLOWS INTO THE COLORADO SHARES ITS NAME WITH A POISONOUS LIZARD... | GILA |
| WHAT RIVER FLOWS INTO THE COLUMBIA AT THE OREGON/WASHINGTON BORDER? | SNAKE |
| RIVER THAT FLOWS INTO THE SACRAMENTO RIVER IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY... | SAN JOAQUIN |
| THOUGH NEBRASKA IS MOST ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RIVER, THE SOUTH BRANCH OF IT FLOWS THROUGH DENVER... | PLATTE |
| THE CHATAHOOCHEE RIVER FORMS PART OF GEORGIA'S BORDER WITH THIS STATE... | ALABAMA |
| RIVER THAT FORMS NEBRASKA'S BORDER WITH IOWA AND SOUTH DAKOTA... | MISSOURI |
| SAGINAW BAY IS PART OF THIS GREAT LAKE | HURON |
| PONCA, NE IS THE NORTHERNMOST NAVIGABLE POINT ON THIS MIGHTY RIVER | MISSOURI |
| THE OUACHITA RIVER, A TRIBUTARY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, NEARLY BISECTS THIS STATE | ARKANSAS |
| MEXICO CALLS THIS RIVER RIO BRAVO DEL NORTE | RIO GRANDE |
| THIS RIVER FLOWS OUT OF LAKE WINNIPEG AND FORMS THE ND/MN BORDER | RED RIVER OF THE NORTH |
| THE MILK AND YELLOWSTONE RIVERS FLOW INTO THIS GREAT RIVER, WHICH SHARES ITS NAME WITH A STATE | MISSOURI |
| THE TRINITY, BRAZOS, NUECES, AND SABINE RIVERS TOUCH OR ARE IN THIS STATE | TEXAS |
| THREE RIVERS FLOWING THROUGH NYC | EAST, HARLEM, AND HUDSON |
| RIVER RUNNING THROUGH EGYPT, SUDAN, UGANDA, ETHIOPIA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, KENYA, TANZANIA, RWANDA, & BURUNDI | NILE |
| RIVER RUNNING THROUGH DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, TANZANIA, REPUBLIC OF CONGO, ANGOLA, ZAMBIA, AND CAMEROON | CONGO |
| RIVER RUNNING THROUGH BRAZIL & PERU | AMAZON |
| CHINA'S CHANG JIANG RIVER IS ALSO KNOWN BY THIS NAME | YANGTZE |
| THE MEKONG RIVER RUNS THROUGH THESE 6 COUNTRIES | MYANMAR, LAOS, THAILAND, CAMBODIA, VIETNAM & CHINA |
| THE NIGER RIVER RUNS THROUGH THESE 5 COUNTRIES | NIGER, NIGERIA, BENIN, GUINEA, AND MALI |
| THE PARANA RIVER RUNS THROUGH THESE 4 COUNTRIES | ARGENTINA, URUGUAY, PARAGUAY, & BRAZIL |
| THE YENISEY RIVER RUNS THROUGH THESE 2 COUNTRIES | RUSSIA & MONGOLIA |
| THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS CAN BE FOUND IN THIS COUNTRY | VENICE |
| THE PONTE VECCHIO BRIDGE SPANS THE ARNO RIVER IN THIS ITALIAN CITY | FLORENCE |
| THE RIALTO BRIDGE IS FOUND IN THIS ITALIAN CITY | VENICE |
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