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BODIES OF WATER

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THIS STRAIT CONNECTS THE SEA OF MARMARA WITH THE AEGEAN SEA HELLESPONT (DARDANELLES)
THIS STRAIT CONNECTS THE SEA OF MARMARA WITH THE BLACK SEA BOSPORUS
THE BOSPORUS BRIDGE LINKS THE ASIATIC AND EUROPEAN SECTIONS OF THIS CITY ISTANBUL
BYZANTIUM LEVIED A TOLL ON SHIPS USING THIS STRAIT THAT OPENS INTO THE BLACK SEA BOSPORUS
THIS COUNTRY REGAINED CONTROL OF THE DARDANELLES AND THE BOSPORUS BY THE MONTREAUX CONVENTION OF 1936 TURKEY
THE BOSPORUS STRAIT IS STRADDLED BY THIS CITY ISTANBUL
THIS TURKISH STRAIT'S NAME, GREEK FOR "OX FORD", COMES FROM THE MYTH THAT IO SWAM IT AFTER BECOMING A HEIFER BOSPORUS
IN TURKEY YOU CAN GET FROM EUROPE TO ASIA BY CROSSING THE BOSPORUS STRAIT AT THIS SEA JUST BELOW IT SEA OF MARMARA
THIS SEA BETWEEN THE DARDANELLES AND THE BOSPORUS WAS ONCE CALLED PROPONTIS SEA OF MARMARA
CITY IN WHICH YOU'D FIND MARMARA UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF THE BOSPORUS ISTANBUL
THE 2 CONTINENTS SEPARATED BY THE DARDANELLES EUROPE AND ASIA
ENVER PASHA, THIS COUNTRY'S MINISTER OF WAR, COMMANDED THE TROOPS DEFENDING THE DARDANELLES DURING WWI TURKEY
IN WWI, AN ALLIED AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT ON THIS DARDANELLES PORT CITY COLLAPSED AFTER THE TURKS COUNTERATTACKED GALLIPOLI
THESE 2 COUNTRIES COMMEMORATE THOSE WHO FOUGHT IN WWI AT THE DARDANELLES WITH ANZAC DAY AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
THIS STRAIT ENTERING THE AEGEAN MAY BE NAMED FOR TROY'S FOUNDER, DARDANUS DARDANELLES
THE ANCIENT NAME FOR THE DARDANELLES HELLESPONT
LEANDER SWAM THE HELLESPONT TO VISIT HER HERO
THIS BRITISH POET SWAM THE HELLESPONT IN 1810 BYRON
THE REMAINS OF THIS ANCIENT CITY WERE FOUND NEAR THE SOUTHERN END OF THE HELLESPONT IN TURKEY TROY
BEFORE IT WAS FLEECED, IT COULD FLY; HELLE FELL FROM IT INTO WHAT'S NOW THE HELLESPONT ARIES THE RAM
THE HELLESPONT IS MENTIONED IN LINE 7 OF MARLOWE'S WORK ON THIS FAMOUS MYTHOLOGICAL PAIR HERO AND LEANDER
ITS GREATEST KNOWN DEPTH, IN THE MARIANA TRENCH, IS THE GREATEST DEPTH FOUND IN ANY OCEAN PACIFIC
SAGINAW BAY, ON THE EASTERN COAST OF MICHIGAN, IS AN INLET OF THIS GREAT LAKE LAKE HURON
GENERAL RAFAEL URDANETA BRIDGE, ONE OF THE WORLD'S LONGEST, SPANS THIS VENEZUELAN LAKE LAKE MARACAIBO
IT'S THE WORLD'S SECOND-LARGEST OCEAN ATLANTIC
THIS MOST SACRED RIVER OF INDIA WAS NAMED FOR A HINDU GODDESS GANGES
THE STRAITS OF MACKINAC SEPARATE THE UPPER & LOWER PENINSULAS AND CONNECT THESE TWO GREAT LAKES HURON & MICHIGAN
GOLDEN SANDS IS A RESORT ON BULGARIA'S EAST COAST ALONG THIS SEA BLACK SEA
THE GULF OF TARANTO LIES BETWEEN THE "HEEL" AND THE REST OF THE "FOOT" OF THIS COUNTRY ITALY
THIS RIVER'S SOURCE LIES IN THE PLATEAU OF LANGRES ABOUTT 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF DIJON SEINE
THE THAMES & RHINE ARE AMONG THE MANY RIVERS EMPTYING INTO THIS SEA NORTH SEA
THIS ASIAN "SEA" IS ACTUALLY A LAKE THAT'S MORE THAN 4 1/2 TIMES LARGER THAN LAKE SUPERIOR CASPIAN SEA
SEAPORTS ON THIS BAY INCLUDE CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH, AND TRINCOMALEE, SRI LANKA BAY OF BENGAL
FUR TRADER JIM BRIDGER WAS THE FIRST NON-NATIVE TO VISTI THIS SALINE LAKE GREAT SALT LAKE
THE SHATT AL ARAB IS FORMED BY THE CONFLUENCE OF THESE 2 RIVERS TIGRIS & EUPHRATES
A NEW DEAL AGENCY CREATED IN 1933 SOUGHT TO PROVIDE ELECTRICITY FOR RESIDENTS OF THIS RIVER'S VALLEY TENNESSEE
THIS TRIANGULAR BAY OF THE ATLANTIC IS BOUNDED ON THE EAST BY FRANCE AND ON THE SOUTH BY SPAIN BAY OF BISCAY
THE ISLAND OF OLKHON IS IN THE CENTER OF THIS DEEP SIBERIAN LAKE LAKE BAIKAL
TURKEY FORMS THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THIS SEA BLACK SEA
THE LARGEST LAKE IN SCOTLAND LOCH LOMOND
ETHIOPIA'S LAKE TANA SERVES AS THE MAIN SOURCE OF THIS "COLORFUL" RIVER BLUE NILE
MAJOR GULFS EXTENDING FROM THIS SEA INCLUDE THE MOSQUITO GULF & THE GULF OF DARIEN CARIBBEAN
THIS CANADIAN PROVINCE'S LARGEST LAKE IS BRAS D'OR, A SALTWATER LAKE LYING ON CAPE BRETON ISLAND NOVA SCOTIA
ZHELIN IS SOMETIMES CALLED A LAKE, BUT IT'S REALLY ONE OF THESE FRENCH-SOUNDING BODIES OF WATER RESERVOIR
IT'S THE SEA JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO CARIBBEAN
IT'S THE ONLY GREAT LAKE ENTIRELY WITHIN THE U.S. LAKE MICHIGAN
INIDA, BANGLADESH, AND BURMA BORDER THIS BAY OF THE INDIAN OCEAN BAY OF BENGAL
MOST OF THE GREEK ISLES ARE IN THIS SEA, AN ARM OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AEGEAN
THIS EURASIAN "SEA" IS ACTUALLY THE WORLD'S LARGEST LAKE CASPIAN SEA
ST. GEORGE'S CHANNEL SEPARATES WALES FROM THIS COUNTRY IRELAND
BRISTOL BAY IS AN ARM OF THIS SEA OFF ALASKA BERING SEA
RIVERS THAT FLOW INTO THIS SEA INCLUDE THE DNIEPER, DNIESTER, AND DANUBE BLACK SEA
THE URUGUAY RIVER FORMS THE BORDER BETWEEN URUGUAY AND ARGENTINA AND MOST OF THE BORDER BETWEEN ARGENTINA AND THIS COUNTRY BRAZIL
THIS RIVER FORMS MOST OF THE BORDER BETWEEN ARGENTINA & BRAZIL URUGUAY RIVER
THIS VENEZUELAN LAKE IS THE ONLY ONE OF THE WORLD'S 25 LARGEST LAKES WHOSE ELEVATION IS SEA LEVEL LAKE MARACAIBO
IOWA'S LOWEST POINT IS AT THE JUNCTION OF THE DES MOINES RIVER & THIS RIVER THAT FORMS IOWA'S EASTERN BORDER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
THE ORINOCO BEGINS IN VENEZUELA'S STATE THAT'S NAMED FOR THIS OTHER RIVER AMAZON
THIS LARGE AFRICAN LAKE HAS SEVERAL LARGE GULFS, INCLUDING SPEKE AND EMIN PASHA LAKE VICTORIA
SEATTLE, TACOMA, AND OLYMPIA ALL STAND ON THE BANKS OF THIS BODY OF WATER PUGET SOUND
THIS RIVER IS JOINED IN UTAH BY THE GREEN & SAN JUAN RIVERS COLORADO RIVER
ALTHOUGH IT WAS DISCOVERED IN 1610, THE CANADIAN BAY'S WEST COAST WASN'T MAPPED UNTIL ABOUT 210 YEARS LATER HUDSON BAY
THIS BRITISH RIVER THAT FLOWS THROUGH LONDON IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE ISIS AS IT FLOWS THROUGH CAMBRIDGE THAMES
TIDAL RANGES IN THIS OCEAN VARY FROM 38' TO 2' JUST SOUTH OF PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA INDIAN OCEAN
THIS RIVER FLOWS ABOUT 1,150 MILES FROM LAKE HAZAR IN TURKEY THROUGH BAGHDAD, ON ITS WAY TO THE PERSIAN GULF TIGRIS
THIS LARGEST LAKE IN THE SWISS ALPS IS ACTUALLY A WIDE SPOT IN THE RHONE RIVER LAKE GENEVA
ADMIRALTY INLET AND THE HOOD CANAL ARE THE 2 MAIN BRANCHES OF THIS IRREGULAR INLET IN THE NW CORNER OF WASHINGTON STATE PUGET SOUND
ALTHOUGH ONLY ABOUT 1.5 SQUARE MILES IN AREA, LAKE CONNEAUT, SOUTH OF ERIE, IS THIS STATE'S LARGEST NATURAL LAKE PENNSYLVANIA
THE GILA RIVER JOINS THIS RIVER NEAR YUMA, AZ COLORADO RIVER
ONE OF THE WORLD'S LONGEST MULTIPLE-ARCH DAMS HELPED FORM THIS STATE'S GRAND LAKE O' THE CHEROKEES OKLAHOMA
THIS RIVER, WHICH CONNECTS LAKE ST. CLAIR AND LAKE ERIE, PORVIDES PART OF THE BORDER BETWEEN MICHIGAN AND ONTARIO DETROIT RIVER
LAKE NASSER WAS FORMED IN 1968 WHEN THE WATERS OF THIS RIVER WERE BLOCKED BY THE ASWAN HIGH DAM NILE RIVER
BANKS OF PEARL-PRODUCING MOLLUSKS ARE FOUND AROUND BAHRAIN, ON THE ARABIAN SHORE OF THIS GULF PERSIAN GULF
TOYAMA, WAKASA & ISHIKARI BAYS ARE ARMS OF THIS SEA SEA OF JAPAN
3 IMPORTANT CITIES ON THIS SEA INCLUDE STOCKHOLM, GDANSK, & KLAIPEDA, LITHUANIA BALTIC SEA
THIS LARGE SIBERIAN LAKE IS MORE THAN A MILE DEEP AT ITS DEEPEST POINT LAKE BAIKAL
ABOUT 2/3 OF THE WATER IN THE NILE COMES FROM THIS RIVER, NOT THE WHITE NILE BLUE NILE
AT THE 2 CITIES NAMED KANSAS CITY, THIS "STATELY" RIVER MEETS THE KANSAS RIVER MISSOURI RIVER
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN BEGAN TO FORM DURING THIS PERIOD OF THE MESOZOIC ERA WHEN DINOSAURS ROAMED JURASSIC PERIOD
THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT PUEBLOS IN ARIZONA ARE KNOWN TO US AS SALADO, THE SPANISH WORD FOR THIS NEARBY RIVER SALT RIVER
THE RED SEA, IS CONSIDERED AN ARM OF THIS SEA ARABIAN SEA
SIGSBEE DEEP, THE DEEPEST POINT IN THIS GULF, LIES ABOUT 200 MILES SE OF BROWNSVILLE, TX GULF OF MEXICO
THIS OCEAN IS CONNECTED TO THE ATLANTIC THROUGH THE NORWEGIAN SEA ARCTIC OCEAN
THE HULA VALLEY IS NOT IN HAWAII BUT OCCUPIES THE COURSE OF THE RIVER NORTH OF THE SEA OF GALILEE JORDAN RIVER
QUEBEC'S UNGAVA PENINSULA PROVIDES THE EASTERN SHORE OF THIS LARGE BAY HUDSON BAY
THE CRIMEAN PENINSULA IS BORDERED BY 2 SEAS; THE SEA OF AZOV AND THIS MUCH BIGGER ONE BLACK SEA
IN 1875, SIR HENRY MORTON STANLEY CIRCUMNAVIGATED THIS LARGEST AFRICAN LAKE LAKE VICTORIA
THIS ARM OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEPARATES ITALY FROM CROATIA AND ALBANIA ADRIATIC
THE GULF OF FINLAND AND THE GULF OF BOTHNIA BOTH EXTEND FROM THIS SEA BALTIC
THIS ARCTIC SEA IS NAMED FOR THE BRITISH NAVAL OFFICER WHO DEVISED A WIND SCALE BEAUFORT SEA
IT SOUNDS SERVILE, BUT THIS 11,000-SQUARE-MILE CANADIAN LAKE IS ACTUALLY NAMED FOR A TRIBE OF NATIVE AMERICANS GREAT SLAVE LAKE
IN 1875 BRITISH SWIMMER MATTHEW WEBB MADE THE FIRST CROSSING OF THIS, IN 21 HOURS, 45 MIN. ENGLISH CHANNEL
SEVERAL RIVERS IN ENGLAND ARE NAMED THIS, INCLUDING ONE THAT FLOWS BY THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE THEATRE AVON
THE FERRY SERVICE ACROSS THIS RIVER LINKING BIRKENHEAD & LIVERPOOL DATS BACK TO 1330 MERSEY
THIS ESTUARY OF SCOTLAND'S FORTH RIVER EXTENDS 48 MILES INLAND FROM THE NORTH SEA FIRTH OF FORTH
THE MINCH IS A CHANNEL SEPARATING NORTHWEST SCOTLAND AND THIS "OUTER" ISLAND GROUP HEBRIDES
FROM GERMANY, THIS RIVER FLOWS INTO THE NETHERLANDS, WHERE IT DIVIDES INTO 3 BRANCHES: THE WAAL, THE LEK, & THE IJSSEL RHINE
BOTH THE NEMAN & VISTULA RIVERS FLOW INTO THIS EUROPEAN SEA BALTIC
THIS BAY OFF PITCAIRN ISLAND IS NAMED FOR THE SHIP THAT WAS BURNED AND SUNK IN ITS WATERS ON JANUARY 23, 1790 BOUNTY BAY
2 STRAITS OFF NEWFOUNDLAND LEAD INTO THIS GULF; THE STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE AND CABOT STRAIT GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE
THE LARGEST LAKE IN THIS SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY IS A RESERVOIR, W.J. VAN BLOMMESTEIN LAKE SURINAME
ALTHOUGH CALLED A SEA, IT'S ACTUALLY A LARGE SALTY LAKE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND JORDAN DEAD SEA
THIS HOLY RIVER OF INDIA WAS NAMED FOR THE DAUGHTER OF THE MOUNTAIN GOD HIMALAYA GANGES
THE SEA OF JAPAN SPLASHES AGAINST THIS PENINSULA THAT'S POLITICALLY DIVIDED INTO NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA
LEADING PORTS ON THIS GULF INCLUDE ABADAN IN IRAN AND AL BASRAH IN IRAQ PERSIAN GULF
ONE OF THE WORLD'S LONGEST RIVERS, IT FORMS THE BORDER BETWEEN CHINA'S SICHUAN PROVINCE AND TIBET YANGTZE RIVER
THIS LARGE LAKE STRADDLES FRANCE & SWITZERLAND: SWITZERLAND HAS THE LARGEST PART LAKE GENEVA
IN 1805 LEWIS & CLARK REACHED THIS RIVER...THE FINAL WATER LINK TO TAKE THEM TO THE PACIFIC COLUMBIA RIVER
THE SOUTH ARM OF THIS SEA, NAMED FOR THE ENGLISHMAN WHO EXPLORED IT IN 1841, IS AN ICE SHELF ROSS SEA
THIS COUNTRY'S LAKE TAAL SITS IN THE CRATER OF AN OLD VOLCANO ON THE ISLAND OF LUZON PHILIPPINES
THE GREEN RIVER IS ITS LARGEST TRIBUTARY; THEY MEET UP IN SE UTAH COLORADO RIVER
IN THIS COUNTRY, TO GET FROM HARLINGEN TO OOST VLIELAND, YOU HAVE TO CROSS THE WADDENZEE HOLLAND (NETHERLANDS)
THIS STRAIT OFF SICILY LINKS THE TYRRHENIAN AND IONIAN SEAS STRAIT OF MESSINA
A BALTIC CRUISE TAKES YOU INTO THIS GULF TO VISIT THE LARGEST AND MOST COSMOPOLITAN CITY IN THE 3 BALTIC STATES GULF OF RIGA
THE MAJOR CITIES ON THIS 1,200-MILE-LONG RUSSIAN RIVER ARE VORONEZH AND ROSTOV-ON-IT DON
THE GIRONDE, AN ESTUARY FORMED BY A RIVER CONFLUENCE NEAR BORDEAUX, EXTENDS TO THIS BAY BAY OF BISCAY
AFTER LAKE SUPERIOR, THIS AFRICAN LAKE IS THE LARGEST BODY OF FRESH WATER IN THE WORLD LAKE VICTORIA
THE PERSIAN GULF IS AN ARM OF THE ARABIAN SEA, WHICH IS PART OF THIS OCEAN INDIAN OCEAN
IN THE 1770S, JAMES COOK EXPLORED THIS SEA BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND TASMAN SEA
THIS LONGEST RIVER IN IRELAND NEARLY DIVIDES THE COUNTRY IN TWO SHANNON
TERVASAARI, JUST OFF HELSINKI, SITS IN THIS ARM OF THE BALTIC SEA GULF OF FINLAND
IT'S A NARROW STRIP OF LAND, WITH WATER ON BOTH SIDES, THAT CONNECTS 2 LARGER BODIES OF LAND ISTHMUS
FINNS LOVE TO RETREAT TO A FOREST CABIN BESIDE A JARVI, ONE OF THESE BODIES OF WATER LAKE
NEAR THE EQUATOR THIS OCEAN STRETCHES ABOUT 12,000 MILES FROM COLOMBIA TO THE MALAY PENINSULA PACIFIC
THE STRAIT OF DOVER IS THE NARROWEST PART OF THIS BODY OF WATER ENGLISH CHANNEL
THE YUKON RIVER FLOWS NW INTO ALASKA BEFORE EMPTYING INTO THIS SEA BERING SEA
IT'S THE 4TH-LARGEST OF THE GREAT LAKES AND THE ONE REACHING FARTHEST SOUTH LAKE ERIE
RISING IN THE VALDAI HILLS OF RUSSIA, THIS IS EUROPE'S LONGEST RIVER VOLGA
THE LAKE JAMES FENIMORE COOPER CALLED HORICON IS NOW CALLED THIS, AFTER THE SECOND BRITISH KING OF THAT NAME LAKE GEORGE
CREATED BY THE ASWAN HIGH DAM, THE ARTIFICIAL RESERVOIR LAKE NASSER IS SHARED BY THESE 2 COUNTRIES EGYPT & SUDAN
FAMOUS AS THE SETTING OF A BOOK AND A MOVIE, GORKY PARK LIES ON THE RIGHT BANK OF THIS RIVER MOSCOW RIVER
THIS LAKE LIES BEHIND THE PARKER DAM ON THE BORDER OF ARIZONA AND CALIFORNIA LAKE HAVASU
THE ISLAND OF AEGINA IS IN WHAT THE GREEKS CALL SARONIKOS KOLPOS, OR WHAT WE CALL THE SARONIC...THIS GULF
ITHACA, NY IS ON CAYUGA, ONE OF THIS GROUP OF NARROW BODIES OF WATER FINGER LAKES
MARSEILLE AND SETE ARE MAJOR PORTS ON THE GULF OF LION, AN ARM OF THIS SEA MEDITERRANEAN
OCEAN TIDES OCCUR IN THIS RIVER AT LIMERICK, ABOUT 70 MILES FROM ITS MOUTH AT THE ATLANTIC SHANNON
THE GENERAL RAFAEL URDANETA BRIDGE SPANS THE NORTHERN OUTLET OF THIS LAKE AT THE GULF OF VENEZUELA LAKE MARACAIBO
THE NAME OF THIS WATERFALL ON THE BRAZIL-ARGENTINA BORDER IS DERIVED FROM A GUARANI WORD MEANING "GREAT WATER" IGUASSU
THE KERCH STRAIT CONNECTS THIS SEA WITH A LARGE BAY TO THE NORTH CALLED THE SEA OF AZOV BLACK SEA
A CRUISE ON THIS SEA MIGHT INCLUDE STOPS IN ST. THOMAS, PUERTO RICO, AND MARTINIQUE CARIBBEAN
THE BAY OF BENGAL IS AN ARM OF THIS OCEAN INDIAN OCEAN
SCIENTISTS SAY LAKE MICHIGAN IS ACTUALLY PART OF THIS GREAT LAKE THAT IT JOINS VIA THE STRAITS OF MACKINAW LAKE HURON
ALSO CALLED HALITE, THIS COMMON MINERAL CAN BE FORMED BY THE DRYING OF ENCLOSED BODIES OF SEAWATER ROCK SALT
THIS LARGEST TRIBUTARY OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER RISES IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK SNAKE RIVER
THE GULF OF ADEN SEPARATES SOMALIA AND THIS COUNTRY ON THE ARABIAN PENINSULA YEMEN
THE NAME FOR THIS SEA COMES FROM THE LATIN FOR "IN THE MIDDLE OF LAND" MEDITERRANEAN
THE TASMAN SEA SEPARATES THESE 2 COUNTRIES AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
IT'S NEW MEXICO'S LARGEST & LONGEST RIVER RIO GRANDE
THE NAME OF THIS RIVER WHICH EMPTIES INTO THE BAY OF BENGAL MEANS "THE SON OF BRAHMA" BRAHMAPUTRA
THE STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE SEPARATES THE ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAND FROM THIS, ITS MAINLAND TERRITORY LABRADOR
WINTER OCEAN AIR WEST OF NORWAY IS OVER 40 DEGREES WARMER THAN AVERAGE FOR THAT LATITUDE BECAUSE OF THIS CURRENT GULF STREAM
THIS OCEAN HAS THE GREATEST LENGTH OF COASTLINE BECAUSE OF ITS IRREGULAR SHAPE ATLANTIC OCEAN
CHANGING MONSOON WINDS CAUSE SEASONAL REVERSES OF SURFACE WATER MOVEMENT IN THIS INDIAN OCEAN BAY BAY OF BENGAL
ONCE PART OF THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA, IT'S NOW THE LARGEST NATURAL LAKE ENTIRELY WITHIN THE STATE SALTON SEA
NARROW BIBLICAL SEA BETWEEN SAUDI ARABIA AND AFRICA THAT'S AN INTENSE BLUE-GREEN COLOR RED SEA
CHINA'S HUANG RIVER CARRIES LARGE AMOUNTS OF STRAW-COLORED EARTH INTO THIS SEA YELLOW SEA
NAME OF THIS SEA IS SAID TO ALLUDE NOT TO ITS DARK WATER, BUT ITS STORMS BLACK SEA
ICEBREAKERS NOW KEEP PORT OF ARCHANGEL, ON THIS APPROPRIATELY NAMED SEA, OPEN IN WINTER WHITE SEA
DUTCH SETTLERS NAMED THIS LONGEST RIVER OF SOUTH AFRICA NOT FOR ITS COLOR BUT THEIR ROYAL FAMILY ORANGE RIVER
THESE 2 GREAT LAKES EACH BORDER 4 U.S. STATES MICHIGAN & ERIE
THIS SEA'S SOUTH BOUNDARY IS A LINE FROM THE SOUTHERN TIP OF INDIA TO THE EASTERN TIP OF AFRICA ARABIAN SEA
THE LATIN NAME OF THIS WATERWAY IS FRETUM HERCULEUM STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR
THIS SEA THAT EXTENDS ABOUT 1,200 MILES WAS REFERRED TO IN ANCIENT TIMES AS THE ERYTHRAEAN SEA RED SEA
BORDERING ON MICHIGAN AND NEW YORK, THESE 2 GREAT LAKES ARE THE ONLY ONES TO BORDER ON 1 STATE EACH HURON & ONTARIO
THE LAKE OF NEUCHATEL IS THE LARGEST LAKE ENTIRELY WITHIN THIS COUNTRY SWITZERLAND
THE ST. MARY'S RIVER CONNECTS LAKE SUPERIOR TO THIS 2ND-LARGEST GREAT LAKE LAKE HURON
AFTER A 1,750-MILE TRIP FROM GERMANY, THE DANUBE BREAKS INTO 3 BRANCHES IN THIS COUNTRY BEFORE EMPTYING INTO THE BLACK SEA ROMANIA
SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THIS SEA WAS FORMED WHEN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA WAS TORN FROM AFRICA 20 MILLION YEARS AGO RED SEA
IT'S THE GULF FROM WHICH THE GULF STREAM GOT ITS NAME GULF OF MEXICO
AN INLET OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, IT WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE GULF OF SIAM GULF OF THAILAND
THIS STATE IS HOME TO PENOBSCOT BAY, PENOBSCOT RIVER, AND PENOBSCOT LAKE MAINE
NEW JERSEY'S WESTERN BOUNDARY IS FORMED BY THIS RIVER DELAWARE RIVER
THIS RIVER THAT FLOWS OUT OF LAKE TAHOE IS NAMED FOR AN INDIAN GUIDE TRUCKEE RIVER
THE VOLGA RIVER FLOWS INTO THIS BODY OF WATER CASPIAN SEA
COLOMBIA'S GULF OF URABA IS THE SOUTHERNMOST EXTREMITY OF THIS SEA CARIBBEAN SEA
IT'S THE 3RD-LARGEST OCEAN INDIAN OCEAN
THE SEA OF CRETE IS THE SOUTHERNMOST PART OF THIS SEA, AN ARM OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AEGEAN
"SERVILE" NAME OF THE 5TH-LARGEST NORTH AMERICAN LAKE; YOU'LL FIND YELLOWKNIFE ON ITS SHORES GREAT SLAVE LAKE
IN 1898 DEWEY WON A GREAT VICTORY IN THIS BAY; NOW YOU CAN SEE LOVELY SUNSETS OVER IT MANILA BAY
SEBASTIAN CABOT GAVE SOUTH AMERICA'S RIO DE LA PLATA ITS NAME THINKING THERE WERE DEPOSITS OF THIS NEARBY SILVER
THIS RIVER BEGINS IN TURKEY'S EASTERN ANATOLIAN HIGHLANDS AND FLOWS THROUGH BAGHDAD ON ITS WAY TO THE PERSIAN GULF TIGRIS
THIS OCEAN IS THE SALTIEST ATLANTIC
THIS SEA MAY HAVE BEEN NAMED FOR THESEUS' FATHER AEGEAN
TO REACH THE BAY OF TANGIER, HEAD STRAIGHT THROUGH THIS STRAIT STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR
LARGEST BODY OF FRESH WATER IN THE WORLD LAKE SUPERIOR
BAKU IN AZERBAIJAN & ASTRAKHAN IN RUSSIA ARE PORTS ON THIS STURGEON-FILLED SEA CASPIAN SEA
THE YAZOO RIVER IS A TRIBUTARY OF THIS RIVER MISSISSIPPI
THERE'S A COEUR D'ALENE LAKE AND A COEUR D'ALENE RIVER IN THIS STATE IDAHO
EXCEPT FOR ITS EASTERNMOST EXTREMITY, THIS STRAIT LIES ENTIRELY WITHIN CHILEAN WATERS STRAIT OF MAGELLAN
THE TRANS-ALASKA PIPELINE RUNS FROM THIS BAY TO THE CITY OF VALDEZ PRUDHOE BAY
NOTED FOR ITS SALMON FISHING, THIS IS THE LONGEST RIVER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM TAY RIVER (SCOTLAND)
LAKE VAN IN ANATOLIA IS THIS COUNTRY'S LARGEST LAKE TURKEY
ROME WAS BUILT ON THE BANKS OF THIS RIVER TIBER
FED BY THE JORDAN RIVER, IT'S THE SALTIEST BODY OF WATER ON EARTH DEAD SEA
BELGIUM'S SEACOAST IS ON THIS SEA NORTH SEA
THE DNIESTER AND VISTULA RIVERS RISE IN THESE MOUNTAINS CARPATHIANS
THE BAY OF CAMPECHE IS A SOUTHERN EXTENSION OF THIS GULF GULF OF MEXICO
THE POTOMAC RIVER FLOWS INTO THIS BAY CHESAPEAKE BAY
DURING ITS 1980S WAR WITH IRAQ, IRAN THREATENED TO BLOCK THIS STRAIT TO ALL TRAFFIC STRAIT OF HORMUZ
THE LONGEST RIVER IN ITALY PO
THIS BAY THAT SHARES ITS NAME WITH THE PHILIPPINE CAPITAL IS NEARLY LANDLOCKED MANILA BAY
CAPE MAY, NJ LIES ON THIS BAY DELAWARE BAY
U.S NAVAL PERSONNEL IN CUBA CALL IT "GITMO" FOR SHORT GUANTANAMO BAY
SITE OF A MASSIVE OIL SPILL IN 1989, IT WAS NAMED FOR THE THIRD SON OF KING GEORGE III PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND
CIUDAD BOLIVAR & CIUDAD GUAYANA ARE THE MAJOR CITIES ON THIS RIVER ORINOCO RIVER
TAJO IS THE PORTUGUESE NAME FOR THIS RIVER TAGUS
QUESHAM, THE LARGEST ISLAND IN THE PERSIAN GULF, IS LOCATED IN THIS STRAIT STRAIT OF HORMUZ
BAY WITH THE LONGEST SHORELINE HUDSON BAY
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