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BODIES OF WATER
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |