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NAQT - Rivers
NAQT You Gotta Know - Rivers
Question | Answer |
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Longest river in China and Asia, 3rd longest in the world, empties into South China Sea, construction of the Three Gorges Dam (largest in world) is being built on this river | Yangtze (Chang Jiang) |
River that runs 1,800 miles from its source in the Tibetan Himalayas, forms with Ganges to to form world largest delta | Brahmaputra |
3,400 mile long river; China's second-longest; Name comes from extraordinary amount of loess (average of 57 pounds per cubic yard); Grand Canal connects it to Yangtze | Yellow River (Huang He) |
The holiest river of Hinduism; flows into Bay of Bengal; Extremely polluted | Ganges |
Chief river of Southeast Asia, forms much of the Laos-Thailand border, enters South China Sea in southern Vietnam | Mekong River |
River that formed the eastern border of Mesopotamia, that was the home of the ancient Sumer and Akkad. | Tigris |
Defines the western border of Mesopotamia; home to Fallujah and Babylon; Longer of the 2 rivers | Euphrates |
Chief river of Myanmar, one of the most important rice-growing regions | Irrawaddy |
Namesake river of India, harbored one of the world's earliest civilizations (Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa) | Indus River |
Rises in Syria and flows into Lake Merom through the Sea of Galilee, and into the Dead Sea. | Jordan River |