3_Trivias Rivers

Question 1

Largest river by volume in the world

Answer 1

Amazon River - Located in the northern portion of South America, flowing from west to east. Originates in the Andes Mountains of Peru and travels through Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, and Brazil before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.

Question 2

Longest river in the world

Answer 2

Nile River

Question 3

Deepest river in the World

Answer 3

Congo River in Africa

Question 4

Hottest river in the world

Answer 4

Shanay-Timpishka - Also known as La Bomba, a tributary of the Amazon River, called the ‘only boiling river in the world’.

Question 5

Coldest river in the world

Answer 5

Neretva River - The Upper Neretva has Class I purity water, often as low as 7–8°C in summer.

Question 6

Shortest river in the world

Answer 6

Roe River - Runs from Giant Springs to the Missouri River near Great Falls, Montana, USA.

Question 7

Longest river in the Philippines

Answer 7

Cagayan River

Question 8

Deepest river in the Philippines

Answer 8

Hinatuan Enchanted River

Question 9

Largest drainage basin in the world

Answer 9

Amazon River Basin

Question 10

Largest drainage basin in the Philippines

Answer 10

Cagayan River Basin

Question 11

Largest river by discharge in the world

Answer 11

Amazon River

Question 12

Rank 1 longest river in the Philippines

Answer 12

Cagayan River - Headwaters are at the Caraballo Mountains of Central Luzon

Question 13

Rank 2 longest river in the Philippines

Answer 13

Mindanao River or Rio Grande in Mindanao - Headwaters are in the mountains of Impasugong, Bukidnon

Question 14

Rank 3 longest river in the Philippines

Answer 14

Agusan River - Headwaters are found in the mountains of Davao de Oro

Question 15

Rank 4 longest river in the Philippines

Answer 15

Pulangi River - Headwaters at Mount Kitanglad

Question 16

Rank 5 longest river in the Philippines

Answer 16

Pampanga River - Headwaters in the Sierra Madre

Question 17

Rank 6 longest river in the Philippines

Answer 17

Agno River - Headwaters on the slopes of Mount Data in the Cordillera Mountains

Question 18

Rank 7 longest river in the Philippines

Answer 18

Abra River - Headwaters at Mount Data in Cordillera

Question 19

Rank 8 longest river in the Philippines

Answer 19

Abulog River

Question 20

Rank 9 longest river in the Philippines

Answer 20

Chico River - Headwaters at Mount Data

Question 21

Rank 10 longest river in the Philippines

Answer 21

Davao River

Question 22

The Philippines has a total of ____ major river basins

Answer 22

18 major river basins

Question 23

Largest river basin in the Philippines

Answer 23

Cagayan River Basin

Question 24

Cagayan River Basin area

Answer 24

27,732 km²

Question 25

Drainage divide between Apayao-Abulog River Basin and Cagayan River Basin

Answer 25

NE-SW

Question 26

Drainage divide between Apayao-Abulog River Basin and Abra River Basin

Answer 26

E-W

Question 27

Drainage divide between Abra River Basin and Cagayan River Basin

Answer 27

N-S

Question 28

Drainage divide between Agno River Basin and Cagayan River Basin

Answer 28

N-S

Question 29

Drainage divide between Agno River Basin and Pampanga River Basin

Answer 29

NE-SW

Question 30

Drainage divide between Pampanga River Basin and Pasig-Laguna de Bay River Basin

Answer 30

E-W

Question 31

Drainage divide between Panay River Basin and Jalaur River Basin

Answer 31

E-W

Question 32

Drainage divide between Agusan River Basin and Tagum-Libuganon River Basin

Answer 32

NW-SE

Question 33

Drainage divide between Mindanao River Basin and Davao River Basin

Answer 33

N-S

Question 34

Headwaters of Cagayan River

Answer 34

Caraballo Mountains of Central Luzon

Question 35

Headwaters of Mindanao River (Rio Grande de Mindanao)

Answer 35

Mountains of Impasugong, Bukidnon

Question 36

Headwaters of Agusan River

Answer 36

Mountains of Davao de Oro

Question 37

Headwaters of Pulangi River

Answer 37

Mount Kitanglad

Question 38

Headwaters of Pampanga River

Answer 38

Sierra Madre

Question 39

Headwaters of Agno River

Answer 39

Slopes of Mount Data in Cordillera Mountains

Question 40

Headwaters of Abra River

Answer 40

Mount Data in Cordillera