Bodies of Water Flashcards
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$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This 315-mile-long river passes through Troy & Albany before hitting the bright lights of New York City
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the Hudson
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| At its northern end, this “colorful” sea branches into the Gulf of Suez on the west & the Gulf of Aqaba on the east
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the Red
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$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Originating in the Tanggula Mountains, this is known to many Chinese as “long river” (‘cause it’s 3,900 miles)
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the Yangtze
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$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Bonn, Germany & Strasbourg, France are cities on this river
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the Rhine
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$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Aleutian Islands & the Commander Islands mark this sea’s southern border
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the Bering Sea
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The shallowest of the Great Lakes, it was the site of a U.S. naval victory in 1813
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Lake Erie
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$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Rising on the Langres Plateau & heading for the capital, it’s the second-longest river in France
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the Seine
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$3000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The name of this South American estuary means “silver river”
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Río de la Plata
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$1600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| (<a>Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a diagram comparing sea level & various depths on the monitor.</a>) Starting at sea level, <a>here</a> is the Empire State Building & the world’s tallest building, compared to the full depth of <a>this</a> oceanic trench
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the Marianas Trench
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$2000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Once the name of a country, this is still the name of a lake in East Central Africa with a depth of over 4,700 feet
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Tanganyika
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Azores are found in this ocean
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Atlantic
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$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| (<a>Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands in front of a map</a>) In 1964, activity in this arm of the South China Sea led to increased U.S. troops in Vietnam
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Gulf of Tonkin
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$2000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Gulf of California is also known as the Sea of this man who reached that gulf in 1535
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Cortez
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$1600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This strategically important channel connects the Persian Gulf & the Gulf of Oman
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Strait of Hormuz
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$2000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Loire flows into this bay that is also called the Gulf of Gascony
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the Bay of Biscay
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$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Its greatest known depth, 36,201 feet in the Mariana Trench, is the greatest depth found in any ocean
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the Pacific
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Saginaw Bay, on the eastern coast of Michigan, is an inlet of this Great Lake
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Lake Huron
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$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge, one of the world’s longest, spans this Venezuelan lake
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Maracaibo
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$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This strait connects the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea
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the Hellespont (or the Dardanelles)
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$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This strait connects the Sea of Marmara with the Black Sea
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the Bosporus
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| It’s the world’s second-largest ocean
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the Atlantic
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$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This most sacred river of India was named for a Hindu goddess
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the Ganges
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$3000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This river carries more water than the Mississippi, Yangtze & Nile combined
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the Amazon
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$1600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| (<a>Jimmy of the Clue Crew points to a map on the monitor.</a>) The Straits of Mackinac separate the Upper & Lower Peninsulas & connect <a>these</a> two Great Lakes
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Huron & Michigan
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$2000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Golden Sands is a resort on Bulgaria's east coast along this sea
the Black Sea
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$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Gulf of Taranto lies between the "heel" & the rest of the "foot" of this country
Italy
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This river's source lies in the Plateau of Langres about 18 miles northwest of Dijon
the Seine
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$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Thames & Rhine are among the many rivers emptying into this sea
the North Sea
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$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This Asian "sea" is actually a lake that's more than 4 1/2 times larger than Lake Superior
the Caspian Sea
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$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Seaports on this bay include Chittagong, Bangladesh & Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
the Bay of Bengal
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$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Fur trader James Bridger was the first non-native to visit this saline lake
the Great Salt Lake
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Shatt Al Arab is formed by the confluence of these 2 rivers
the Tigris & the Euphrates
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$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| A New Deal agency created in 1933 sought to provide electricity for residents of this river's valley
the Tennessee
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$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This triangular bay of the Atlantic is bounded on the east by France & on the south by Spain
the Bay of Biscay
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$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The island of Olkhon is in the center of this deep Siberian lake
Lake Baikal
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| It's the sea just southeast of the Gulf of Mexico
the Caribbean Sea
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$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| It's the only Great Lake entirely within the U.S.
Lake Michigan
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$1200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| India, Bangladesh & Burma border this bay of the Indian Ocean
the Bay of Bengal
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$1600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Most of the Greek Isles are in this sea, an arm of the Mediterranean
the Aegean Sea
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$2000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This Eurasian "sea" is actually the world's largest lake
the Caspian Sea
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$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Iowa's lowest point is a the junction of the Des Moines River & this river that forms Iowa's Eastern border
the Mississippi River
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Orinoco begins in Venezuela's state that's named for this other river
the Amazon
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$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This large African lake has several large gulfs, including Speke & Emin Pasha
Lake Victoria
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$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Seattle, Tacoma & Olympia all stand on the banks of this body of water
Puget Sound
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$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This 1,450-mile-long river is joined in Utah by the Green & San Juan Rivers
the Colorado River
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Although it was discovered in 1610, the Canadian bay's west coast wasn't mapped until about 210 years later
Hudson Bay
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$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This British river that flows through London is also known as the Isis as it flows through Oxford
the Thames
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$1200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Tidal ranges in this ocean vary from 38 feet to 2 feet just south of Perth, Western Australia
the Indian Ocean
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$1600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This river flows about 1,150 miles from Lake Hazar in Turkey through Baghdad, on its way to the Persian Gulf
the Tigris
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$2000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This largest lake in the Swiss Alps is actually a wide spot in the Rhone River
Lake Geneva
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$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Lake Nasser was formed in 1968 when the waters of this river were blocked by the Aswan High Dam
the Nile River
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Banks of pearl-producing mollusks are found around Bahrain, on the Arabian shore of this gulf
the Persian Gulf
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$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Toyama, Wakasa & Ishikari bays are arms of this sea
the Sea of Japan
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$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| 3 important cities on this sea include Stockholm, Gdansk & Klaipeda, Lithuania
the Baltic Sea
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$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This large Siberian lake is more than a mile deep at its deepest point
Lake Baikal
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$None ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This sea hundreds of miles east of Florida has no land boundaries
the Sargasso Sea
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| About 2/3 of the water in the Nile comes from this river, not the White Nile
the Blue Nile
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$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| At the 2 cities named Kansas City, this "stately" river meets the Kansas River
Missouri
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$1200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Atlantic Ocean began to form during this period of the Mesozoic Era when dinosaurs roamed
the Jurassic Period (the Jurassic Era accepted)
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$1600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Besh-ba-gowah Pueblo in Phoenix, AZ.) The people who built these structures in Arizona are known to us as Salado, the Spanish word for this nearby river
Salt
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$2000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Red Sea, you see, is considered an arm of this sea
the Arabian Sea
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$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Sigsbee Deep, the deepest point in this gulf, lies about 200 miles southeast of Brownsville, Texas
Gulf of Mexico
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This ocean is connected to the Atlantic through the Norwegian Sea
the Arctic Ocean
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$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Hula Valley is not in Hawaii but occupies the course of the river north of the Sea of Galilee
the Jordan River
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$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Quebec's Ungava Peninsula provides the eastern shore of this large bay
Hudson Bay
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$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Crimean Peninsula is bordered by 2 seas: the Sea of Azov & this much bigger one
the Black Sea
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| In 1875, Sir Henry Morton Stanley circumnavigated this largest African lake
Lake Victoria
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$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This arm of the Mediterranean separates Italy from Croatia & Albania
Adriatic Sea
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$1200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Gulf of Finland & the Gulf of Bothnia both extend from this sea
Baltic Sea
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$1600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This Arctic sea is named for the British naval officer who devised a wind scale
Beaufort Sea
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$2000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| It sounds servile, but this 11,000-square-mile Canadian lake is actually named for a tribe of Native Americans
Great Slave Lake
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| From Germany, this river flows into the Netherlands, where it divides into 3 branches: the Waal, the Lek & the Ijssel
the Rhine
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$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Both the Neman & Vistula Rivers flow into this European sea
the Baltic
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$3000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The largest lake in this South American country is a reservoir, W.J. Van Blommestein Lake
Suriname
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$1600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This bay off Pitcairn Island is named for the ship that was burned & sunk in its waters on January 23, 1790
Bounty Bay
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$2000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| 2 straits off Newfoundland lead into this gulf; the Strait of Belle Isle & Cabot Strait
the Gulf of St. Lawrence
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This large lake straddles France & Switzerland; Switzerland has the largest part
Lake Geneva
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$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| (Jon of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Oregon.) On October 16, 1805, Lewis & Clark reached this river--the final water link to take them to the Pacific
the Columbia
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$1200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This country's Lake Taal sits in the crater of an old volcano on the island of Luzon
the Philippines
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$1600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Green River is its largest tributary; they meet up in southeastern Utah
the Colorado River
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$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The south arm of this sea, named for the Englishman who explored it in 1841, is an ice shelf
the Ross Sea
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$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| After Lake Superior, this African lake is the largest body of fresh water in the world
Lake Victoria
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Persian Gulf is an arm of the Arabian Sea, which is part of this ocean
the Indian Ocean
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$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| In the 1770s James Cook explored this sea between Australia & New Zealand
the Tasman Sea
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$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This longest river in Ireland nearly divides the country in two
the Shannon
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$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Tervasaari.) Tervasaari, just off Helsinki, sits in this arm of the Baltic Sea
the Gulf of Finland
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Near the equator this ocean stretches about 12,000 miles from Colombia to the Malay Peninsula
the Pacific
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$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Strait of Dover is the narrowest part of this body of water
the English Channel
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$2000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| It's the fourth-largest of the Great Lakes & the one reaching farthest south
Lake Erie
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$1600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Yukon River flows northwest into Alaska before emptying into this sea
the Bering Sea
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$2000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Rising in the Valdai Hills of Russia, this is Europe's longest river
the Volga
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The lake James Fenimore Cooper called Horicon is now called this, after the second British king of that name
Lake George
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$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Created by the Aswan High Dam, the artificial reservoir Lake Nasser is shared by these 2 countries
Egypt & Sudan
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$1200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| (Cheryl of the Clue Crew strolls a scenic walkway by a riverbank at Gorky Park.) Famous as the setting of a book and a movie, Gorky Park lies on the right bank of this river
the Moscow River
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$1600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This lake lies behind the Parker Dam on the border of Arizona & California
Lake Havasu
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$2000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a marina in Greece.) The island of Aegina is in what the Greeks call Saronikos Kolpos, or what we call the Saronic this
the Saronic Gulf
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$None ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This sea's south boundary is a line from the southern tip of India to the eastern tip of Africa
the Arabian Sea
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Marseille & Sete are major ports of the Gulf of Lion, an arm of this sea
the Mediterranean
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$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Ocean tides occur in this river at Limerick, about 70 miles from its mouth at the Atlantic
the Shannon
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$1200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge spans the northern outlet of this lake at the Gulf of Venezuela
(Lake) Maracaibo
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$1600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The name of this waterfall on the Brazil-Argentina border is derived from a Guarani word meaning "great water"
Iguassú
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$2000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Kerch Strait connects this sea with a large bay to the north called the Sea of Azov
the Black Sea
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$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| A cruise on this sea might include stops in St. Thomas, Puerto Rico & Martinique
the Caribbean
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Bay of Bengal is an arm of this ocean
the Indian Ocean
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$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| In April 1859, at Port Said, digging began on this artificial waterway
the Suez Canal
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$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| (Sarah of the Clue crew reports from a lakefront in Chicago, IL.) Lake Michigan is larger than you think. Scientists say it's actually part of this Great Lake that it joins via the Straits of Mackinaw
Lake Huron
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$2200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The names of these two important rivers that rise in the Swiss Alps differ by just a vowel
the Rhine & the Rhône
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$None ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Latin name of this waterway is Fretum Herculeum
the Strait of Gibraltar
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$None ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This sea that extends about 1,200 miles was referred to in ancient times as the Erythraean Sea
the Red Sea
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| According to Hindu myth, this sacred river emanated from the toe of Vishnu
the Ganges
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$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Ding dong! This river calling from Northamptonshire, England, flowing southwest to the Severn
the Avon
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$1200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This lake is the chief source of the Nile River
Victoria
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$1600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Lake of Neuchatel is the largest lake entirely within this country
Switzerland
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$2000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This bay noted for its high tides separates New Brunswick & Nova Scotia
the Bay of Fundy
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$None ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Rush-Bagot Agreement of 1817 between the U.S. & Great Britain limited naval power on these bodies of water
the Great Lakes or Lake Champlain
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Nunivak Island & the Pribilof Islands are in this sea
the Bering Sea
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$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| (Alex: Here's Jeff Probst in South America [Amazon]) The decomposition of organic matter & a low silt content give the Rio Negro this color water, hence its name
black
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$1200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Cinque Terre, 5 fishing villages on the Italian Riviera, overlook the Ligurian Sea, an arm of this sea
the Mediterranean
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$1600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The French call this body of water the Pas de Calais; we call it this
the Strait of Dover
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$2000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The chief cities on this river in Oregon include Portland, Salem & Eugene
the Willamette
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$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| In 1975 the United Kingdom began piping oil from this sea to its shores
the North Sea
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The St. Mary's River connects Lake Superior to this second-largest Great Lake
Lake Huron
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$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| 12,500' above sea level, this South American lake bordering Bolivia & Peru is the world's most navigable lake
Lake Titicaca
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$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| At Khartoum, Sudan these colorful branches meet to form the Nile River
the Blue Nile & the White Nile
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$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| After a 1,750-mile trip from Germany, this river breaks into 3 branches in Romania before emptying into the Black Sea
the Danube
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$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Scientists believe this sea was formed when the Arabian Peninsula was torn from Africa 20 million years ago
Red Sea
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Islands in this gulf include Bahrain, Kharg & Bubiyan
Persian Gulf
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$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| A small portion of Russia is separated from the motherland & lies between Poland & Lithuania on this sea
Baltic Sea
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$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| In the mid-1970s an oil pipeline was built between this Alaskan bay & the city of Valdez on Prince William Sound
Prudhoe Bay
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$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| In 1957 a deep channel was completed allowing ocean ships to reach this largest Venezuelan lake
Lake Maracaibo
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$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This river's system gathers its waters from 9 countries, including Kenya, Ethiopia & Egypt
Nile
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| It's the gulf from which the Gulf Stream got its name
Gulf of Mexico
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$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This sacred river begins in an ice cave in India's Uttaranchal state
Ganges
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$1200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| It's the only ocean that touches the shores of Europe, Asia & North America
Arctic
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$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Of the 5 Great Lakes, Lake Erie lies farthest south, this one farthest north
Lake Superior
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Cap Gris-Nez, which extends into this strait, is France's closest point to Great Britain
Strait of Dover
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$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The channel which separates the U.S. & British Virgin Islands is named for this Engllish circumnavigator
Sir Francis Drake
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$1200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| An inlet of the South China Sea, it was formerly known as the Gulf of Siam
Gulf of Thailand
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$1600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| At 4,710 feet deep, this African lake is the world's second-deepest lake, trailing only Lake Baikal
Lake Tanganyika
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$2000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The 25th of April Bridge, one of the world's longest suspension bridges, spans this river in Lisbon
Tagus
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$100 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This African river's drainage basin, the world's longest, covers 35 degrees of latitude
the Nile
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$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| In area this Canadian bay is more than 3 times as large as all the Great Lakes combined
Hudson Bay
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$300 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| At the point where it enters the Caspian Sea, this Russian river is 92 feet below sea level
the Volga
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$700 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Colombia's Gulf of Uraba is the southernmost extremity of this sea
the Caribbean Sea
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$500 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Large banks of pearl-producing mollusks are found on this gulf's western shore on the Arabian Peninsula
Persian Gulf
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$100 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| These 2 "stately" rivers are the longest in the U.S.
the Mississippi & the Missouri
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$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Mespotamia, where many early civilizations developed, was located between these 2 rivers
the Tigris & the Euphrates
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$300 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This large lake is the chief source of the Nile River
Lake Victoria
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Less than half the size of the Pacific, it's the third-largest ocean
Indian Ocean
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$500 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Sea of Crete is the southernmost part of this sea, an arm of the Mediterranean
Aegean Sea
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$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This continent still has a Van Diemen Gulf, though Van Diemen's Land became Tasmania
Australia
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Archipelago de los Colorados lies in this gulf along Cuba's northwest coast
the Gulf of Mexico
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$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This sea is about 1,400 miles long, running from the Strait of Bab el Mandeb to Suez, Egypt
the Red Sea
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$2000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| In 1898 Dewey won a great victory in this bay; now you can see lovely sunsets over it
Manila Bay
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$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| "Servile" name of the fifth-largest North American lake; you'll find Yellowknife on its shores
the Great Slave Lake
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$100 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Canada's "Great Bear" one covers over 12,000 square miles
Lake
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$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Some geographers say there's an "Antarctic" one of these, formed by the southern parts of the big 3
Ocean
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$300 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| A constricted passageway, specifically one that follows "Verrazano" in the name of a bridge
Narrow
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Listen -- Albemarle, Pamlico & Long Island are famous ones
Sounds
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$500 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| On Florida's coast, Waccasassa is a bay, but Horseshoe, just north, is this 4-letter inlet
Cove
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$100 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| In 700 B.C. Greeks first crossed this sea to colonize Samothrace
Aegean Sea
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$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Bahrain is composed of several islands in the Gulf of Bahrain & this larger gulf
Persian Gulf
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$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Indenting the coastline of Alaska, Norton Sound & Kuskokwim Bay are inlets of this sea
Bering Sea
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Korean Peninsula borders the Yellow Sea to the west & this sea to the east
Sea of Japan
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$500 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Some say the Weddell Sea is an arm of the Antarctic Ocean; others say it's part of this larger ocean
Atlantic Ocean
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$100 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Foxe Channel connects the Arctic Ocean with this huge Canadian bay
Hudson Bay
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$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The main falls of this African waterfall lie between Livingstone & Cataract Islands
Victoria Falls
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$300 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Latvia's capital shares its name with this nearby gulf
Gulf of Riga
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Carlsberg Ridge, Madagascar Basin & Java Trench are underwater geographic features of this ocean
Indian Ocean
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$500 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Sebastian Cabot gave South America's Rio de la Plata its name thinking there were deposits of this nearby
Silver
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$100 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Century in which Europeans first visited Lake Chad
19th century
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$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| India attempted to put a satellite into orbit in March 1987, but wound up putting it into this bay
Bay of Bengal
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$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| To get to the bottom of this sea, try the Cayman Trench
Caribbean Sea
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$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Ungava Peninsula of Quebec juts into a bay & strait named for this explorer
Henry Hudson
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$500 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Using reinforced concrete, Italian engineer Riccardo Morandi bridged this Venezuelan lake
Lake Maracaibo
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$100 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This South American river carries nearly 20% of the Earth's total water discharge to the ocean
Amazon
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$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Churchill, Manitoba is the chief port on this Canadian bay
Hudson Bay
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$300 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This river begins in Turkey's eastern Anatolian Highlands & flows through Baghdad on its way to the Persian Gulf
Tigris
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$500 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Chinese call this sea Huang Hai due to the tint of the waters along its shore
Yellow Sea
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$500 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| In 1994 many of the beautiful islands in this Vietnamese gulf were designated a world heritage site by UNESCO
Gulf of Tonkin
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$100 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| It's the saltiest of the oceans & the second largest
Atlantic Ocean
182
$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| 2 of South America's longest rivers, the Madeira & the Purus, flow into this even longer river
Amazon
183
$300 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| For about 70 miles the Douro River forms the border between these 2 Iberian countries
Spain & Portugal
184
$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This sea may have been named for Theseus' father
Aegean Sea
185
$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| To reach the Bay of Tangier, head straight through this strait
Strait of Gibraltar
186
$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| It's not only the greatest Great Lake, it's also the largest body of fresh water in the world
Lake Superior
187
$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| It's the "Gulf" in the Gulf War of 1991
Persian Gulf
188
$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| According to the New Testament, it was the site of Jesus' baptism
River Jordan
189
$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Phnom Penh in Cambodia & Vientiane in Laos are the largest urban centers along this river
Mekong
190
$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This Swiss-French lake was formed by a natural damming of the Rhone River
Lake Geneva
191
$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Windemere is the largest lake in this country's Lake District
England
192
$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Baku in Azerbaijan & Astrakhan in Russia are ports on this sturgeon-filled sea
Caspian Sea
193
$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| A 1795 land fraud case concerned land near the Yazoo, a tributary of this American river
Mississippi River
194
$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This bay separating Nova Scotia & New Brunswick has high tides of up to 70 feet
Bay of Fundy
195
$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Weddell Sea, bordering this continent, was named for James Weddell, who charted it in 1823
Antarctica
196
$100 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| It's the westernmost & northernmost of the Great Lakes
Lake Superior
197
$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This sea is divided into several basins, including Yucatan, Colombian, Venezuelan & Tobago
Caribbean Sea
198
$500 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Ukranians call this sea Chorne More
Black Sea
199
$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The ferry from Villa San Giovanni in Calabria, Italy to Sicily crosses this strait
Strait of Messina
200
$500 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Located in east-central Africa, at 420 miles it's the world's largest freshwater lake
Lake Tanganyika
201
$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Japan & Peru Currents are among those that warm & cool coastal areas of this ocean
Pacific Ocean
202
$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| An undersea sill from Tunisia to Sicily splits this sea into eastern & western basins
Mediterranean Sea
203
$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This sea is less saline than its Atlantic connection due to fresh water from the Thames & other rivers
North Sea
204
$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Due to changes in air pressure, the water level of this Swiss-French lake can vary as much as 5' in 30 min.
Lake Geneva
205
$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Except for its easternmost extremity, this strait lies entirely within Chilean waters
Strait of Magellan
206
$100 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| It's the second-largest body of water in the world
Atlantic Ocean
207
$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Vacation on the French Riviera & you'll spend time on this sea
the Mediterranean
208
$300 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Sittwe, Burma & Calcutta, India are major ports on this bay
the Bay of Bengal
209
$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Kagera River is the longest & most important tributary of this African lake
Lake Victoria
210
$500 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Named for an explorer, it's Canada's longest river
the Mackenzie
211
$100 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This Canadian province's largest lake is Lake Mistassini, about 350 miles north of Montreal
Quebec
212
$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Namibia's coastline is provided by this body of water
Atlantic Ocean
213
$300 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| An agricultural area through which this Scottish river flows is the home of a breed of horse
Clyde
214
$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This river rises in the Black Forest & flows easterly about 1,770 miles, where it empties into the Black Sea
Rhine
215
$500 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Ucayali & Maranon rivers converge near Nauta, Peru, forming this river
Amazon
216
$100 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The name of this ocean means "peaceful"
the Pacific
217
$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| It's the smallest & the most easterly of the 5 Great Lakes
Lake Ontario
218
$300 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Noted for its salmon fishing, the Tay is the longest river of this United Kingdom country
Scotland
219
$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Lake Van in Anatolia is this country's largest lake
Turkey
220
$500 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Botany Bay on the coast of New South Wales, Australia is an inlet of this sea
the Tasman Sea
221
$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The mysterious Bermuda Triangle region lies within this ocean
Atlantic Ocean
222
$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Rome wasn't built in a day, but it was built on the banks of this river
Tiber
223
$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Aleutian Islands separate the Pacific Ocean from this sea
Bering Sea
224
$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Fed by the Jordan River, it's the saltiest body of water on Earth
Dead Sea
225
$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Belgium's seacoast, about 40 miles long, is on this sea
North Sea
226
$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The "blue" branch of this river rises in the Ethiopian highlands
Nile
227
$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Pas de Calais is the French name for this strait between France & England
Strait of Dover
228
$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Albania lies on the eastern shore of this sea, an arm of the Mediterranean
Adriatic
229
$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Lake Toba on Sumatra is this country's largest lake
Indonesia
230
$2000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Dnestr & Vistula rivers rise in these mountains
Carpathians
231
$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| In antiquity this "mother" river of Russia was known as the Rha or Oaros
Volga
232
$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Gulf of Suez & the Gulf of Aqaba are extensions of this sea
Red Sea
233
$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This largest African lake is the largest source of the Nile River
Lake Victoria
234
$2000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| For most of the year, ice floes & icebergs prevent navigation in this bay between Greenland & NE Canada
Baffin Bay
235
$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Bay of Campeche is a southern extension of this gulf
Gulf of Mexico
236
$100 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Adriatic & Ionian Seas are arms of this larger sea
Mediterranean
237
$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Potomac & Patuxent Rivers flow into this bay
Chesapeake Bay
238
$300 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| During its 1980s war with Iraq, Iran threatened to block this strait to all traffic
Strait of Hormuz
239
$500 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Lake Neuchatel is the largest lake entirely within this European country's boundaries
Switzerland
240
$500 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The longest river in Italy has this short name
Po
241
$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Reports of this Scottish lake being inhabited by a monster date back to the 6th century
Loch Ness
242
$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| One of the world's largest artificial lakes is Lake Nasser, a reservoir on this river
Nile River
243
$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Named for a French statesman, this Louisiana lake is about half the size of Rhode Island
Lake Pontchartrain
244
$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Spanish Armada sailed through this bay immediately before reaching the English Channel
Bay of Biscay
245
$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This longest river of southeast Asia flows through China, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, & Vietnam
Mekong River
246
$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This largest ocean supplies about half of the world's yearly supply of fish & shellfish
the Pacific Ocean
247
$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Chief ports on this gulf include Kuwait City & Al Basrah, Iraq
the Persian Gulf
248
$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal connects this Great Lake with the Mississippi River
Lake Michigan
249
$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The German name for this lake on the border of Switzerland & France is Genfersee
Lake Geneva
250
$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Relax, have a rum & enjoy the sun on Walter Fletcher Beach on this Jamaican bay
Montego Bay
251
$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Several structures called London Bridge have spanned this river, the latest completed in 1972
the Thames
252
$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Kentucky's lowest point, 25
the Mississippi
253
$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Sumatra & the Malay Peninsula are 2 of the land areas dividing the Pacific Ocean from this ocean
the Indian Ocean
254
$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Shallow, saline Lake Eyre is this continent's lowest point
Australia
255
$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Nizhneangarsk & Listvyanka are ports on this Siberian lake
Lake Baikal
256
$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This South American river has more than a thousand known tributaries
the Amazon
257
$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Lake Manapouri on South Island is one of this country's deepest lakes
New Zealand
258
$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Bordered by Ukraine & Russia, the Sea of Azov is a northern arm of this sea
the Black Sea
259
$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Hellespont is the ancient name for this strait that connects the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea
the Dardanelles
260
$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This "Great" lake is the largest lake entirely within Canada
the Great Bear Lake
261
$100 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| To Hindus, the Narmada River is 2nd in sacredness only to this one
The Ganges
262
$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This largest African lake is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania & Kenya
Lake Victoria
263
$300 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The U.S.-Russian boundary passes through this strait
Bering Strait
264
$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Vatican City lies on the west bank of this river
the Tiber
265
$500 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This bay that shares its name with the Philippine capital is nearly landlocked
Manila Bay
266
$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Major rivers entering this gulf include the Rio Grande & the Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
267
$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This country's lowest point, about 140' below sea level, is at Lake Enriquillo near its border with Haiti
Dominican Republic
268
$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Cape May, New Jersey lies on this bay
Delaware Bay
269
$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Brahmaputra flows into the Bay of Bengal & the Loire flows into this bay
Bay of Biscay
270
$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This Venezuelan lake has been dredged so transport ships can carry oil from it
Lake Maracaibo
271
$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The temperature & salinity of this smallest ocean vary as the ice cover freezes & melts
Arctic Ocean
272
$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| U.S. Naval personnel in Cuba call it "Gitmo" for short
Guantanamo Bay
273
$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| It separates Tierra del Fuego from the tip of the South American mainland
Straits of Magellan
274
$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Site of a massive oil spill in 1989, it was named for the third son of King George III
Prince William Sound
275
$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Ciudad Bolivar & Ciudad Guayana are the major cities on this river
Orinoco
276
$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Though this ocean is half the size of the Pacific, its drainage area is 4 times as large
Atlantic Ocean
277
$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Tajo is the Portuguese name for this river
Tagus
278
$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Gulf of Papua on the coast of New Guinea is an inlet of this tropical sea
Coral Sea
279
$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Red River of Asia empties into this gulf
Gulf of Tonkin
280
$100 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Located in the Highlands, Loch Lomond is this country's largest lake
Scotland
281
$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Winston Churchill reportedly called this strait "The world's best tank trap"
Strait of Dover
282
$300 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Associated with a beautiful siren, the Lorelei is a famous rock in this river
Rhine
283
$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| It's China's longest river, after the Yangtze
Yellow
284
$500 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The maximum depth of this bay off the coast of France & Spain is 15,525 feet
Bay of Biscay
285
$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Paris' right & left banks are north & south of this river
Seine
286
$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Straits of Florida & the Yucatan Channel are this gulf's only outlets
the Gulf of Mexico
287
$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This bay in Virginia & Maryland is the largest on the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
the Chesapeake
288
$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This sea is sometimes referred to as the "American Mediterranean"
the Caribbean
289
$1500 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This river flows over 2,200 miles from the Valdai Hills NW of Moscow to the Caspian Sea
the Volga
290
$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This African river enters the Mediterranean through two main branches: the Damietta & the Rosetta
The Nile
291
$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Entrances to this sea include the Yucatan Channel & the Panama Canal
Caribbean Sea
292
$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Venice is one of the chief ports on this sea, an arm of the Mediterranean
Adriatic Sea
293
$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| A major source of hydroelectric power, it forms most of the border between Oregon & Washington
the Columbia River
294
$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| An inlet of the Beaufort Sea, this bay is the starting point of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline
Prudhoe Bay
295
$100 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This ocean's deepest point, about 28,000 feet, is in the Puerto Rico Trench
Atlantic
296
$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Navy shipyard at Bremerton in Washington state is on this inlet of the Pacific
Puget Sound
297
$300 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Quesham, the largest island in the Persian Gulf, is located in this strait
Strait of Hormuz
298
$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Divided between Switzerland & France, it's the largest Alpine lake in Europe
Lake Geneva
299
$500 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| An underwater cable in this sea provides communication between Australia & New Zealand
Tasman Sea
300
$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Father Louis L'Enfant, who accompanied LaSalle, was the first white man to view these falls in 1678
Niagara Falls
301
$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This Canadian bay has the longest shoreline of any bay
Hudson Bay
302
$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The island of Corregidor guards the entrance to this Phillippine bay
Manila Bay
303
$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This largest tributary of the Columbia River rises in Yellowstone National Park
Snake River
304
$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Gulf of Aden separates Somalia and this country on the Arabian Peninsula
Yemen
305
$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The name for this sea comes from the Latin for "in the middle of land"
Mediterranean
306
$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Tasman sea separates Australia & this country
New Zealand
307
$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| It's New Mexico's largest & longest river
the Rio Grande
308
$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The name of this river which empties into the Bay of Bengal means "the son of Brahma"
the Brahmaputra
309
$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Connecticut is bordered on the south by this arm of the Atlantic
Long Island Sound
310
$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| To go from Philadelphia to New Jersey, you cross this river that shares its name with another state
the Delaware
311
$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Cubans call it Bahia de Cochinos; we call it this
the Bay of Pigs
312
$600 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Incan ruins have been found on islands in this lake on the border of Bolivia & Peru
Lake Titicaca
313
$800 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Odessa is the largest Soviet port on this sea
the Black Sea
314
$1000 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| In sailing from the English Channel to the North Sea, one would pass through this strait
the Strait of Dover
315
$100 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The water in this large Utah lake is saltier than ocean water
The Great Salt Lake
316
$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Winter ocean air west of Norway is over 40 degrees warmer than average for that latitude because of this current
The Gulf Stream
317
$300 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| This ocean has the greatest length of coastline because of its irregular shape
Atlantic
318
$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Changing monsoon winds cause seasonal reverses of surface water movement in this Indian Ocean bay
Bay of Bengal
319
$500 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Once part of the Gulf of California, it's now the largest natural lake entirely within the state
Salton Sea
320
$None ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Bordering on Mich. & N.Y., these 2 Great Lakes are the only ones to border on 1 state each
Lake Huron & Lake Ontario
321
$100 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Narrow Biblical sea between Saudi Arabia & Africa that's an intense blue-green in color
Red Sea
322
$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| China's Huang River carries large amounts of straw-colored earth into this sea
Yellow Sea
323
$300 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Name of this sea is said to allude not to its dark water but its storms
Black Sea
324
$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Icebreakers now keep Port of Archangel, on this appropriately-named sea, open in winter
White Sea
325
$500 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| Dutch settlers named this longest river of South Africa not for its color but their royal family
Orange
326
$200 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| The Shannon River, longest in the British Isles, is in this country
Ireland
327
$400 ||| Category: BODIES OF WATER ||| A bridge has been proposed to connect Long Island & Rhode Island, across this waterway
the Long Island Sound
