Bodies of Water Flashcards
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Longest River in Asia
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Yangtze River (China) - 3900+ miles Third longest River in the world
2
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Second Longest River in Asia
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Yellow River (China) Second longest river in the world
3
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Longest River in North America
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Missouri River (USA) - 2,350 miles runs from Montana to Kansas Mississippi is second longest at 2,300 miles running from Minnesota to Louisiana
4
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Longest River in Africa
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Nile River (4132 miles) - dispute whether it or Amazon is longest in world Congo River is second largest in Africa and deepest river in the world
5
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Longest River in South America
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Amazon River (4,000+ miles), disputed longest in world with Nile Highest volume river in the world Parana River is South America’s second longest (3000 miles) and part of the Panatal, the world’s largest wetland
6
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Longest River in Australia
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Murray River (1,500+ miles)
7
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Longest River in Europe
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Volga River (Russia) - 2300 miles from St. Petersburg to Caspian Sea Danube is second longest
8
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Antarctica’s Longest River
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Onyx River (20 miles long)
9
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Biggest Lake in Africa
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Lake Tanganyika (Tanzania, DRC, Burundi, Zambia) World’s second deepest lake
10
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Biggest Lake in Antarctica
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Lake Vostok
It’s subglacial under the East Antarctic Ice Sheet
11
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Largest Lake in Australia
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Lake Eyre
Also Australia’s lowest point
12
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Europe’s Largest Lake
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Lake Ladoga (Russia) Neva River drains it into Gulf of Finland
13
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South America’s Largest Lake
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Lake Titicaca (Peru/Bolivia) World’s highest navigable lake
14
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North America’s Largest Lake
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Lake Superior (USA/Canada)
15
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Asia’s Largest Lake
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Disputed Caspian Sea (largest inland body of water) Lake Baikal (Russia/Siberia) - world’s deepest lake and undisputedly a lake
16
Q
Philippine Sea
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Pacific Ocean
East of the Philippines
#1 Largest
17
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Coral Sea
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(South) Pacific Ocean
NE of Australia
#2 Largest
18
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Arabian Sea
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Indian Ocean
Between Persian Gulf and India
