Bodies of Water Flashcards
1
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Largest Ocean
A
Pacific Ocean
2
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2nd Largest Ocean
A
Atlantic Ocean
3
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3rd Largest Ocean
A
Indian Ocean
4
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4th Largest Ocean
A
Southern Ocean
5
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Smallest Ocean
A
Arctic Ocean
6
Q
Largest Great Lake by Size
A
Lake Superior
7
Q
2nd Largest Great Lake by Size
A
Lake Huron
8
Q
3rd Largest Great Lake by Size
A
Lake Michigan
9
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4th Largest Great Lake by Size
A
Lake Erie
10
Q
Smallest Great Lake
A
Lake Ontario
11
Q
World’s Largest Lake
A
Caspian Sea
12
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Sea between Russia and Alaska
A
Bering Sea
13
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Sea between Italy and Balkan Peninsula
A
Adriatic Sea
14
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Sea between China and Korea
A
Yellow Sea
15
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Sea west of Vietnam, East of the Philippines
A
South China Sea
16
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Sea East of Australia, Home to the Great Barrier Reef
A
Coral Sea
17
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Sea between India and Arabian peninsula
A
Arabian Sea
18
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Belgium, Norway, and Denmark Sea
A
North Sea
19
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Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia Sea
A
Baltic Sea
20
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Sea between Ireland and Great Britain
A
Irish Sea
21
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World’s saltiest body of water
A
Dead Sea
22
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Sea between Egypt and Saudi Arabia
A
Red Sea
23
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Georgia, Bulgaria, and Ukraine Sea
A
Black Sea
24
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Sea North of Black Sea and Crimean Peninsula
A
Sea of Azov
25
Sea between Greece and Turkey
Aegean Sea
26
Sea separating Asian and European Turkey
Sea of Marmara
27
Sea in Israel, aka Lake Tiberius
Sea of Galilee
28
Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan Sea
Aral Sea
29
World's Largest Sea
South China Sea
30
World's Largest Swamp
Gran Pantanal (Brazil)
31
World's Largest Marsh
Everglades
32
World's Largest Bay
Hudson Bay
33
World's Largest Gulf
Gulf of Mexico
34
World's Highest Tide
Bay of Fundy
35
World's Deepest Lake
Lake Baikal (Siberia)
36
World's Longest Freshwater Lake
Lake Tanganyika
37
Largest Lake in South America
Lake Titicaca
38
Deepest Lake in the US
Crater Lake
39
Largest Lake Lying within US Boundaries
Lake Michigan
40
Source of the Mississippi River
Lake Itasca, Minnesota
41
World's Longest Strait
Strait of Malacca (Indonesia)
42
Persian Gulf Strait
Strait of Hormuz
43
Strait between English Channel and North Sea
Strait of Dover
44
Strait at Southern end of South America
Strait of Magellan
45
Strait dividing Asia and North America
Bering Strait
46
Strait dividing Spain and Morocco
Strait of Gibraltar
47
Strait separating Italy and Sicily
Strait of Messina
48
Strait separating North and South Islands of New Zealand
Cook Strait
49
Swedish-Finnish Gulf
Gulf of Bothnia
50
Prince Edward Island Gulf
Gulf of St. Lawrence
51
Gulf between Iran and Arabian peninsula
Persian Gulf
52
Gulf of Western Africa
Gulf of Guinea
53
Bay on Beaufort Sea
Prudhoe Bay
54
Bangladesh Bay
Bay of Bengal
55
Spanish-French Bay
Bay of Biscay
56
Liffey River Bay
Dublin Bay
57
Sound South of Cape Cod
Nantucket Sound
58
Washington State Sound
Puget Sound
59
Canals in Venice and China
Grand Canals
60
Canal connecting Hudson River and Great Lakes
Erie Canal
61
Largest Lake in Southern Canada
Lake Winnipeg
62
Lake between Switzerland and France
Lake Geneva
63
Lake behind Grand Coulee Dam
Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake
64
Lake behind Hoover Dam
Lake Mead
65
Lake behind Aswan High Dam
Lake Nasser
66
Largest Lake in Central America
Lake Nicaragua
67
New York-Vermont Lake
Lake Champlain
68
Longest River
Nile
69
2nd Longest River
Amazon
70
3rd Longest River
Yangtze (China)
71
4th Longest River
Mississippi
72
Major river of Atlanta
Chattahoochee
73
Major river of Boston
Charles
74
Major river of Harrisburg
Susquehanna (Three Mile Island)
75
Major river of Little Rock
Arkansas
76
Major river of Louisville and Cincinnati
Ohio
77
Major river of Washington DC
Potomac
78
Major river of Alaska
Yukon
79
Major river of Idaho-Oregon Border
Snake
80
Major river of Iowa
Des Moines
81
Major river of Montana
Missouri
82
Major river of Nebraska
(North) Platte
83
Major river of New York State
Hudson
84
Major river of New England
Connecticut
85
Major Hudson tributary
Mohawk
86
Major river of North Dakota
Red River
87
Major river of Texas-New Mexico
Rio Grande
88
Major river of Virginia
James
89
Major river West of the Rockies
Colorado
90
Major river of Bagdhad
Tigris
91
Major river of Budapest
Danube
92
Major river of Cairo
Nile
93
Major river of Dublin
Liffey
94
Major river of Florence
Arno
95
Major river of Hamburg
Elbe
96
Major river of Kiev
Dnieper
97
Major river of Lisbon
Tagus
98
Major river of Liverpool
Mersey
99
Major river of London
Thames
100
Major river of Montreal
St. Lawrence
101
Major river of Paris
Seine
102
Major river of Rome
Tiber
103
Major river of Vienna
Danube
104
Major river of Argentina-Uruguay
Rio de la Plata
105
Major river of NW Canada
Mackenzie
106
Major river of NE Canada
Churchill
107
Major river of West Central France
Loire
108
Major river of NE India
Ganges
109
Major river of Ireland
Shannon
110
Major river of Israel
Jordan
111
Major river of Pakistan
Indus
112
Major river of Poland
Vistula
113
Major river of Scotland
Clyde
114
Major river of Spain
Ebro
115
Major river of South Africa
Orange
116
Major river of Turkey
Meander
117
Major river of Venezuela
Orinoco
118
Major river of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand
Mekong
119
Major river of Northern Vietnam
Red River
120
Major river of East Africa
Zambezi
121
Major river of West Africa
Congo
122
Major river of North Africa
Nile
123
Major river of Northwest Europe
Rhine
124
Major river that feeds Lake Geneva
Rhone
125
"Big Muddy" river
Missouri
126
Robert Burns' "Sweet" river
Afton
127
World's highest waterfall
Angel Falls, Venezuela
128
US Highest waterfall
Ribbon Falls, Yosemite
129
Falls on the Zambezi River
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
130
Falls on the Brazil-Argentina border
Iguassu Falls
131
Falls at the Grand Canyon
Havasu Falls
