Water

Question 1

The Ganges River flows into this bay on the east side of India.

Answer 1

Bay of Bengal

Question 2

This large lake in Siberia is located just north of Mongolia.

Answer 2

Lake Baikal

Question 3

Vietnam is bounded by what body of water on the East

Answer 3

South China Sea

Question 4

The world’s largest inland body of water.

Answer 4

Caspian Sea

Question 5

The 3rd largest body of water in the World

Answer 5

Indian Ocean

Question 6

The Indus River flows into this body of water South of Pakistan.

Answer 6

Arabian Sea

Question 7

This large body of water is located North of Turkey and South of Ukraine.

Answer 7

Black Sea

Question 8

South Korea is bordered by this sea on the west.

Answer 8

Yellow Sea

Question 9

The world’s largest body of water.

Answer 9

Pacific Ocean

Question 10

The Volga River flows into this large inland sea.

Answer 10

Caspian Sea

Question 11

This river flows much of the length of Pakistan

Answer 11

Indus River

Question 12

This river is Myanmar’s most important commercial waterway.

Answer 12

Irrawaddy River (Ayeyanwaddy River)

Question 13

The Amur River flows into this body of water.

Answer 13

Okbostsk Sea

Question 14

The mouth of the Irrawady River is found just south of Rangoon in which country?

Answer 14

Myanmar (Burma)

Question 15

Saint Louis, Missouri is found at the confluence of what 2 major rivers?

Answer 15

Mississippi and Missouri

Question 16

Palk Strait separates India from which country?

Answer 16

Sri Lanka

Question 17

Which of the Great Lakes is the farthest to the West?

Answer 17

Lake Superior

Question 18

Venice lies along which sea east of Italy?

Answer 18

The Adriatic Sea

Question 19

The Johore Strait separates Malaysia from which city-state?

Answer 19

Singapore

Question 20

Located just south of the Simpson Desert, Lake Eyre has a maximum depth of 4 feet and is the largest salt lake on which continent?

Answer 20

Australia

Question 21

Which European capital began as a dam across the Amstel River?

Answer 21

Amsterdam

Question 22

The Gulf of Bothnia is bounded on the west by Sweden and on the east by what country?

Answer 22

Finland

Question 23

What percentage of the earth is covered by oceans?

Answer 23

71 percent

Question 24

The Cook Strait separates the North Island and South Island of which country?

Answer 24

New Zealand

Question 25

What lake forms much of the eastern border of Malawi?

Answer 25

Lake Nyasa

Question 26

The Exxon Valdez spilled oil into which Alaskan Sound?

Answer 26

Prince William Sound

Question 27

Near which pole can you find the Beaufort Sea

Answer 27

The North Pole

Question 28

The Panama Canal links the Pacific Ocean with which other body of water?

Answer 28

Caribbean Sea

Question 29

The Rio Grande de Santiago runs through Lake Chapala, the largest natural lake in which country? a) United States b) Mexico c) Brazil

Answer 29

Mexico

Question 30

Xerxes I, ruler of the Persian Empire, crossed the Hellespont on a bridge of boats to invade Greece in 480 B.C. What is the present-day name of this strait? a) Strait of Turan b) Kássos Strait c) Dardanelles

Answer 30

Dardanelles

Question 31

Which European explorer was the first to see the Pacific Ocean? a) Balboa b) Magellan c) Pizarro

Answer 31

Balboa

Question 32

This lake is the largest (by volume) freshwater lake in the world, containing roughly 20% of the world's unfrozen surface fresh water, and at 1,642 m (5,387 ft), the deepest.

Answer 32

Lake Baikal

Question 33

The largest freshwater lake by area in the world.

Answer 33

Lake Superior

Question 34

Which North American river connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean?

Answer 34

St. Lawrence River

Question 35

Which of these rivers flow into the Indian Ocean? a) Congo b) Zambezi c) Niger d) Nile

Answer 35

Zambezi

Question 36

What body of water separates Africa from the Middle East?

Answer 36

Red Sea

Question 37

Three of the worlds 10 largest lakes are found in what area of Africa? a) Congo Basin b) Niger Delta c) Great Rift Valley d) North Africa

Answer 37

Great Rift Valley

Question 38

This is the primary reason that England even though it is quite far north is really quite warm.

Answer 38

The Gulf Stream

Question 39

The Murray River flows into what ocean on Australia's southern coast?

Answer 39

Indian Ocean

Question 40

The Main River, which is a source of hydroelectric power for Germany, is a tributary of what river?

Answer 40

Rhine River

Question 41

The Bellingshausen Sea and the Ross Sea border which continent?

Answer 41

Antarctica