British Rivers and Cities Trivia Quiz

Answer: Lincoln

The Witham runs through Lincoln before going through rural Lincolnshire, emptying into the River Haven at Boston. This flows into the North Sea.

Answer: Mersey

The Mersey starts in a small, Lancashire field and flows through Manchester before it reaches Liverpool. In length, it is approximately 113km long.

Answer: Norwich

The Wensum begins life in a small hill range and flows down through Norwich into the North Sea.

Answer: River Avon

The Avon flows into the Severn, which is the widest river in Britain at its mouth. The Severn flows into the Bristol Channel before reaching the Irish Sea. Technically, it doesn't go through Bristol, it only passes it. The Severn is the longest British river at 358 kilometres long.
The River Frome flows through Bristol and into the City`s floating harbour which has lock gates situated at the Cumberland basin and the Feeder canal, both of which connect with the River Avon

Answer: Tees

The Tees starts in Cumbria and flows north through Stockton, then through Middlesbrough. Its length is 128km.

Answer: True

Birmingham does stand on a number of minor rivers, but none that would classify as major.

Answer: Newcastle

The Tyne Bridge stands tall in the centre of Newcastle as the Tyne makes its way through the city.

Answer: Aberdeen

The Dee starts in the Cairngorm Mountains and runs down into Aberdeen. Its length is roughly 140km.

Answer: The Caledonian Canal

The Caledonian Canal flows into Inverness from Loch Ness, and emerges into the sea as the Moray Firth. When it was built, its 96km length was supposed to join the North Sea to the Irish Sea.

Answer: Humber

The Humber Docks are a key feature of Hull's skyline. They provided a major link for British ships to get to Europe. The Humber estuary is formed by the Trent and Ouse rivers. The Humber flows east from the Trent and Ouse and then south-east into the North Sea for 60 km.

Answer: Stafford

Along its windy path, the Trent flows through Stoke, Burton and Nottingham, but narrowly misses Stafford. It stands on the Trent-Mersey Canal. The Trent is 274km long.

Answer: Medway

The Medway lies in Kent to the east of London. It is a tributary of the Thames. It is a short river, about 112km in length.

Answer: Exe

This is how Exeter gets its name. The Exe is 88km long, serving a drainage basin of 615 square miles.

Answer: False

False, because it doesn't stand on any river. It stands on a peninsula between two harbours. The River Solent does not exist, but the Solent is the stretch of water between Portsmouth and The Isle of Wight.

Answer: Shoreham

The River Adur is only a small, minor river, starting in rural Sussex and flowing down through Shoreham into the Channel. Its length is unknown, but it is relatively short.

Answer: Orwell

The Orwell has a large mouth. The port that it serves is a big shipping link between England and the rest of Europe.

Answer: Lancaster

The Lune flows into Morecambe Bay, on the West Coast of Britain. The aqueduct carrying the canal over the Lune was completed in 1797.

Answer: Scotland

The Forth runs into the Firth of Forth which is crossed by one of the world's famous bridges.

Answer: Leeds-Liverpool

The Leeds-Liverpool canal was built for that very reason, to transport goods between Liverpool and Yorkshire.

Answer: London

Perhaps the most famous river in Britain, the Thames is a major feature of the nation's capital. It runs for 340km from Cheltenham to the North Sea.