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1. From its source at Seven Springs in Gloucestershire, the River Thames flows southeast for over 200 miles until it reaches the North Sea. Which of these islands, on the Essex coast, could be said to be the last settlement on the Thames?
2. Cooper Creek is the fifth longest river in Australia, and it was on its banks that the explorers Burke and Wills died in 1861. The source of the river is west of the Great Dividing Range of mountains, at the confluence of the Barcoo and Thompson tributaries. Which body of water does Cooper Creek empty into?
3. The Limpopo River has its source in the African interior, with the nearest large settlement being Johannesburg. It then travels just over one thousand miles until it reaches the sea at the town of Xai-xai. In which country is Xai-xai?
4. The source of the Madeira River is the confluence of two smaller rivers. The Madeira then flows just over 2000 miles until it empties into one of the largest rivers on Earth; which one?
5. The River Tiber rises on Mount Fumaiolo in the Apennine Mountains, flows through Rome, and empties into the sea at Ostia. Which sea is it?
6. The source of the Yukon is considered to be either the Llewellyn Glacier into Atlin Lake, or Lake Lindeman, via Tagish Lake. It then flows south west across Alaska until it reaches the coast at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. Which body of water does it empty into?
7. The Huang He or Yellow River rises in the Yueguzonglie basin area of the Bayan Har mountains, in Qinghai Province, China. It flows almost 3400 miles in a huge loop north, east, south, then east again until it reaches the sea. Which sea is it?
8. With its source at Tomasee, a lake high in the Swiss Alps, the Rhine flows through seven European countries before it reaches which sea?
9. The longest river to flow entirely within Russia is the Lena. Its source is in the mountains a short distance from Lake Baikal, and it flows north just under 2800 miles to its delta. Which sea does it empty into?
10. Lake Manasarovar is one of the world's highest altitude fresh water lakes. It is in the Himalayas, in Tibet, and is the source of the River Indus. The Indus flows down from the mountains, to its mouth 2000 miles away. Which body of water does it empty into?
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