Fractured Rivers Trivia Quiz

Answer: Yukon

One of the major rivers in northwest North America, the Yukon River flows north from British Columbia, then westward through Alaska into the Bering Sea. Because of the large salmon migration upstream each spring, many villages sprang up along the Yukon's banks as fisheries and for a ready source of food.

Answer: Tiber

The third longest river in Italy, the Tiber River runs through Rome on its way to the Tyrrhenian Sea. It was important to the growth of Rome as a city and an empire.

Answer: Amazon

Having the largest discharge of any river in the world, the Amazon and its tributaries have a drainage basin of 2,720,000 sq. mi./7,050,000 sq. km. in South America.

Answer: Pecos

The Pecos River runs through New Mexico and Texas. The phrase "West of the Pecos" was a reference to America's Wild West.

Answer: Zambezi

One of the longest rivers in Africa, the Zambezi rises in Zambia and flows through parts of Botswana, Angola, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. There are two hydroelectric dams and a small power station along its length.

Answer: Dnieper

Part of the Amber Road (an ancient trade route), the Dnieper River flows through Russia, Ukraine and Belarus before emptying into the Black Sea. Ukraine is dependent on trade navigation along the river.

Answer: Tigris

The Tigris River, along with its western counterpart, the Euphrates River, demarcates the area known as Mesopotamia, which is considered to be the cradle of Western civilization. The Tigris rises in Turkey and joins the Euphrates in southern Iraq.

Answer: Senegal

As the Senegal River flows through western Africa to the Atlantic Ocean it is joined by several rivers, draining a total of 104,250 sq. mi./270,000 sq. km. There are two dams on the river: one prevents salt water from migrating upstream, the other provides hydroelectric power.

Answer: Moselle

Following a serpentine route for much of its length, the Moselle River rises in France and meets the Rhine River in Koblenz, Germany. It is the namesake for Mosel, one of Germany's 13 classified wine regions through which it flows.

Answer: Mackenzie

We end our river-repair mission back where we started, in northwestern Canada. The largest river flowing into the Arctic Ocean from North America, the Mackenzie River drains an area almost the size of Indonesia. It is a slow-moving river, changing in elevation only 512 ft./156 m. in its 1,080mi./1,738 km. length.