Rivermania Trivia Quiz

Answer: Ohio

The Ohio river is a major tributary of the Mississippi river. Starting at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in Pittsburgh,PA. The Ohio river then empties into the Mississippi river at Cairo,Ill. The Susquehanna river flows southward until it reaches the Chesapeake Bay.

The Columbia river flows in a generally west direction and empties into the Pacific Ocean. The Pecos river is about 926 miles long and flows into the Rio Grande.

Answer: Amazon

Ocean going ships of up to 3000 tons can navigate the Amazon river as far as Iquitos. This very mighty river discharges 180,000 cubic meters of water per second. The Amazon river is the world's second longest river. But the Amazon river is first in the world by far in its sheer volume of water flowing into the Atlantic Ocean.

Answer: Yenisei

The Yenisei is about 3445 miles long and flows northward through Siberia and into the Arctic Ocean. The Mackenzie is the twelfth longest taking 2635 miles to reach the Arctic Ocean. The St. Lawrence is 15th longest and 2350 miles long. The Volga river is sixteenth longest at about 2300 miles in length, and empties into the landlocked Caspian Sea.

Answer: Yangtze

Also called the Chang Jiang it is the third longest in the world at approximately 3900 miles long.

Answer: Amazon

The Ucayali is formed by the confluence of the Urubamba and Ene rivers. The Ucayali flows downstream until it joins up with the Maranon and becomes the Amazon.

Answer: Congo

The Congo is the second longest in Africa, flowing for 2900 miles from east to west before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean. The water discharge at its mouth is about 42,000 cubic meters per second. Only the Amazon river has a higher volume of water than does the Congo river.

Answer: Ganges

The Ganges is the center of Hindu India. It flows into the Bay of Bengal roughly 1560 miles from its source.

Answer: Missouri-Mississippi

The Missouri-Mississippi is the fourth longest in the world at 3870 miles long and flowing generally to the south. The Nile river is the world's longest, but it flows in a northward direction. The Amazon and the Yangtze, second and third longest respectively, both flow generally eastward. The Mekong river and the Volga river are 2500 and 2300 miles long respectively.

Answer: Nile

The Nile river also happens to be the world's longest at approximately 4180 miles long.

Answer: Russia

The Ob river is 3460 miles long. The Yenisey is aproximately 3440 miles long. While the Lena river is 2700 miles long. All of these rivers flow in a generally northward direction and eventually into the Arctic Ocean.

Answer: Amazon

The Apurimac starts as glacial melt way up in the Andes Mountains. Some of the world's wildest white water river rapids flow down this fast moving river.

Answer: Waikato

Located on New Zealand's North Island it is about 264 miles long. The Murray is the longest in Australia, the Darling also is in Australia. While the Tenaru river is on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.

Answer: Yenisey

The Yenisey is the sixth longest river in the world and flows into the Kara Sea, which is a part of the Arctic Ocean.

Answer: Rhine

The Rhine river is only the third longest river in Europe. Although it is only 820 miles long, the Rhine carries more water traffic than any other river in the world.

Answer: Niger

The Niger is 2600 miles long and flows to the northeast before making a 90 degree turn to flow southeast and eventually into the Atlantic Ocean.