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1. You enter the mouth of the Amazon River from the Atlantic Ocean, bound for the City of Manaus. In which direction will you be traveling most of the way?
2. You enter the Hudson River Estuary from Upper New York Bay. Your goal is Albany, the state capital of New York. In which direction will you be going?
3. You enter the Yangtze River from the East China Sea at Shanghai. Your goal is the Three Gorges Dam between Wuhan and Chongging. Although you will be meandering a great part of the time, in which direction will you generally by heading?
4. You enter the mouth of the Columbia River from the Pacific Ocean at Astoria, Oregon, and follow the river to Portland. From there you wish to travel upriver through the Columbia River Gorge, past the Dalles, to the Tri-Cities of Richland, Pasco and Kennewick. In which direction will you be primarily traveling?
5. You enter the Nile River from the Mediterranean Sea and proceed upstream past Luxor to the Aswan Dam. In which direction is your river voyage?
6. You enter the Mississippi River from the Gulf of Mexico, pass the City of New Orleans, and then head up river for the long voyage to Coon Rapids, Minnesota, or maybe Saint Cloud, Minnesota, depending upon the water. In which direction will you be proceeding almost entirely?
7. You enter the Mekong River and travel through Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma and China. As you progress toward the headwaters, in what general direction are you proceeding?
8. You enter the Thames Estuary from the North Sea and make your way up the River Thames hoping to go past Oxford as far as Kemble. While the river twists and turns a bit, in what general direction will you be floating?
9. You enter the River Seine from the English Channel near Le Havre. Your goal is Paris. In what direction must you proceed upriver?
10. You enter the Fraser River from the Strait of Georgia at Vancouver in British Columbia and follow it to Chilliwack. After a layover there, you wish to proceed upriver through Williams Lake and Quesnel as far as Prince George. In what direction will you be traveling from Chilliwack to Prince George?
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