Worldly Waterways Trivia Quiz

Answer: Pedieos

At 100 kilometres, the Pedieos River is the longest river in Cyprus. It originates in the Troodos Mountains and runs through the capital city, Nicosia.

Answer: Japan

All these rivers are found on Japan's second largest island, Hokkaido. The Ishikari river runs for 268 kilometres, the Shiribetsu river is 126 kilometres long while the Anano river is only 9.4 kilometres.

Answer: False

The Brithon is a fictional river featured in J.R.R Tolkien's fantasy books "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings".

Answer: salmon

Every year, in what's known as the 'Salmon Run', thousands of Pacific and Atlantic salmon migrate up various North American rivers to reach the streams and gravel deposits where they were born. It's here that they will breed and lay their own eggs, but they have lots of challenges to face if they want to get there alive. It's hard work battling strong currents and jumping over waterfalls, not to mention trying to avoid becoming lunch for a hungry bear or eagle.

For these reasons, many salmon never make to their breeding grounds and those who do only have a short amount of time breed and find a suitable place to lay their eggs before they too will die.

Answer: River Oich/River Ness

Found in Northern Scotland, River Oich and River Ness are both connected to the famous Loch Ness.

The River Stour and the River Lyne are both found in England.

River Alyn and River Cegidog are found in Wales, while the River Delvin and the River Ploddle are Irish rivers.

Answer: North Fork Clearwater

Beginning in Idaho's Bitterroot Mountains, the North Fork Clearwater River runs for 217 kilometres, meeting with the Columbia river, which flows into the Pacific Ocean.

The other rivers listed meet the Atlantic Ocean and are found in New York, Florida and North Carolina.

Answer: Orange River

At 2,200 kilometres, the Orange River is the longest river in South Africa. It begins in Lesotho's Drakensburg Mountains, flowing west to the Atlantic.

The 1,149 kilometre-long Red River flows from south-west China to northern Vietnam.

The Grey River is located on New Zealand's South Island. It begins at Lake Cristabel, near the Southern Alps, and runs west 120 kilometres to the Tasman Sea.

Located in north-eastern China, the Yellow River is the world's sixth-longest river, with a length of 5,464 kilometres.

Answer: False

At 6,400 kilometres, the Amazon River in South America is the world's second longest river. It passes though the countries of Brazil, Colombia and Peru.

The world's longest river, at 6,650 kilometres, is Africa's Nile River, which passes though eleven different countries: Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Eritea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania.

Answer: Murray

At 2,375 kilometres, the Murray is Australia's longest river. It begins in the Australian Alps before winding its way through the states of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia where it meets Lake Alexandrina and empties into the ocean.

I once holidayed in a small town on the banks of the Murray and rode on the river in a paddle steamer.

Answer: True

They're actually called melt-water streams because the water comes from melted snow and ice.