Named rivers, their courses, drainage basins, and geographic relationships. River-mouth landforms belong in Deltas or Estuaries; artificial waterways belong in Canals.
Test your knowledge with these top questions!
Which two African capitals face each other across the Congo River?
Upstream of the two cities, the Congo spreads into a lake-like pool before narrowing into rapids downstream.
Which European capital does the River Thames flow through?
The Thames is tidal through central London, so water levels there rise and fall even without rain.
Into which body of water does the Volga River empty?
The Caspian has no outlet to the ocean, so the Volga's water ends in an inland basin.
The Mekong River empties into which body of water?
The South China Sea lies on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean.
The Amazon River's headwaters lie in which mountain range?
The Andes stand close to the Pacific, but rivers on their eastern slopes can flow across South America to the Atlantic.
The Seine River flows through which European capital?
Two natural islands, Île de la Cité and Île Saint-Louis, sit in the Seine in central Paris.
Into which sea does the Yangtze River empty?
The East China Sea is part of the Pacific, with Japan's Ryukyu Islands along its eastern edge.
Kolkata lies on which branch of the Ganges River?
The Hooghly runs south through West Bengal while the main Ganges channel continues east into Bangladesh.
The Congo River reaches which coast of Africa?
At the river's mouth, a deep underwater canyon continues across the Atlantic seafloor.
In which country does the Zambezi River begin?
The Zambezi starts in northwestern Zambia, then curves through Angola before returning to Zambia.