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Seas, Rivers and Lakes

13 questions ยท Multiple choice, True/False, Fill in the blank
  1. Which is the largest lake in the world by surface area?

    • Caspian Sea
    • Lake Superior
    • Lake Victoria
    • Lake Baikal
  2. By its traditional and most widely cited measurement of about 6,650 km, which river is the longest in the world?

    • Nile
    • Amazon
    • Mississippi
    • Yangtze
  3. Which is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area?

    • Lake Superior
    • Lake Victoria
    • Lake Baikal
    • Great Bear Lake
  4. The Amazon is considered the largest river in the world by which measure?

    • Volume of water discharged
    • Total length
    • Average depth
    • Surface area of its mouth
  5. Despite its name, the Dead Sea is actually a landlocked salt lake rather than a sea.

    • True
    • False
  6. Which of the five Great Lakes lies entirely within the United States?

    • Lake Michigan
    • Lake Erie
    • Lake Huron
    • Lake Ontario
  7. The world's deepest lake, plunging to roughly 1,642 metres, is Lake ___, found in southern Siberia.

  8. The Danube passes through several national capitals; which of these does it NOT flow through?

    • Vienna
    • Budapest
    • Belgrade
    • Prague
  9. The Danube is the longest river in Europe.

    • True
    • False
  10. The sacred Indian city of Varanasi sits on the banks of which river?

    • Ganges
    • Indus
    • Yamuna
    • Brahmaputra
  11. Which is the longest river in Asia?

    • Yangtze
    • Yellow River
    • Mekong
    • Ganges
  12. The shoreline of which body of water is the lowest exposed land elevation on Earth?

    • Dead Sea
    • Caspian Sea
    • Lake Assal
    • Salton Sea
  13. The Seine flows through the French capital, ___, on its way to the English Channel.