River Music
Fluvial Forms and Processes
World Rivers
Creek Critters
Waterfalls
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In the Creedence Clearwater Revival hit song Proud Mary, what is the Proud Mary

What is a riverboat

100

Dunes, antidunes, plane bed and this are the four most common sand bed channel bedform

What are Ripples

100

Swimming events in this river were delayed by 2 days in the 2024 Olympics due to pollution levels

What is the Seine

100

Often with three tails, children love looking for these creeks bugs

What are Mayflies

100

The crown jewel attraction of a National Park, this beloved waterfall is one of the tallest in the world and has been photographed and visited by many

What is Yosemite Falls

200

This band, who put out hits such as Buddy Holly and Island in the sun is led by Rivers Cuomo

What is Weezer

200

This sediment storage feature occurs when a stream rapidly loses its transporting power due to a rapid reduction in slope or from a quick transition from confined to unconfined

What are Alluvial Fans

200

With four dam removal projects occurring between 2023/2024, this river now flows freely from Lake Ewauna to the Pacific Ocean

What is the Klamath River

200

A member of the mustelidae adult male is called a dog or boar, the babies are called whelps and this cool river creature can hold its breath for 8 minutes.

What is the Otter

200

If this waterfall keeps eroding it will disappear into Lake Erie

What is Niagara Falls

300

Originally written by Al Green, this song was also popularly recorded by the Talking Heads

What is Take me to the River

300

Previous stream and channel evolution models mainly considered the role of water and sediment. This concept incorporates vegetative forces as well.

What is the Stream Evolution Triangle

300

These three rivers meet in the City of Pittsburgh. Name 2!

What are the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio 

300

Its closet living relative is a hippopatomus and it's often thought of as an only an ocean creature, but this freshwater mammal and lives in large rivers in Asia and  S. America

What are River Dolphins

300

This cascade is a mere 10 minutes from Steamboat and accessible to all

What isFish Creek Falls

400

This song with Rastafari roots Rivers of Blank features lyrics based upon biblical texts

What is Rivers of Babylon

400

This type of flow is characterized as having a Froude number greater than 1

What is Supercritical Flow

400

These two rivers form what is commonly known as the "Cradle of Civilization."

What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

400

Once on the brink of extinction, this Colorado state fish has two colorful blood-red stripes on each side of the throat

What is the Greenback Cutthroat Trout

400

At the end of a box canyon and cool Colorado town, these are Colorado's tallest waterfalls

What is Bridal Veil Falls

500

In this song, the Doobie Brothers sing about Rafts, Catfish, and Paddle Wheels

What is Black Water

500

Though an important scientist in his own right studying sediment transport, Hans Albert is not quite as famous as his father, this scientist.

Who is Albert Einstein

500

This river, which in the English language is known as the yellow river, is also described as the birthplace of Chinese civilization

What is the Huang He

500

This little creature, native to the eastern plains, bears resemblance to Pinnochio

What is the longnose dace or long nose darter

500

This world famous waterfall sits between Argentina and Brazil and is a conglomeration of 275 individual waterfalls.

What is Iquazu Falls