Rivers
Vocabulary
Oceans
Maps
Fun Facts about Rivers!
100

What river is located in China that takes its name from the silt in the river? 

What is the Yellow River? 

100

Where does a river begin? 

What is the source? 

100

What ocean is the second largest river in the world? 

What is the Atlanic Ocean? 

100

What is the symbol on a map called that tells you the direction of rivers, continents, countries etc. ? 

What is the compass rose? 

100

Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens wrote about these kinds of people? 

What are the river pilots on the Mississippi River? 

200

What is a danger when navigating the OB River? 

What is freezing temperatures and ice? 

200

What is it called when a river empties into a larger body of water? 

What is a mouth? 
200

What ocean is the largest and deepest in the world? 

What is the Pacific Ocean? 

200

What is the line that divides the Earth in half? 

What is the Equator? 

200

What can you see along the Nile River? 

What are ancient Pyramids? 

300

What river is located in Peru, is surrounded by the largest rainforest, and covers over 40% of South America? 

What is the Amazon River? 

300

What is it called when a river empties into another river?

What is a tributary? 

300

What ocean is the smallest ocean in the world? 

What is the Artic Ocean? 
300

There are two poles that are located on Earth. What are the names of those poles? 

What is the North and South Pole? 

300

What is a unique feature of the Ganges River? 

What is the river being called "holy"?

400

What river is located in Canada and was suspected to have gold inside? 

What is the Mackenzie River? 

400

What is an area that is drained from the main river AND the other connected rivers? 

What is the Drainage Basin? 
400

What ocean is the third largest? 

What is the Indian Ocean? 

400

What on a map labels the features on a map? 

What is the Map Key? 

400

The Niger River was key growth to what city in Africa? 

What is Timbuktu? 

500

What river is the longest river in Australia? 

What is the Darling River? 

500

What is it called when you pay to use a road or waterway? 

What is a toll? 

500

What ocean does the Murray River drain into? 

What is the Indian Ocean? 

500

What does the Equator divide the Earth into? 

What is the northern and southern hemispheres? 

500

The Murray and Darling rivers combine to form what? 

What is a source?