Bodies of Water

Question 1

Longest River in Asia

Answer 1

Yangtze River (China) - 3900+ miles
Third longest River in the world

Question 2

Second Longest River in Asia

Answer 2

Yellow River (China)
Second longest river in the world

Question 3

Longest River in North America

Answer 3

Missouri River (USA) - 2,350 miles runs from Montana to Kansas
Mississippi is second longest at 2,300 miles running from Minnesota to Louisiana

Question 4

Longest River in Africa

Answer 4

Nile River (4132 miles) - dispute whether it or Amazon is longest in world
Congo River is second largest in Africa and deepest river in the world

Question 5

Longest River in South America

Answer 5

Amazon River (4,000+ miles), disputed longest in world with Nile
Highest volume river in the world
Parana River is South America’s second longest (3000 miles) and part of the Panatal, the world’s largest wetland

Question 6

Longest River in Australia

Answer 6

Murray River (1,500+ miles)

Question 7

Longest River in Europe

Answer 7

Volga River (Russia) - 2300 miles from St. Petersburg to Caspian Sea
Danube is second longest

Question 8

Antarctica’s Longest River

Answer 8

Onyx River (20 miles long)

Question 9

Biggest Lake in Africa

Answer 9

Lake Tanganyika (Tanzania, DRC, Burundi, Zambia)
World’s second deepest lake

Question 10

Biggest Lake in Antarctica

Answer 10

Lake Vostok

It’s subglacial under the East Antarctic Ice Sheet

Question 11

Largest Lake in Australia

Answer 11

Lake Eyre

Also Australia’s lowest point

Question 12

Europe’s Largest Lake

Answer 12

Lake Ladoga (Russia)
Neva River drains it into Gulf of Finland

Question 13

South America’s Largest Lake

Answer 13

Lake Titicaca (Peru/Bolivia)
World’s highest navigable lake

Question 14

North America’s Largest Lake

Answer 14

Lake Superior (USA/Canada)

Question 15

Asia’s Largest Lake

Answer 15

Disputed
Caspian Sea (largest inland body of water)
Lake Baikal (Russia/Siberia) - world’s deepest lake and undisputedly a lake

Question 16

Philippine Sea

Answer 16

Pacific Ocean
East of the Philippines
#1 Largest

Question 17

Coral Sea

Answer 17

(South) Pacific Ocean
NE of Australia
#2 Largest

Question 18

Arabian Sea

Answer 18

Indian Ocean

Between Persian Gulf and India

Question 19

Sargasso Sea

Answer 19

Atlantic Ocean

East of the USA, North of South America

Question 20

South China Sea

Answer 20

Pacific Ocean

East of SE Asia, West of Taiwan and Philippines, North of Indonesia

Question 21

Weddell Sea

Answer 21

Southern Ocean

North of Antarctica (isn’t everything lol)

Question 22

Caribbean Sea

Answer 22

Atlantic Ocean

Abuts USA, Mexico, South America

Question 23

Mediterranean Sea

Answer 23

Atlantic Ocean (connected)
Between Europe and Africa

Question 24

Gulf of Guinea

Answer 24

Atlantic Ocean
West of Africa (off Nigeria, Ghana, etc)
Contains intersection of Equator and Prime Meridian

Question 25

Tasman Sea

Answer 25

(South) Pacific Ocean | Between Australia and New Zealand

Question 26

Bay of Bengal

Answer 26

Indian Ocean | Abuts India and west coast of SE Asia

Question 27

Bering Sea

Answer 27

(North) Pacific Ocean | Between Eurasia and North America

Question 28

Sea of Okhotsk

Answer 28

Pacific Ocean | East of Russia, North of Japan

Question 29

Gulf of Mexico

Answer 29

Atlantic Ocean | South of USA, East of Mexico

Question 30

Gulf of Alaska

Answer 30

Pacific Ocean | South of the Alaska/Canada border

Question 31

Barents Sea

Answer 31

Arctic Ocean | North of Scandinavia/Russia

Question 32

Norwegian Sea

Answer 32

Atlantic Ocean | NW of Scandinavia, East of Iceland

Question 33

East China Sea

Answer 33

Pacific Ocean | East of China, South of Korea and Japan

Question 34

Hudson Bay

Answer 34

``` Arctic Ocean (technically) Abuts Nunavut, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec ```

Question 35

Greenland Sea

Answer 35

Atlantic or Arctic Ocean | Between Greenland and Iceland

Question 36

Andaman Sea

Answer 36

Indian Ocean | West of Myanmar and Thailand

Question 37

Baffin Bay

Answer 37

Arctic Ocean | Between Baffin Island and Greenland (north of Canada)

Question 38

Ross Sea

Answer 38

Southern Ocean | Off Antarctica

Question 39

North Sea

Answer 39

Atlantic Ocean | Between UK, Northern Europe and Scandinavia

Question 40

Beaufort Sea

Answer 40

Arctic Ocean | North of Alaska and NW Canada

Question 41

Red Sea

Answer 41

``` Indian Ocean (inlet) Between Sinai Peninsula, NE Africa and Western Asia ```

Question 42

Black Sea

Answer 42

``` Atlantic Ocean (Turkish Straits) Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, Eastern Europe ```

Question 43

Baltic Sea

Answer 43

Atlantic Ocean | Between Scandinavia, Northern and Eastern Europe

Question 44

Caspian Sea

Answer 44

``` No Ocean (really a lake) Between Europe and Asia ```

Question 45

Aegean Sea

Answer 45

Part of Mediterranean Sea | Between Greece and Turkey, north of Sea of Crete

Question 46

Adriatic Sea

Answer 46

Part of Mediterranean Sea | Between Italy and former Yugoslav republics

Question 47

Balsamic Sea

Answer 47

Part of Mediterranean | North of Balearic Isles, South of Spain