Rivers Flashcards
(122 cards)
1
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“the father of waters”
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Mississippi
2
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Begins Lake Itasca
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Mississippi
3
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Begins Rocky Mountain NP
A
Colorado
4
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Flows into Gulf of California
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Colorado
5
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Grand Canyon
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Colorado
6
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Hoover Dam: Lake, river
A
Lake Mead, Colorado
7
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Lake Mead: Dam, river
A
Hoover Dam, Colorado
8
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Glen Canyon Dam: Lake, river
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Lake Powell, Colorado
9
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Lake Powell: Dam, river
A
Glen Canyon Dam, Colorado
10
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Historic border between northern and southern US
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Ohio
11
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Formed by Allegheny, Monongahela
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Ohio
12
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Ohio is formed by…
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Allegheny and Monongahela
13
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Empties into Mississippi at Cairo, Illinois
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Ohio
14
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Lake Revelstoke
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Columbia
15
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Grand Coulee Dam: Lake, river
A
Lake Roosevelt, Columbia
16
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Lake Roosevelt: Dam, river
A
Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia
17
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Largest electric power plant in US: Dam, river
A
Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia
18
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Drains Great Lakes
A
St Lawrence
19
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Explored and named by Jacques Cartier
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St Lawrence
20
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Emerges in Thousand Islands archipelago
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St Lawrence
21
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Inspired Washington Irving
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Hudson
22
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Namesake river school
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Hudson
23
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Fort Peck Dam
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Missouri
24
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Oahe Dam
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Missouri
25
Longest US river
Missouri
26
Most of Oklahoma-Texas border
Red River of the South
27
Formed part of US-Mexico border following Adams-Onis treaty
Red River of the South
28
Enters Mississippi South of Natchez, Mississippi
Red River of the South
29
Longest Canadian river
Mackenzie
30
Flows out of Great Slave Lake
Mackenzie
31
Fort Providence, Fort Simpson
Mackenzie
32
Empties into delta on Beaufort Sea
Mackenzie
33
Rises in Yellowstone NP
Snake
34
Hells Canyon
Snake
35
Source in Catskills
Delaware
36
Crossed by Washington to surprise Hessians at Battle of Trenton
Delaware
37
Rises at Fairfax Stone
Potomac
38
Confluence with Anacostia in DC
Potomac
39
Mount Vernon
Potomac
40
Texas-Mexico border
Rio Grande
41
Big Bend NP
Rio Grande
42
Sierra Madre Oriental
Rio Grande
43
Great Flood of 1927
Mississippi
44
Hernando de Soto - First European to cross
Mississippi
45
Cahokia
Mississippi
46
Neighbors Atchafalaya river
Mississippi
47
Kentucky Bend
Mississippi
48
Overflowed to create Salton Sea
Colorado
49
Horseshoe Bend
Colorado
50
All-American Canal
Colorado
51
Treaty of Fort Stanwix
Ohio
52
Called "River Jordan" by slaves
Ohio
53
McAlpine Locks and Dam
Ohio
54
Tributary: Kanawha River
Ohio
55
Tributary: Big Sandy
Ohio
56
Fort Astoria
Columbia
57
Tributary: Snake River
Columbia
58
Tributary: Willamette River
Columbia
59
Celilo Falls destroyed by Dalles Dam
Columbia
60
Lake Umatilla: Dam, river
John Day Dam, Columbia
61
John Day Dam: Lake, river
Lake Umatilla, Columbia
62
Travelled by Lewis and Clark
Missouri
63
Fort Mandan
Missouri
64
Formed at Three Forks
Missouri
65
Garrison Dam: Lake, river
Lake Sakakawea, Missouri
66
Lake Sakakawea: Dam, river
Garrison Dam, Missouri
67
Formed by Gallatin, Madison, Jefferson rivers
Missouri
68
Evel Knievel failed jump
Snake
69
Twin Falls
Snake
70
Shoshone Falls
Snake
71
Tributary: Henry's Fork
Snake
72
Tributary: Schuylkill
Delaware
73
Tock's island, failed dam plan
Delaware
74
Tributary: Christina
Delaware
75
Other river suggested as US-Mexico border (not Rio Grande)
Nueces
76
Begins in San Juan Mountains
Rio Grande
77
Amistad Dam
Rio Grande
78
Elephant Butte Dam
Rio Grande
79
City: Truth or Consequences
Rio Grande
80
Longest in Asia
Yangtze
81
Rises in Kunlun Mountains
Yangtze
82
Tibetan Plateau
Yangtze
83
Three Gorges Dam
Yangtze
84
Indian state of Assam
Brahmaputra
85
Merges with Ganges to form world's largest delta
Brahmaputra
86
Rises in Qinghai province
Yellow
87
Flows into Bohai Gulf
Yellow
88
Extraordinary amount of loess salt
Yellow
89
Holiest river of Hinduism
Ganges
90
Worlds largest delta
Ganges
91
Bay of Bengal
Ganges
92
Originates Eastern Tibet
Mekong
93
Forms much of Laos-Thailand border
Mekong
94
Two Mesopotamian rivers
Tigris, Euphrates
95
Rise in Zagros Mountains
Tigris, Euphrates
96
Chief river of Myanmar
Irrawaddy
97
Gulf of Martaban
Irrawaddy
98
Comes from Sanskrit word for "elephant"
Irrawaddy
99
Chief river of Pakistan
Indus
100
_____ Valley Civilization
Indus
101
Rises in Syria near Mt Hermon
Jordan
102
Lake Merom
Jordan
103
Sea of Galilee
Jordan
104
Site of baptism of Jesus
Jordan
105
Splits into Jamuna and Padma
Brahamputra
106
Linked to Yangtze by Grand Canal
Yellow
107
Ordos Loop
Yellow
108
Forcefully flooded to stop a rebellion by Li Zicheng
Yellow
109
Civilization used turtle shells and oracle bones
Yellow
110
Source in Bayan Har Mountains
Yellow
111
"China's Sorrow"
Yellow
112
Splits into Padma and Hooghly
Ganges
113
City: Pataliputra
Ganges
114
City: Farakka
Ganges
115
City: Varanasi
Ganges
116
Khone Falls
Mekong
117
Region "4000 islands"
Mekong
118
City: Vientiane
Mekong
119
City: Phnom Penh
Mekong
120
City: Ho Chi Minh City
Mekong
121
Mapped by Ernest Doudart de Lagree
Mekong
122
Giant catfish
Mekong
