Rivers of the world
Test your knowledge of 15 rivers around the world. Study their courses on the map, review missed answers or print a worksheet.
About this selection15 places included
Fifteen selected named rivers; the Mississippi and Missouri are separate named courses.
How this set is defined
This set contains the places listed below. It is a practice selection, not a complete list or a size ranking.
Not included
- Unlisted features
- Area, length or height rankings
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Generalized Natural Earth geography; public domain. Coordinate projection is an equirectangular study view with standard-parallel scaling. Boundaries are not a political-status claim. Physical region, mountain, marine and archipelago polygons are approximate label-area extents. Rivers use real mapped drainage lines; lakes use mapped shorelines.
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Trace each river toward its outlet. Its bends and the countries it crosses can help you recognize it.
The Mississippi and Missouri are separate answers, even though they form part of a connected river system.
Places and answers
Choose a place from this set. Typed answers accept its listed English name and alternatives; historical names and unlisted abbreviations are not accepted automatically.
| Place | Accepted names | Place notes |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon | Amazon; Amazon River | The line follows the named river in Natural Earth data. Tributaries can have separate names; this quiz does not rank river lengths. |
| Congo | Congo | The line follows the named river in Natural Earth data. Tributaries can have separate names; this quiz does not rank river lengths. |
| Danube | Danube; Donau; Dunav | The line follows the named river in Natural Earth data. Tributaries can have separate names; this quiz does not rank river lengths. |
| Ganges | Ganges; Ganga | The line follows the named river in Natural Earth data. Tributaries can have separate names; this quiz does not rank river lengths. |
| Lena | Lena | The line follows the named river in Natural Earth data. Tributaries can have separate names; this quiz does not rank river lengths. |
| Mekong | Mekong | The line follows the named river in Natural Earth data. Tributaries can have separate names; this quiz does not rank river lengths. |
| Mississippi | Mississippi | The line follows the named river in Natural Earth data. Tributaries can have separate names; this quiz does not rank river lengths. |
| Missouri | Missouri | The line follows the named river in Natural Earth data. Tributaries can have separate names; this quiz does not rank river lengths. |
| Nile | Nile | The line follows the named river in Natural Earth data. Tributaries can have separate names; this quiz does not rank river lengths. |
| Ob | Ob | The line follows the named river in Natural Earth data. Tributaries can have separate names; this quiz does not rank river lengths. |
| Rhine | Rhine; Rhein | The line follows the named river in Natural Earth data. Tributaries can have separate names; this quiz does not rank river lengths. |
| Yangtze | Yangtze; Chang Jiang | The line follows the named river in Natural Earth data. Tributaries can have separate names; this quiz does not rank river lengths. |
| Yellow River | Yellow River; Huang He | The line follows the named river in Natural Earth data. Tributaries can have separate names; this quiz does not rank river lengths. |
| Yenisei | Yenisei; Yenisey | The line follows the named river in Natural Earth data. Tributaries can have separate names; this quiz does not rank river lengths. |
| Zambezi | Zambezi | The line follows the named river in Natural Earth data. Tributaries can have separate names; this quiz does not rank river lengths. |
Sources and map notes
equirectangular; regional standard parallel; US inset transforms when stated. Generalized Natural Earth geography; public domain. Coordinate projection is an equirectangular study view with standard-parallel scaling. Boundaries are not a political-status claim. Physical region, mountain, marine and archipelago polygons are approximate label-area extents. Rivers use real mapped drainage lines; lakes use mapped shorelines.
Last scope review: 2026-10-21
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