1 What is the longest river in the World?

Nile- though reports as recent as 2007

suggest the Amazon may be longer.

2What is the longest river in the United

Kingdom?

River Severn.

3

What is the longest river in Europe?(The eastern most border of Europe

being considered as the Ural mountains of Russia.)

River Volga.

4 What is the largest ocean in the World?

Pacific.

5Name the highest waterfall in the World and

the country it can be found in.

Angel Falls, Venezuela.

6Name the river with the highest

discharge in the World, when recorded at its mouth.

Amazon, 7500 thousand cubic feet

per second.

7The source of the River Nile is generally taken

as being…

Lake Victoria, though this is consider to be

the largest source, many rivers feed into

the lake.

Some suggest the true source is in Nyungwe Forest, Rwanda, others a

mountain stream in Burundi.

8

What is the largest Lake in the World according to area?

(Definition of a Lake- a volume of water that is completely surrounded by land.)

Caspian Sea, despite being salty.

Lake Superior is the World’s largest freshwater lake.

9 What is the longest river in China?

Yangtze.

10 What is the deepest lake in the World?

Lake Baikal, Russia.

Flickr user image

Selva Nile- slide 2 and slide 7

-terry- Severn - slide 3

Irene2727 Volga - slide 4

Mischiru Pacific - slide 5

Ian Lambert Angel Falls- slide 6

Icrf Amazon - slide 7

F0rbes Yangtze –slide 10

Gentil Garçon Lake Baikal – slide 10

Lala Caspian sea – slide 9

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