Africa Rivers Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. A wetland spreads across the sands of northern Botswana, and most of its water does not continue to the sea. Which river creates this inland delta?
The Orange River
The Limpopo River
The Senegal River
The Okavango River
2. Which river flows past Victoria Falls and continues eastward to the Indian Ocean?
The Orange River
The Senegal River
The Zambezi River
The Volta River
3. Which major African river crosses the Equator twice before reaching the Atlantic Ocean?
The Congo River
The Nile
The Zambezi River
The Niger River
4. A traveler follows a river eastward from the region north of South Africa and reaches the Indian Ocean in Mozambique. Which river best matches this route?
The Volta River
The Orange River
The Senegal River
The Limpopo River
5. Travelers standing at Victoria Falls are looking at which river?
The Zambezi River
The Limpopo River
The Congo River
The Niger River
6. Which long, narrow lake is shared by Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and Zambia?
Lake Victoria
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Chad
Lake Turkana
7. An engineer studying Akosombo Dam and Lake Volta is examining which river system in Ghana?
The Volta River system
The Senegal River system
The Congo River system
The Niger River system
8. Which lake belongs to an inland drainage basin and has no natural outlet to the ocean?
Lake Victoria
Lake Malawi
Lake Chad
Lake Tana
9. A geographer wants to observe the meeting point of the White Nile and Blue Nile. Which city should they visit?
Cairo
Khartoum
Kampala
Addis Ababa
10. An expedition begins at Lake Tana and follows the Blue Nile downstream. In which country does the journey begin?
Uganda
Zambia
Ethiopia
Guinea
11. A research boat follows the Congo River all the way to its mouth. Which ocean does it reach?
The Indian Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean
The Mediterranean Sea
The Red Sea
12. Into which body of water does the Nile ultimately flow?
The Mediterranean Sea
The Red Sea
The Gulf of Guinea
The Indian Ocean
13. Water leaving Lake Victoria through its northern outlet enters which major river system?
The Congo system
The Niger system
The Nile system
The Zambezi system
14. A field team travels downstream through an extensive inland delta in Mali before continuing toward the Gulf of Guinea. Which river are they following?
The Nile
The Niger
The Senegal
The Congo
15. Water leaving Lake Malawi travels through which river before joining the Zambezi system?
The Kasai River
The Atbara River
The Benue River
The Shire River
16. Which river forms part of the border between South Africa and Namibia before reaching the Atlantic Ocean?
The Volta River
The Zambezi River
The Rufiji River
The Orange River