US Rivers Quiz

1. A paddler follows one river through Wichita, Kansas, and Tulsa, Oklahoma, before continuing toward the Mississippi. Which river is this?

2. Which river forms a substantial part of the boundary between Texas and Mexico?

3. While crossing between Vermont and New Hampshire, a traveler passes over the river that marks much of their shared boundary. Which river is it?

4. A traveler leaves Memphis by boat and follows the same main river downstream toward New Orleans. Which river is the traveler using?

5. A vessel travels south from Albany along a tidal river, passes Manhattan, and enters New York Harbor. Which river has it followed?

6. Into which body of water does the Mississippi River empty?

7. Which pair of rivers meets in California's inland delta before the water continues toward San Francisco Bay?

8. Which river flows west across northern Nevada and ends in the Humboldt Sink rather than reaching the ocean?

9. A boat travels west through the Pacific Northwest and reaches the Pacific Ocean near Astoria, Oregon. Which river is it following?

10. Someone standing on the riverfront in Washington, D.C., is beside which river?

11. Which river carved and continues to flow through the Grand Canyon?

12. A river cuts through Idaho, forms part of Idaho's border with Oregon, and later joins the Columbia River. Which river is it?

13. Which river joins the Mississippi River just north of St. Louis?

14. The Allegheny and Monongahela rivers meet at Pittsburgh to form which river?

15. At Paducah, Kentucky, the Tennessee River reaches the end of its course by joining which river?

16. Water entering the Ohio River at Louisville will next flow into which major river after leaving the Ohio?