Euro Quiz # 103 - Rivers!
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Euro Quiz # 103 - Rivers!
1- Berlin and its surroundings are said to have more inland waterways than any other area of western Europe - name two of the rivers that run through Berlin and one of its lakes?
2- At 645 miles long this river is the longest one on the Iberian Peninsula?
3- This is the second longest river of the Iberian Peninsula?
4- What river is Amsterdam located on? (Well now a canal but still called the XXXXXX River.
5- Three rivers converge at this Bavarian border town - what is the town and what three large rivers converge in it?
6- The Thames above the Iffley Lock in Oggsford is called what name by at least some folks at the University - the famed rowing course is in this stretch of the Thames called the ???
7- This river starts at a glacier with the same name and bifurcates just after what town in Provence, where it enters the Camargue flood plain or whatever they call that swampy area?
8- In the greater Paris area - two main rivers flow into the Seine - what are they?
9- Schengen, Luxembourg is on what famous river? What are two names of this river - one used in Holland and Belgium and the other in France.
10 - This river forms the border between Cornwall and Devon for much of its course (maybe all?)?
Good luck - the one with the most correct gets a one-way trip down the River of No Return!
2- At 645 miles long this river is the longest one on the Iberian Peninsula?
3- This is the second longest river of the Iberian Peninsula?
4- What river is Amsterdam located on? (Well now a canal but still called the XXXXXX River.
5- Three rivers converge at this Bavarian border town - what is the town and what three large rivers converge in it?
6- The Thames above the Iffley Lock in Oggsford is called what name by at least some folks at the University - the famed rowing course is in this stretch of the Thames called the ???
7- This river starts at a glacier with the same name and bifurcates just after what town in Provence, where it enters the Camargue flood plain or whatever they call that swampy area?
8- In the greater Paris area - two main rivers flow into the Seine - what are they?
9- Schengen, Luxembourg is on what famous river? What are two names of this river - one used in Holland and Belgium and the other in France.
10 - This river forms the border between Cornwall and Devon for much of its course (maybe all?)?
Good luck - the one with the most correct gets a one-way trip down the River of No Return!
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Maine- no yours is spot on correct - these are indeed the two main rivers I had in mind so not sure of why there is confusion but I apologize for any - unbeknownest to me - you did more than answer but told exactly where.
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