River | MCQs

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The Mekong river is Known as the mother of Rivers located in Laos and Thailand.

It is 12th longest river in the world.

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The River Thames flows under Westminster Bridge in London.

The River Thames also known as the River Isis.

It is a river that flows through southern England including London.

It is the second-longest in the United Kingdom.

The Length of the River Thames: 346 km

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The Congo River formerly also known as the Zaire River

The name Congo originates from the Kingdom of Kongo 

is the second-longest river in Africa,

the third largest river in the world

 the world's deepest recorded river

 measured depths of around 219.5 m (720 ft)

Length: 4,700 km (2,900 mi)

The Congo basin covers ten countries 

The highest point in the Congo basin is in the Ruwenzori Mountains

while 

Lake Baikal is the deepest (1,700 m) lake in the world.

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There are many rivers in Balochistan but 7 are the main

The important rivers in Balochistan are:

Zhob

Nari

Bolan

Pishin

Lora

Mula

Hub

Porali

Hingol is the largest river in the Balochistan

Rakshan

Dasht.

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Upper Indus plain height: 180m to 300m.

 Five rivers of Punjab drain this plain and cover it with alluvial soils.

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The Kabul River empties into the Indus River near Attock, Pakistan.

It is the main river in eastern Afghanistan and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

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The Kotri Barrage is also known as the Ghulam Muhammad Barrage.

It is located near Hyderabad in Sindh, Pakistan.

It was completed in 1955.

It is situated on the Indus River between Jamshoro and Hyderabad.

It is with four feeder canals—three on the left and one on the right bank—diverting water, including to Karachi.

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The Yellow River, also called the Huang He.

It is the second-longest river in China.

The sixth-longest river system in the world, with a length of 5,464 km.

The Yellow Sea, located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula.

It is situated in the Western Pacific Ocean.

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• The world's largest delta is in Bangladesh
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• Delta is formed by River
  
• The major part of Bangladesh lies in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta (GBM Delta).
• It is Asia's largest and the world's most populated delta
• and encompasses approximately 100,000 km2 of Bangladesh and West Bengal, India.
• Ganges Delta is the world's largest river delta
  
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• Okavango Delta is the second delta in the world
• The Sundarban Delta is the smallest delta in the World.
  

• The Amazon, the largest river in the world, is without a delta.

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Liverpool is situated on the banks of the River Mersey. 

It is a port city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England.

It is located on the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea

Founded: 1207

City status: 1880

Metropolitan borough: 1 April 1974

The name comes from the Old English lifer, meaning thick or muddy water, and pol, meaning a pool or creek.

Its name is first recorded around 1190 as Liuerpul