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• What is the name of the river that goes through Washington, D.C.?

  • Roanoke

  • Delaware

  • Hudson

  • Potomac

• Which of the following rivers forms part of the boundary between the United States and Mexico?

  • Rio Grande How Others Answered

  • Yukon River

  • Gila River

  • Mississippi River

• Which river was the Hoover Dam built on?

  • St. Lawrence River

  • Colorado River

  • Missouri River

  • Ohio River

• Name one of these states that is not also the name of a river in the United States.

  • Delaware

  • Arkansas

  • Wyoming

  • Ohio

• What state shares the Mississippi River's border with Mississippi?

  • Kentucky

  • Tennessee

  • Alabama

  • Arkansas

• What city connects the Ohio, Allegheny, and Monongahela rivers?

  • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Cincinnati, Ohio

  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Chicago, Illinois

• What river runs through the most state capitals in the United States?

  • Rio Grande

  • Colorado River

  • Missouri River

  • Mississippi River

• Which of these rivers is NOT one of the five longest in the United States?

  • Yukon River

  • Columbia River

  • Mississippi River

  • Missouri River

• Which U.S. capital city is crossed by the South Platte River?

  • Montpelier, Vermont

  • Salem, Oregon

  • Denver, Colorado

  • Montgomery, Alabama

• What other New York City borough is separated by the Harlem River?

  • The Bronx

  • Queens

  • Brooklyn

  • Staten Island

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