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Bodies of Water

Bodies of Water 2026-03-18 (Season 42)

BODIES OF WATER

Bordered by 3 nations, it's the world's largest tropical lake & the world's second-largest freshwater lake

Bodies of Water 2023-05-04 (Season 39)

BODIES OF WATER

Formed some 10,000-15,000 years ago & with an average depth of only about 150 feet, it's named for a man who sailed through it in 1728

Bodies of Water 2022-12-30 (Season 39)

U.S. BODIES OF WATER

Continuing a downward trend, in July 2022 it was at 27% capacity, its lowest level since 1937 when it was first being filled

Bodies of Water 2022-09-28 (Season 39)

WORLD RIVERS

These 2 rivers share the names of countries, end with the same 4 letters & both join up with the ParanĂ¡ River

Bodies of Water 2021-12-28 (Season 38)

EUROPEAN RIVERS

The flooding of this river in 1966 destroyed or damaged some 14,000 works of art, many of them priceless

Bodies of Water 2021-07-01 (Season 37)

RIVERS

In "Notes on the State of Virginia", Thomas Jefferson said the most beautiful river on Earth is this one no longer in Virginia

Bodies of Water 2020-09-29 (Season 37)

THE GREAT LAKES

An 1855 poem gives us this Native American name for the 1 Great Lake not known to us today by a Native American word or a tribe's name

Bodies of Water 2019-04-04 (Season 35)

U.S. BODIES OF WATER

The Jordan, Bear & Weber Rivers deposit over a million tons of minerals into it annually, much of that chloride & sodium

Bodies of Water 2018-03-15 (Season 34)

EUROPEAN RIVERS

Of the 10 countries the Danube touches, this one is alphabetically last & is the only one that doesn't end in "Y" or "A"

Bodies of Water 2015-07-03 (Season 31)

NORTH AMERICAN RIVERS

At about 100 miles it's not one of Canada's 100 longest rivers, but in the 1890s it became perhaps the most famous

Bodies of Water 2015-04-21 (Season 31)

BODIES OF WATER

The Finnish call it Itameri & the Germans call it Ostsee

Bodies of Water 2015-01-23 (Season 31)

RIVERS

This North American river first sailed by Europeans in 1534 is named for a man who was martyred in Rome in the 3rd century

Bodies of Water 2014-11-27 (Season 31)

BODIES OF WATER

First encountered in 1648 by a man born in Russia, it was eventually named after a man born in Denmark

Bodies of Water 2014-03-17 (Season 30)

BODIES OF WATER

More than 1/5 of all the world's people live in countries bordering this, the world's biggest bay

Bodies of Water 2013-01-11 (Season 29)

RIVERS

It's the world's longest river whose outflow is into an entirely inland body of water

Bodies of Water 2010-09-17 (Season 27)

RIVERS

These 2 rivers, each more than 1,000 miles long, rise in the Armenian Plateau in Turkey

Bodies of Water 2009-02-23 (Season 25)

WORLD RIVERS

With 4, more national capitals are located on this river than any other river in the world

Bodies of Water 2008-04-02 (Season 24)

EUROPEAN RIVERS

20 miles from Frankfurt is the meeting place of these 2 rivers, whose names rhyme despite the spelling

Bodies of Water 2007-12-13 (Season 24)

AFRICAN RIVERS

The course of this river that's almost 3,000 miles long is an immense counter-clockwise semi-circle

Bodies of Water 2007-06-06 (Season 23)

BODIES OF WATER

This sea hundreds of miles east of Florida has no land boundaries

Bodies of Water 2007-03-22 (Season 23)

U.S. BODIES OF WATER

These 2 Great Lakes each border 4 U.S. states

Bodies of Water 2006-01-09 (Season 22)

BODIES OF WATER

This sea's south boundary is a line from the southern tip of India to the eastern tip of Africa

Bodies of Water 2005-12-30 (Season 22)

RIVERS

They're the two rivers meeting in thephoto

Bodies of Water 2005-05-27 (Season 21)

BODIES OF WATER

The Latin name of this waterway is Fretum Herculeum

Bodies of Water 2004-12-27 (Season 21)

BODIES OF WATER

This sea that extends about 1,200 miles was referred to in ancient times as the Erythraean Sea

Bodies of Water 2004-03-08 (Season 20)

BODIES OF WATER

The Rush-Bagot Agreement of 1817 between the U.S. & Great Britain limited naval power on these bodies of water

Bodies of Water 2002-04-26 (Season 18)

BIG RIVERS

Besides the Mississippi & its tributaries, 2 of 4 rivers in the 48 contiguous states that are over 1,000 miles long

Bodies of Water 1999-04-07 (Season 15)

THE GREAT LAKES

Now called Lake Michigan, the 17th century French called it the "Lake of" this Indian tribe

Bodies of Water 1998-01-01 (Season 14)

U.S. RIVERS

The largest tributary of the Hudson, its name also refers to a hairstyle

Bodies of Water 1996-06-28 (Season 12)

RIVERS

The world's first underwater tunnel was dug beneath this foreign river in the 1840s

Bodies of Water 1995-04-26 (Season 11)

BODIES OF WATER

The meridian of Cape Agulhas, Portuguese for "needles", is the boundary between these 2 oceans

Bodies of Water 1994-09-16 (Season 11)

BODIES OF WATER

In the time of the Roman Republic, this river separated Cisalpine Gaul from Italy

Bodies of Water 1993-09-27 (Season 10)

THE GREAT LAKES

It's the only Great Lake whose bottom is above sea level

Bodies of Water 1993-09-13 (Season 10)

LAKES

2 of this large lake's biggest gulfs are Emin Pasha in the southwest & Speke in the southeast

Bodies of Water 1993-06-29 (Season 9)

U.S. RIVERS

The name of this river, famous in song, may be a corruption of the Spanish for "little Saint John"

Bodies of Water 1992-12-16 (Season 9)

U.S. LAKES

Wizard Island sits in this lake in what was once Mount Mazama

Bodies of Water 1992-02-17 (Season 8)

LAKES & RIVERS

The 2 Great Lakes that border only 1 U.S. state

Bodies of Water 1991-03-21 (Season 7)

RIVERS

1 of the 2 rivers longer than 1200 miles that begin in Canada & flow to the sea through part of the U.S.

Bodies of Water 1989-12-08 (Season 6)

RIVERS

The single greatest source of water power in the U.S. is on this river

Bodies of Water 1989-03-28 (Season 5)

BODIES OF WATER

The only U.S. state whose coastline touches a body of water called a sea

Bodies of Water 1988-06-30 (Season 4)

RIVERS

The USA's 2 longest rivers meet just 10 miles north of this major city

Bodies of Water 1988-06-20 (Season 4)

BODIES OF WATER

This African river carries more water than any in the world except the Amazon

Bodies of Water 1988-05-18 (Season 4)

RIVERS

2 of the 3 European rivers that begin with "T" on which a national capital is located

Bodies of Water 1988-05-06 (Season 4)

BODIES OF WATER

It has the largest surface area of any lake south of the equator

Bodies of Water 1988-03-09 (Season 4)

RIVERS

Below sea level for most of its course, it's called "the lowest river on Earth"

Bodies of Water 1988-01-14 (Season 4)

U.S. RIVERS

The 2 longest rivers found in Idaho, both named for animals which begin with "S"

Bodies of Water 1987-10-15 (Season 4)

BODIES OF WATER

Country in which you'd have to be to build a bridge on the River Kwai

Bodies of Water 1987-02-06 (Season 3)

LAKES & RIVERS

Alexandria, Herculaneum & Memphis can be found on banks of this 2348-mile-long river

Bodies of Water 1985-11-06 (Season 2)

LAKES & RIVERS

The 2 Great Lakes that border on Wisconsin

Bodies of Water 1985-06-03 (Season 1)

RIVERS

2 of the 3 "rivers" which surround Manhattan