Memorize these and you could recognize 24.6% of all Bodies of Water clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the Rhine | 36 | The Moselle which flows from France to Germany is a tributary of this river |
| 2 | the Mississippi | 32 | The Robert E. Lee beat the Natchez in a famous 1870 steamboat race on this river |
| 3 | the Nile | 32 | The Blue branch of this river begins near Bahir Dar in Ethiopia |
| 4 | the Thames | 31 | If the new London bridge in England, not Arizona, fell down. it would fall into this river |
| 5 | the Danube | 30 | Famous in music, it flows nearly 2,000 miles, from the Black Forest to the Black Sea |
| 6 | the Amazon | 30 | Oceangoing ships can travel 1,000 miles up this river to the Brazilian port of Manaus |
| 7 | the Missouri | 28 | River whose course Lewis & Clark followed for the first year of their journey |
| 8 | the Seine | 27 | It's said the ashes of Joan of Arc were thrown into this river |
| 9 | the Colorado | 26 | It's so heavily tapped by man that in normal years none of it reaches its outlet in the Gulf of Calif. |
| 10 | the Volga | 24 | During the 16th c. Ivan IV claimed all of this great river's valley for Russia |
| 11 | the Ganges | 22 | The mouths of this holy river cover almost the entire coastline of Bangladesh |
| 12 | Lake Michigan | 21 | The Straits of Mackinac connect Huron with this lake |
| 13 | the Columbia | 20 | This river in the Northwest U.S. was named for the ship of its discoverer, Capt. Robert Gray |
| 14 | the Black Sea | 20 | The Danube, Dnieper, & Dniester all flow into this body of water |
| 15 | the Rio Grande | 19 | Among the big cities on this "Big River" is big El Paso, Texas |
| 16 | Lake Geneva | 19 | A castle on this French-Swiss lake was made famous by the poem "The Prisoner of Chillon" |
| 17 | the Potomac | 19 | Washington, DC lies along the east bank of this river |
| 18 | Lake Victoria | 18 | Among the world's freshwater lakes, this E. African is 2nd in size only to Lake Superior |
| 19 | the Indian Ocean | 18 | Africa's Zambezi & Limpopo rivers empty into this ocean |
| 20 | Lake Baikal | 17 | Over 300 rivers flow into this largest freshwater lake in Asia, & only one flows out, the Angara |
| 21 | the Great Salt Lake | 16 | Now at a record level, this Utah body of water is larger than Delaware |
| 22 | the Mediterranean | 16 | The Gaza Strip lies along this body of water |
| 23 | the Red Sea | 16 | At its northern end, this sea divides into the Gulf of Aqaba & the Gulf of Suez |
| 24 | the Ohio | 15 | Longest American river east of the Mississippi is this tributary of the Mississippi |
| 25 | the North Sea | 15 | At 2,400 feet, the Norway Gulf is this sea's deepest point |
| 26 | the Dead Sea | 15 | Because it's 29% salts, it's almost impossible to drown in this "sea" |
| 27 | the Jordan | 15 | Jesus was baptized in this river |
| 28 | the Caspian Sea | 14 | This Eurasian "Sea" is actually the world's largest lake |
| 29 | the Yangtze | 14 | The only place alligators are found outside the U.S. is in this river, China's longest |
| 30 | the Bay of Biscay | 14 | This stormy bay north of Spain & west of France was named for the Basques |
| 31 | Lake Huron | 13 | The Straits of Mackinac & St. Mary's River link this lake to the neighboring one |
| 32 | the Bay of Bengal | 12 | Bordering India, Bangladesh, & Burma, it's the biggest bay in the world |
| 33 | Lake Erie | 12 | Farmer's Almanac claims biggest source of pollution for Lake Ontario is this other Great Lake |
| 34 | the Mekong | 12 | In its course from Tibet to Vietnam, this river divides Myanmar from Laos & Laos from Thailand |
| 35 | the Adriatic | 11 | The Gulf of Trieste is the northern extension of this sea |
| 36 | New Zealand | 11 | The Tasman Sea separates Australia & this country |
| 37 | Lake Pontchartrain | 11 | A 24-mile-long causeway across this lake connects New Orleans to the northern shore |
| 38 | Lake Ontario | 11 | Toronto, the only state or provincial capital on a Great Lake, is on N.W. shore of this lake |
| 39 | Lake Mead | 11 | The largest man-made lake in the United States |
| 40 | the St. Lawrence | 11 | The thousand islands of salad dressing fame are in this river |
| 41 | the Pacific | 11 | It contains more than half of all the world's seawater |
| 42 | the Snake River | 11 | North America's deepest chasm, Hells Canyon, is formed by this twisting river |
| 43 | the Tiber | 10 | The oldest bridge in Rome, dating back before the birth of Christ, spans this river |
| 44 | Lake Champlain | 10 | Vermont's largest lake is named for this explorer who discovered it in 1609 |
| 45 | Italy | 10 | This country's largest lake is Garda, but its Lake Como is more famous |
| 46 | Australia | 10 | Lake Eyre, the largest on this continent, covers 3600 square miles but is only about 4 feet deep |
| 47 | the Zambezi | 10 | Part of this African river tumbles 355 feet into a gorge to create Victoria Falls |
| 48 | the Finger Lakes | 10 | Named for the largest Iroquois tribe, Seneca Lake is the largest lake in this New York group |
| 49 | the Red River | 9 | Thisdistinct-looking river forms much of the Texas-Oklahoma boundary |
| 50 | the Coral Sea | 9 | WWII Japanese offensive was checked for 1st time in this sea named for its many reefs |