World Rivers Puzzle is a small knowledge-level game designed to test your ability to place the planet's vast watercourses on the world map. This fun geography exercise is perfect for studying the names, lengths, and locations of the 28 longest rivers on Earth. It's an excellent free educational tool for online lessons, interactive science classes, and exciting homework assignments. Can you beat the clock in this "Minute to win it" challenge?
Every puzzle piece represents one of the 28 longest rivers in the world. They are generated at the top of the screen. Drag and drop the rivers onto their correct locations on the world map at the bottom of the screen. Note that the smaller the number on the puzzle piece, the longer the actual river is!
Knowledge Achievements:
Memorise the locations of at least 10 major rivers to earn +1 Knowledge Level on Planeta 42.
Difficulty: Medium.
This geography learning game answers the following common questions:
Q: Which is the longest river in the world?
A: Traditionally, the Nile is considered the longest river in the world, stretching an incredible 6,650 km, closely followed by the Amazon River.
Q: Which are the 10 longest rivers?
A: The top 10 longest rivers featured in this game are the Nile, Amazon, Yangtze, Mississippi-Missouri, Yenisei-Angara, Yellow River, Ob-Irtysh, Paraná, Congo, and Amur-Argun river systems.
Q: What is the location of the Nile?
A: The Nile is located in north-eastern Africa, flowing northwards through numerous countries, most notably Egypt and Sudan, before emptying into the Mediterranean Sea.
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake, or another river. They are a vital part of the Earth's hydrological cycle. The game includes rivers with a length of more than 1,450 km. Here are the top 10:
6,650 km
6,575 km
6,300 km
6,087 km
5,336 km
5,464 km
5,410 km
4,880 km
4,700 km
4,444 km
...And the remaining top 28:
11. Lena River (4,400 km), 12. Mekong River (4,350 km), 13. Niger River (4,200 km), 14. Brahmaputra-Yarlung Tsangpo (3,969 km), 15. Tocantins-Araguaia (3,650 km), 16. Volga River (3,645 km), 17. Indus River (3,180 km), 18. Purús River (3,211 km), 19. Yukon River (3,185 km), 20. São Francisco River (3,180 km), 21. Syr Darya-Naryn (3,078 km), 22. Salween River (3,060 km), 23. Rio Grande (3,057 km), 24. Danube River (2,850 km), 25. Euphrates River (2,800 km), 26. Murray River (2,508 km), 27. Tigris River (1,900 km), and 28. Colorado River (1,450 km).
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