2. 1 What is the longest river in the World? Nile - though reports as recent as 2007 suggest the Amazon may be longer.
3. 2 What is the longest river in the United Kingdom? River Severn.
4. 3 What is the longest river in Europe? (The eastern most border of Europe being considered as the Ural mountains of Russia.) River Volga.
5. 4 What is the largest ocean in the World? Pacific.
6. 5 Name the highest waterfall in the World and the country it can be found in. Angel Falls, Venezuela.
7. 6 Name the river with the highest discharge in the World, when recorded at its mouth. Amazon, 7500 thousand cubic feet per second.
8. 7 The source of the River Nile is generally taken as being… Lake Victoria , though this is consider to be the largest source, many rivers feed into the lake. Some suggest the true source is in Nyungwe Forest , Rwanda , others a mountain stream in Burundi .
9. 8 What is the largest Lake in the World according to area? (Definition of a Lake- a volume of water that is completely surrounded by land.) Caspian Sea , despite being salty. Lake Superior is the World’s largest freshwater lake.
10. 9 What is the longest river in China? Yangtze.
11. 10 What is the deepest lake in the World? Lake Baikal , Russia.
12. With thanks All images are Creative Commons- Lake Baikal – slide 10 Gentil Garçon Yangtze –slide 10 F0rbes Nile- slide 2 and slide 7 Selva Caspian sea – slide 9 Lala Amazon - slide 7 Icrf Angel Falls- slide 6 Ian Lambert Pacific - slide 5 Mischiru Volga - slide 4 Irene2727 Severn - slide 3 -terry- image Flickr user