Consider the following pairs: River Flows into 1. Mekong Andaman Sea 2. Thames Irish Sea 3. Volga Caspian Sea 4. Zambezi Indian Ocean Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
Consider the following pairs: River Flows into 1. Mekong Andaman Sea 2. Thames Irish Sea 3. Volga Caspian Sea 4. Zambezi Indian Ocean Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched? Correct Answer 3 and 4 only
The correct answer is 3 and 4 only.
- Four major rivers flow into the Irish Sea, the River Clyde in Scotland, the River Dee in Wales, the River Liffey in the Republic of Ireland, and the River Mersey in England. While Thames river flows into the north sea, hence 2 is incorrect.
- Volga River, Terek River, Ural River, and Mtkvari River flows into the Caspian Sea. Hence 3 is correct.
- Mekong River drains into the South China Sea. It is the 11th largest river of the world and its length is 4880 km. It flows through China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Hence 1 is incorrect.
- The Zambezi, Ganges-Brahmaputra, Indus, Jubba, and Murray rivers and the Shatt al-Arab, Wadi Ad Dawasir, and Limpopo rivers, etc. drain into the Indian Ocean, hence 4 is correct.
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