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Do You Remember Your School Geography About South And Central America?

At 4,880 kilometers, it is the second-longest river in South America.

Parana

After the Amazon, which is the longest river in South America?

Thanks to Pablo Escobar, hippos (a non-native species) are thriving in the main river of Colombia.

Hippopotamus

If you went for a swim in the Magdalena River in Colombia, which African mammal are you most likely to be chased by?

This is Guanabara Bay in Brazil, which was first seen by the Europeans on January 1, 1502, hence leading to the name Rio de Janeiro, which means "January river."

Rio de Janeiro

This waterbody was first seen by a European expedition on January 1, 1502. This led to the name of which major South American city?

Rio Dulce

Identify this "sweet" Guatemalan river that was the shooting location for the 1935 movie _The New Adventures of Tarzan_.

Argentina

In which South American country would you find the Colorado River?

Colombia

San Juan is the capital of Puerto Rico. In which South American country would you find the San Juan River?

Churun River

Coco

Originating in the Somoto Canyon National Monument, which river (pictured here) forms the international boundary between Honduras and Nicaragua?

Madeira is a Portuguese island where the footballer Cristiano Ronaldo was born.

Madeira

Which river, also the biggest tributary of the Amazon, shares its name with a Portuguese island and would remind Cristiano Ronaldo of home?

The crocodile is called an Orinoco crocodile, and it is on the verge of extinction.

Orinoco

This critically endangered crocodile is the largest crocodilian in the Americas. Which river does it primarily inhabit that also gives it its name?

Minnow

You certainly have a painful bite but not quite lethal.

Piranha

Though not the biggest and baddest in water, you certainly deliver a punch much above your weight.

Electric eel

You are like the Orinoco crocodile: formidable but rare.

El Magnifico

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Do You Remember Your School Geography About South And Central America?

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