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Conventional wisdom has it that there are seven seas, but anyone with a good knowledge of geography knows that there are in fact lots and lots of seas. There are also (at least) six oceans, a plethora of gulfs, countless lakes, and a veritable horde of rivers. All of these bodies of waters form borders to various nations all over the world, and with 195 countries to tackle, that means it's virtually impossible to know which body of water lies beside which country... or is it?
Most Americans know that the United States' water borders are the Atlantic and Pacific oceans (so sorry, you can't get points for knowing that one) - but how many people know which sea or seas form Italy's coastlines? What's the name of the ocean in which Sri Lanka is found? Which sea separates China from Japan? How about the many river borders in the world, such as the one between South Africa and Botswana, the one between Mexico and Belize, or the very big one in South America that separates Colombia from Peru? If you know all of these, you're definitely a geography expert, so click on through and let's see how many bragging rights you can claim!
What body of water surrounds Mauritius?
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Mauritius sits in the Atlantic Ocean, 1700 miles from Africa.
Arabian Sea
Pacific Ocean
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What body of water separates Syria and Israel?
Red Sea
Sea of Galilee
The Sea of Galilee is a much-contested body of water that provides a lot of freshwater in a place where such water is at a premium. That is why it is so valuable.
Mediterranean Sea
River Jordan
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What body of water is to the northeast of the United Kingdom?
English Channel
Irish Sea
Baltic Sea
North Sea
The North Sea is the English language name for this sea, as it is north of Britain and of Europe.
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What body of water borders Georgia (the country, not the state)?
Black Sea
The Black Sea is surrounded by land, instead of connecting to other seas or oceans. It is a stormy sea that is hard to navigate - but it does connect to other waterways via the Bosphorus Strait.
Yellow Sea
Red Sea
Aral Sea
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What body of water borders Turkmenistan?
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
The Romans called this a sea, not a lake, because it is salty, even though it is an inland sea.
Okhotsk Sea
Arabian Sea
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What body of water borders Thailand's western coast?
Indian Ocean
Java Sea
Celebes Sea
Andaman Sea
The Andaman Sea is between Thailand and India.
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What body of water borders Saudi Arabia to the north?
Red Sea
Persian Gulf
The Persian Gulf is named for Iran's former name, Persia.
Indian Ocean
Gulf of Oman
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What body of water borders Sudan?
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
Sudan is actually north of the Horn of Africa, opening onto the Red Sea, where it has valuable ports.
Arabian Sea
Gulf of Aden
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What body of water borders Uganda?
Atlantic Ocean
Lake Victoria
Uganda sits on Lake Victoria, which is an inland freshwater lake with a particularly excellent waterfall.
Indian Ocean
Mozambique Channel
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What body of water borders Canada to the north?
Hudson Bay
Baffin Bay
Arctic Ocean
Baffin Bay, Hudson Bay, and Beaufort Sea are all north of parts of Canada, but only the Arctic Ocean is north of all of it.
Beaufort Sea
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What body of water borders Malawi to the east ?
Lake Malawi
Lake Malawi is 360 miles long and 46 miles long.
Mozambique Channel
Indian Ocean
River Congo
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What body of water borders Namibia?
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Namibia borders South Africa to the south, meaning that it is on the western side of Africa facing the Atlantic Ocean.
Great Southern Ocean
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What body of water borders Australia to due south?
Great Australian Bight
A bight is an open bay, and Australia has an absolutely massive one just off its south coast.
Tasman Sea
Antarctic Ocean
Austral Ocean
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What body of water separates Australia and New Zealand?
Austral Ocean
Indian Ocean
Coral Sea
Tasman Sea
The Tasman sea is south of Tasmania, which is an island area that is part of Australia.
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What body of water borders South Korea to the west?
South China Sea
Yellow Sea
The Yellow Sea is named for the sand of the Gobi Desert that blows into the water and turns it somewhat golden.
Sea of Japan
Philippine Sea
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What body of water borders Japan to the north?
Okhotsk Sea
The Okhotsk Sea is off the coast of northeastern Russia.
Sea of Japan
Philippine Sea
East China Sea
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What body of water separates France and Germany?
River Rhine
The Rhine separates France and Germany and as a result, part of Germany is named the Rhinelands.
River Elba
River Neva
River Danube
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What body of water borders Germany, Switzerland, and Austria?
Lake Geneva
Lake Leman
Lake Constance
Lake Constance is divided into the Obersee and Untersee, and separates these three nations where they all meet.
Lake Como
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What body of water separates Russia from the United States?
Straits of Gibraltar
Strait of Hormuz
Bering Strait
The Bering Strait used to be so iced-up that you could travel from Russia to America. Sadly due to climate change, the Bering Sea which the Strait leads into is now almost free of ice, jeopardizing habitats and communities.
Sunda Strait
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What body of water borders the Falkland Islands?
Argentine Sea
Great Southern Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Falkland Islands are in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Argentina. They are valuable due to lots of minerals in their waters.
Antarctic Ocean
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What body of water borders Easter Island?
Sea of Chile
Sea of Peru
Pacific Ocean
Chile has sovereignty over Easter Island, though it is 2,000 miles away.
Great Southern Ocean
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What body of water borders the highest number of Indonesia's islands?
Coral Sea
Java Sea
The Java Sea is in the middle of a large cluster of Indonesia's biggest islands, and is very beautiful.
Andaman Sea
Flores Sea
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What body of water borders Brazil?
Amazon River
Caribbean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic appears again! Brazil is on the northeast of South America.
Sargasso Sea
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What body of water separates Colombia and Peru?
Iguazu River
Amazon River
The Amazon River flows through six countries but is not always a border for all of them.
Arauca River
Orinoco River
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What body of water separates Botswana and South Africa?
Lake Rukwa
Limpopo River
The Limpopo separates these two nations and is 1750 miles long.
River Nile
Lake Tanganyika
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What body of water separates Spain and Portugal?
Ardila River
The Ardila doesn't cover the whole border, but it does run along a large portion of it.
Lauter River
Drina River
Drava River
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What body of water borders the Isle of Man?
North Sea
English Channel
Irish Sea
The Isle of Man is a semi-independent Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, halfway between Great Britain and Ireland.
Gulf of Bothnia
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What body of water separates Finland and Norway?
Baltic Sea
Tana River
The Tana River's name means Great River in Sámi, a native language.
North Sea
Norwegian Sea
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What body of water borders Estonia?
Gulf of Riga
Baltic Sea
Gulf of Finland
All of the above
Estonia is sandwiched between Russia and the Baltic Sea, facing Finland and Sweden across the Baltic Sea.
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What body of water borders Serbia?
Aegean Sea
The Aegean is very important to trade due to its connections through to the Black Sea. A lot of oil goes through there, as well as other things.
Adriatic Sea
Straits of Gibraltar
Mediterranean Sea
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What body of water borders Myanmar?
Indian Ocean
Arabian Sea
Bay of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal separates India and Myanmar, and opens into the Indian Ocean.
Sea of Japan
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What body of water separates East Timor from Australia?
Coral Sea
Timor Sea
The Timor Sea is south of East Timor, which is one of the world's newest and youngest nations.
Banda Sea
Arafura Sea
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What body of water borders Jamaica?
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea has a whole lot of very lovely islands in it, and connects the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean.
Sargasso Sea
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What body of water borders the Philippines to the south?
Java Sea
Coral Sea
Sulu Sea
The Sulu Sea opens onto the Celebes Sea. They frame the south and southwestern borders of the Philippines.
Celebes Sea
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What sea surrounds Bermuda?
Sargasso Sea
The Sargasso Sea is a part of the Atlantic Ocean but it has its own currents. It's known as The Doldrums because if you float into it, you can get becalmed. It is the only sea whose outer borders are all water - but Bermuda is in it!
Trick question, the Atlantic is an ocean, not a sea!
Caribbean Sea
Florida Sea
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