(Answer) What is the largest country without a river?

[9-25-2022] Microsoft Rewards Bing Homepage Quiz Question: What is the largest country without a river?

The given options are:

  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Tonga

Correct Answer: Saudi Arabia


Info: There are no permanent rivers in Saudi Arabia. The oil-rich nation on the Arabian Peninsula gets all its water from mountain runoff, desalinization, and groundwater. Ephemeral rivers are numerous in Saudi Arabia, though. On rare occasions when heavy rains arrive, the rainwater fills riverbeds, called wadis, normally dry year round.

All three questions from today’s Bing Homepage Quiz are below. You can find their answers by visiting those pages.

  1. For World Rivers Day, can you guess the length of what’s been called the shortest river in the world?
  2. What is the largest country without a river?
  3. How many bridges span the Amazon River, pictured here?

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