Can you name the Middle Eastern bodies of water?

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Middle East Bodies of Water Quiz

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Published: February 23rd, 2008
Category: Geography
Plays: 75,136

Tags: body, eastern, water, east, middle, Middle Eastern

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	raggedyanne:	Nov 24th, 2008 at 04:19 GMT	-4 points
	I also was expecting some rivers.

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	blue canary:	Feb 13th, 2009 at 19:55 GMT	1 point
	Wow, I forgot the Red Sea. I'm an idiot.

	melissa:	Mar 1st, 2009 at 23:30 GMT	16 points
	Good idea for a quiz - but would be better if it clarified which bodies of water we're supposed to name

	Dahlia:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 18:21 GMT	15 points
	I expected many more possibilities here...Dead Sea, Suez Canal, Sea of Marmara, Bosphorus River, Kinneret, Tigris, Euphrates...

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	sjorford:	Apr 3rd, 2009 at 22:36 GMT	6 points
	I'm amazed how few people can name the Persian Gulf - what do they think the Gulf War was named after?

pbrown:

Apr 6th, 2009 at 02:03 GMT

4 points

@ Katie: I spelled it

	saitias:	May 5th, 2009 at 06:50 GMT	0 points
	There's no such thing as the Arabian gulf. http://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/gegn23wp61.pdf please correct the answer for the Persian Gulf.

	The1DickBastard:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 02:21 GMT	0 points
	Kept trying Aegean Sea until Gulf of Aden popped in.

	walt:	Jun 17th, 2009 at 16:49 GMT	2 points
	not well done - too vague

	dewey:	Jun 19th, 2009 at 07:31 GMT	-4 points
	"gulf of aden" was not correct for me, neither were "aden" or "aden gulf" please check the coding

	alhutch:	Jul 3rd, 2009 at 10:47 GMT	3 points
	that was kind of fun. more body of water quizzes would be great

	GeoExpert:	Jul 27th, 2009 at 04:45 GMT	2 points
	This quiz could be expanded by adding lakes, such as Lake Urmia. Also the Nile, Tigris, and Euphrates rivers. Dead sea. And 'maybe' the Suez Canal.

fatcat2:

Aug 6th, 2009 at 14:04 GMT

2 points

I missed the Gulf of Oman. And, looking at the statistics, I'm not alone...

	mdunne:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 06:19 GMT	3 points
	it is not clear what bodies of water have to be named...for example because of the spacing between 'Red Sea' and Mediterranean I tried other bodies of water such as the Gulf of Aqaba...

	mike5816:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 15:45 GMT	7 points
	There is a line between the Gulf of Aden and the Gulf of Arabia, and between the Gulf of Arabia and the Gulf of Oman. But, there isn't a line between the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, nor a line between the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. I missed the gulf of Oman because I thought this was meant to be one body of water. Also the answer for PErsian Gulf obscures the Strait of Homuz further confusing that the Gulf of Oman is different. The graphic needs work.

	pfoagain:	Dec 8th, 2009 at 15:50 GMT	1 point
	And I still can't spell the Med...

	t87:	Dec 26th, 2009 at 02:14 GMT	1 point
	There's no such thing as the Arabian gulf. http://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/gegn23wp61.pdf please correct the answer for the Persian Gulf.

	geronimo95:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 20:20 GMT	4 points
	hrmm most of these quizzes would have accepted "aden" for gulf of aden. but this particular one needs the full name grr for inconsistency

	happy1776:	Mar 16th, 2010 at 23:36 GMT	3 points
	maybe some fresh water sources

	Spartan11:	Mar 25th, 2010 at 01:46 GMT	2 points
	more consistency is needed......it accepted "Red" but not "Persian"???

	shaheinthedream:	Jul 2nd, 2010 at 05:35 GMT	0 points
	Persian gulf is the only name for it. No need to go dabbling with politics and a possible "Arabian" gulf...

	Imon:	Sep 13th, 2010 at 22:55 GMT	1 point
	strait of hormuz? I kept trying to enter it and it wasn't on the quiz. It seems to fit the category.

	Roman:	Nov 4th, 2010 at 16:47 GMT	1 point
	Strait of Hormuz??? I mean it's only so important that Iran and Iraq fought an 8 year over... But perhaps not important

	Berubium:	Jan 17th, 2011 at 23:40 GMT	3 points
	So I type in Red, Mediterranean, Black, Caspian, & Arabian & get points, but yet it won't accept Oman or Persian??? I suppose I was being lazy, but if the quiz takes that type of response for some questions, it should take them for all of them...

	BombaySapphire:	Jan 17th, 2011 at 23:53 GMT	4 points
	Not well-organised, imo. Other recognised bodies of water, such as the Sea of Azov, the Strait of Hormuz and Shatt al-Arab are visible on the map but not included in the answers. Also, is there a reason that the Sea of Marmara isn't coloured blue?

	DunKhan:	Dec 8th, 2011 at 18:37 GMT	1 point
	Would be good if the things you're looking for are highlighted better - for instance I had no idea I was looking for the Gulf of Oman. (Aden was more obvious) Also, please accept shortened versions of the names - if someone puts in "Mediterranean" they clearly mean "Mediterranean sea" for instance. Also, accept Indian Ocean for Arabian Sea. Otherwise good :)