The annual "Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Race" is a 125-mile endurance race that primarily follows which two English waterways?

River Severn and Bristol Channel

River Thames and Grand Union Canal

River Trent and Fossdyke Navigation

Kennet and Avon Canal and River Thames

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01What mountain range contains the highest point in mainland Spain, Mulhacén?
02The ancient city of Mohenjo-Daro, a principal center of the Indus Valley Civilization, is located in which modern-day country?
03The Great Rift Valley is a prime example of which type of tectonic plate boundary?
04The epic poem "The Song of Roland" recounts the Battle of Roncevaux Pass, which took place in which mountain range?
05The Mekong River, a vital artery for Southeast Asia, forms a major part of the border between which two countries?
06The Achaemenid Empire, founded by Cyrus the Great, had its heartland on a plateau located in which modern-day country?
07The name of which mountain range is believed to derive from a Sanskrit word meaning "abode of snow"?
08The "Maratona dles Dolomites" is a famous single-day road bicycle race that takes place in which country?
09What is the term for a river that, in its lower course, flows parallel to the coastline, separated from the sea by a narrow strip of land?
10Which explorer is credited with the first documented European sighting of the Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River?
11The confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers forms which waterway that flows into the Persian Gulf?
12The Battle of the Granicus River in 334 BCE was the first of three major battles fought between Alexander the Great and which empire?
13The cultivation of quinoa, a staple grain-like crop, originated in the vicinity of Lake Titicaca in which mountain range?
14The influential Hudson River School was a mid-19th century American art movement best known for what type of paintings?
15What is the highest mountain in the Caucasus range, located on the border of Russia and Georgia?
16The Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494 divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and Spain along a meridian 370 leagues west of which island group?
17The word "canyon" entered English from Spanish, where it means "tube" or "pipe." What is the ultimate linguistic origin of its root word, "caña"?
18The unique fish species known as the "blind cave tetra" (Astyanax mexicanus) is native to river systems in which country?
19The film "Aguirre, the Wrath of God" by director Werner Herzog dramatizes a Spanish expedition down which river in search of El Dorado?
20The annual "Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Race" is a 125-mile endurance race that primarily follows which two English waterways?