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What Has Cities Without Houses and Rivers Without Water?
It has cities without houses, mountains without stones, and rivers without water — yet holds the whole world in your hands?
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What is the answer to the cities without houses riddle?
The answer is a map. A map shows cities, mountains and rivers, but it has no real houses, stones or water, yet it holds the whole world in your hands.
Why is a map the answer to this riddle?
A map draws cities, mountains and rivers as symbols, so it has all of them with none of the real thing, and it can fit the entire world on a single page.
Is this a good riddle for kids?
Yes. It uses simple geography words like cities, mountains and rivers, so it is a fun and easy brain teaser for kids and family quiz nights.