Geography Flashcards
1
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K2 mountain range
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Karakoram
2
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Yakima Valley
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Washington
3
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Newly (1963) created island in the northern Atlantic Ocean
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Surtsey Island
4
Q
Mosquito Coast
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Nicaragua
5
Q
Sleeping Bear Dunes lake
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Lake Michigan
6
Q
Hoa people
A
Vietnam
7
Q
Red River Delta
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Vietnam
8
Q
Most populous Scottish city
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Glasgow
9
Q
Contour line
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Kurst Topography
10
Q
Mountain in Argentina/Chile
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Aconcagua
11
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Phantom ship, Man of the lake
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Crater Lake
12
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Second deepest lake in the United States
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Lake Tahoe
13
Q
Zagreb
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Croatia
14
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Most populous Pakistani city
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Kirachi
15
Q
Didgeridoo
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Australia
16
Q
Instrument made out of termite infested wood
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Didgeridoo
17
Q
Saragossa Sea
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Atlantic Ocean
18
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Point Nemo
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Pacific Ocean
19
Q
Bratislava
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Slovakia
20
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Belgrade
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Serbia
21
Q
Northwest angle
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Minnesota
22
Q
Source of the Mississippi
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Lake Itasca
23
Q
Clearwater County, Minnesota lake
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Lake Itasca
24
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Lake Itasca’s naming is contributed to this explorer
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Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
25
2015 earthquake
Nepal
26
Clinton's Presidential library
Little Rock
27
Adak Island, Aleutian Islands
Alaska
28
Ulster
Northern Ireland
29
Rwandans who opposed the Tutsis
Hutu
30
Rwandans who opposed the Hutus
Tutsis
31
Ballah Pass
Suez Canal
32
Great Bitter Lake
Suez Canal
33
Bering Strait
Alaska
34
Most populous city in the province of Baja
Tijuana
35
Semien Mountains
Ethiopia
36
Third highest mountain in Africa
Mt. Stanley
37
Madiera
Portugal
38
Most populous Portuguese speaking city in the world
Sao Paulo
39
NATO HQ
Amsterdam
40
Operation Husky
Sicily
41
South American copper mines
Chile
42
Khyber Pass
Afghanistan
43
Royal Clock Tower
Mecca
44
New York island in the East River
Riker's Island
45
Eight island archipelago off the coast of California
Channel Islands
46
Steinhoff Furniture company located here
South Africa
47
Zuma
South Africa
48
20% of this South American country is Hindu
Suriname
49
This country's 20th-century dictator tried to annex the neighboring province of Kagera
Uganda
| Idi Amin
50
This country's dictator claimed the title "Conqueror of the British Empire"
Uganda
| Idi Amin
51
East African country governed from Kampala
Uganda
52
Major 1811 earthquake in Missouri
New Madrid
53
Shibam Hadramawt
Yemen
54
Suriname colonizer
Netherlands
55
Aqaba, Jordan port on what
Red Sea
56
Watcha Front
Utah
57
Golden Spike of the transcontinental railroad
Utah
58
Border between Laos and Thailand
Mekong River
59
Golden Triangle
Mekong River
60
Major South-east Asian river
Mekong River
61
Giant catfish species is threatened by hydropower development like the Xayaburi Damn
Mekong River
62
"Lancang"
Mekong River
63
River that has 4,000 islands
Mekong River
64
Khorat Plateau
Mekong River
65
In the Henguan Mountains of the Yunnan province, this river flows parallel to the Salween and Yangtze
Mekong River
66
Phosphine gas and Naga(ghost) fireballs
Mekong River
67
The city of Nanjing is along this river
Yangtze River
68
Flows south of the Yellow River
Yangtze River
69
Namesake species of crocodiles(alligators)
Yangtze River
70
Three Gorges Dam
Yangtze River
71
Reaches the Pacific Ocean near Shanghai
Yangtze River
72
Longest Asian river
Yangtze River
73
Known as the "Chang Jiang"
Yangtze River
74
Geladaindong Peak
Yangtze River
75
Converges with the Jialing River in Chongquing
Yangtze River
76
Namesake valley civilization
Indus River
77
Quartzite floor tiles are found along this river's Soan Valley
Indus River
78
Cities of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa are along this river
Indus River
79
River of modern Pakistan
Indus River
80
Flows through the province of Sindh
Indus River
81
Bitumen-lined Great Bath river
Indus River
| Mohenjo-Daro
82
World's first documented toilets
Indus River
83
Ayub Bridge
Indus River
84
"Hidden Falls"
Brahmaputra River
85
Means "son of Brahma"
Brahmaputra River
86
World's largest delta is formed after this river and the Ganges merge in Bangladesh
Brahmaputra River
87
Upper portion of this river is called the Yarlung Tsangpo
Brahmaputra River
88
Ninety-degree turn
Brahmaputra River
89
Second longest river in China
Yellow River
90
Bayan Har Mountains
Yellow River
91
Cuts through the Loess Plateau
Yellow River
92
Forms the Ordos loop
Yellow River
93
Flows into the Gulf of Bohai
Yellow River
94
The Grand Canal connects the Yangtze river and this river
Yellow River
95
Fertile loess-rich soil
Yellow River
96
Chinese civilization developed around this river
Yellow River
97
"China's sorrow"
Yellow River
98
Northeastern Chinese gulf
Gulf of Bohai
99
Most sacred river to Hindus
Ganges River
100
Empties into the Bay of Bengal
Ganges River
101
Varanasi cleansing
Ganges River
102
The Sundarbans
Ganges River
103
Pilgrims of the Kumb Mela visit here
Ganges River
104
# Ghats
Eighty-four entryways into this river
Ganges River
105
Hooghly and Padma are tributaries of
Ganges River
106
Haridwar Dam
Ganges River
107
Also known as Ayers Rock
Uluru
108
Large sandstone formation in Australia
Uluru
109
"Covid-19 vaccines turn people into crocodiles" politician is from here
Brazil
110
1908 event, where a mysterious explosion leveled trees in Siberia
Tunguska
111
What river flows from Lake Victoria
White Nile
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