Geography 3 Flashcards
Interval between two tides
12 hours and 26 min
______ is the name of when the Sun, Moon and Earth are in a straight line.
Syzygy
Type of tide when Sun, moon and earth are in a straight line
Spring tide
Type of tide when Sun and moon are at right angles to the earth
Neap tide
Straits in Asia
Strait of Malacca & Bering Strait
Asia is separated from Europe by:
Black sea, Caspian sea, Ural mountains, Caucasus mountains and strait of Dardanelles
World’s largest lake
Caspian Sea
- 5 times greater than Lake Superior
Largest salt desert
Dast-e-Kavir
- located in North Iran
Place in China for nuclear tests
Lop Nor Lake
- located in China
Other names for Hwang Ho river in China
- China’s sorrow
- Yellow river
Longest river of Asia
Yangtze Kiang
______ is the only landlocked country in South-East Asian Peninsula
Laos
Largest archipelago in the world
Indonesia
- group of islands
________ aka lifeline of Myanmar
Irrawaddy river
Most saline water body in Asia
Lake Van of Turkey
Land of mountains and rivers
Myanmar
Country of Canals
Pakistan
Land of the rising sun
Japan
Third largest saltiest water body
Dead Sea
- landlocked sea
Japanese cities famous for electrical instruments, precision instruments, textiles, automobile & ship building respectively
Electrical instruments - Tokyo Precision instruments - Yokohama Textiles - Osaka Automobiles - Nagoya Ship building - Nagasaki
Lowest point in Africa
Lake Assal
______ is a continent that is entirely a plateau.
Africa
_______ continent belongs to all 4 hemispheres.
Africa
Africa is also known as _______.
Dark Continent
- because parts of it were still unknown to outsiders until last century
Largest lake in Africa
Lake Victoria
- source of While Nile river
- equator passes through it
- located between Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania
_____ is a manmade lake in Africa.
Nasser Lake
- between Sudan and Egypt
_____ river cuts equator twice.
Congo
_____ river cuts the Tropic of Capricorn twice.
Limpopo river
Hottest place in the world
Al-Aziziyah, Libya
- 58°C
_______ are Africa’s oldest races
Kalahari Bushmen
- in Kalahari desert
Famous language of Africa
Swahili
Highest point in North America
Meckinley
Lowest point in North America
Death Valley
_______ separates N. America from Siberia
Bering Strait
Second largest country in the world
Canada
Country with the largest coastline
Canada
Boundary between Canada and USA
49° latitude
- longest boundary
Largest sweet water lake in the world
Lake Superior
Largest producer of newsprint in the world
Canada
Deserts in South America
Atacama and Patagonia
Highest active volcano in South America
Cotopaxi
Only landlocked countries in S. America
Bolivia and Paraguay
Most fertile region of South America
Pampas
- has the Alfa-Alfa grasses
Places that comprise of Latin America
South America, Mexico, Central America and West Indies
Highest waterfall in the world
Angel Falls, Venezuela
Largest river by volume
Amazon River
- second largest in the world, after Nile
Longest mountain range of the world
Andes
Highest commercially navigable lake
Lake Titicaca
Driest place on Earth
Atacama desert
Savannah grasslands in South America
Llanos & Campos
______ has the worlds largest reserves of iron.
Brazil
- in Serra dos carrajas hills
_____ is largest coffee producer in the world.
Brazil
- aka coffee bowl of the world
Lowest point in Europe
Caspian Sea
Highest point in Europe
Mt. Elbrus
Strait in Europe
Strait of Gibraltar
____ is the biggest and richest coal field in Europe.
Ruhr, Germany
World’s largest island
Greenland
Baltic states
Estonia, Lithuania & Latvia
Scandinavian countries
Norway, Iceland, Sweden & Denmark
_____ is the world’s most Northerly capital
Reykjavik
____ is known as the key to the Baltic.
Copenhagen
- capital of Denmark
Land of forests and lakes
Finalnd
UK is self-sufficient in ____.
Petrol
Smallest country in the world
Vatican City
Highest point in Australia
Mt Kusciusko
Lowest point in Australia
Lake Eyre
_____ is the only continent that is also a country.
Australia
____ is aka Forgotten land
Australia
- Discovered by Captain Cook
First European to discover New Zealand
Abel Tasman
Only active volcano in Antarctica
Mt. Erebus