Geography Flashcards
What is the largest landlocked sea?
Caspian Sea
The Dead Sea lies between which two countries?
Jordan and Israel
The _____ is directly west of India.
Arabian Sea
The Marianas Trench is located where?
Southeast of Guam
The world’s tallest mountain from base to peak is ______.
Mauna Kea (where I am right now)
What is the largest ocean
Pacific
What is the highest point on Earth?
Mt. Everest
What sea is located between northern Africa and Southern Europe?
Mediterranean
What narrow gap separates Morocco from Spain?
Straight of Gibraltar
What body of water sits between Baja California and mainland Mexico?
Gulf of California or Sea of Cortez
What sea sits between Italy and Croatia?
Adriatic Sea
What canal connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea?
Suez Canal
What sea is situated between the island of Sakhalin and the Kamchatka Peninsula?
Sea of Okhotsk
What channel is located between Madagascar and Mozambique?
Mozambique Channel
What sea is located between Greece and Turkey?
Aegean Sea
Which bay is primarily surrounded by Myanmar and India?
Bay of Bengal
Where are the Galapagos Islands located?
West of Equador
What is the largest lake in the world, and which country is it in?
Lake Baikal, Russia
What strait separates the two islands of New Zealand?
Cook Strait
What sea is immediately north of Eastern Alaska and Western Canada?
Beaufort Sea
What lake is primarily surrounded by Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo?
Lake Tanganyika
What body of water sits between Somalia and Yemen?
Gulf of Aden
What body of water separates Saudi Arabia from Iran
Persian Gulf
What body of water separates Iceland from Greenland?
Denmark Strait
What body of water sits north of the city of Archangelsk and south of the Kola Peninsula?
White Sea
In which Ocean are the Seychelles located?
Indian Ocean
What strait cuts through Patagonia?
Strait of Magellan
What cape is located at the southern tip of South America?
Cape Horn
What is the largest lake in Central America?
Lake Nicaragua
What group of Islands controlled by the UK is located east of Patagonia?
Falkland Islands
What landlocked sea located between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is now mostly gone due to former Soviet irrigation projects?
Aral Sea
What major river flows north from Canada into the Beaufort Sea?
McKenzie Sea
What is the largest river in South America?
Amazon River
What large island group is located far north of Norway?
Svalbard
What is the northernmost place with a permanent population?
Svalbard islands
What sea is between Sweden, Finland, and Europe?
Baltic Sea
Climate is primarily determined by _______.
Lattitude
The Nile flows in what direction?
North
The great lakes contain ___% of the world’s fresh water.
20%
Asia is the largest of the world’s continents, covering approximately __% of Earth’s land area.
30%
What trench is the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean?
Puerto Rico Trench (8,380 M)
What is the longest uninterrupted barrier island found in the US?
Padre Island
What is the largest landmass straddling a mid-ocean ridge?
Iceland
What region is known as “Pirate Alley” due to the large amounts of pirate activity?
Gulf of Aden
Name the strait which connects the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden and is known as the “Gate of Tears”
Bab el Mandeb (or Mandab Strait) (or or Mandib Strait)
What unit of distance is approximately the length of one minute of latitude?
One Nautical Mile (nm)
Where is the continental shelf thinnest?
Western South America
Why does Great Britain have a relatively mild climate?
Warm Gulf Stream moderates the climate
What area of the ocean was Columbus referring to when he described a, “sea full of vegetation resembling pine branches” so dense he thought it was shallow and the ships would run aground?
Sargasso Sea
Where is the Sargasso Sea?
Off of the Eastern Coast of the US
What bay in Eastern Canada is known for the largest tidal range in the world?
Bay of Fundy (Range: 16m)
What Canal crosses France connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean?
Canal du Midi
