Geography: Lakes, Rivers, and Mountains

Question 1

1. What is the longest river in Europe?

Answer 1

Volga River or The Volga or Volga or The Volga River
Per National Geographic, the Volga River is 2,290 miles in length.

Question 2

2. What is the beginning of a river called?

Answer 2

source or headwaters

Question 3

3. In which country is Mount Sinai located?

Answer 3

Egypt

Question 4

True or False: The Amazon River is home to more species of fish than the Atlantic Ocean.

Answer 4

True. The Amazon River is considered to have the most diverse freshwater fish population on Earth, with thousands of species inhabiting its waters.

Question 5

The Himalayas cross five countries, including Pakistan, Bhutan, India, and which other two countries?

Answer 5

China and Nepal

Question 6

6. Which lake is bordered by Germany, Austria, and Switzerland?

Answer 6

Lake Constance. Also known as: Bodensee or Lake of Constance

Question 6

7. Which is the world’s third-longest river?

Answer 6

Yangtze River or Yangtze

Question 7

8. Which river carries the greatest volume of water?

Answer 7

Amazon or Amazon River or The Amazon River
According to AmazonAid.org, “the Amazon River supplies anywhere from 9 to 30 million gallons of freshwater to the Atlantic Ocean each day.”

Question 8

9. How old is the youngest person to reach the peak of Mount Everest?

Answer 8

13 years old or 13
His name is Jordan Romero from California.

Question 9

10. What is the name of the group of long, thin lakes near New York City?

Answer 9

Finger Lakes

Question 10

11. What is the largest salt lake in Australia?

Answer 10

Lake Eyre or Kati Thanda

Question 11

12. True or False: There are roughly 96 major rivers on Earth.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

13. In which country is Mount Fuji located?

Answer 12

Japan
Mount Fuji is Japan’s highest mountain

Question 13

True or False: Lake Baikal contains roughly 20 percent of the world’s surface fresh water.

Answer 13

True. According to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, “known as the ‘Galapagos of Russia’, [Lake Baikal’s] age and isolation have produced one of the world’s richest and most unusual freshwater faunas, which is of
exceptional value to evolutionary science.”

Question 14

15. What is South America’s longest mountain range?

Answer 14

The Andes or The Andes Mountains or Andes Mountains or Andes

Question 15

16. In which continent are the Atlas Mountains located?

Answer 15

Africa
The Atlas Mountains span across the countries of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.

Question 16

17. How many bridges are there over the Amazon?

Answer 16

None

Question 17

18. Where are the highest peaks in the Western Hemisphere found?

Answer 17

The Andes or The Andes Mountain range
According to Britannica, the highest peak is Mount Acondcagua at 22,831
feet, which borders the countries of Argentina and Chile.

Question 18

19. Which country contains roughly half of the world’s lakes?

Answer 18

Canada

Question 19

20. What is the name given to the study of lakes?

Answer 19

Limnology. According to the Association for the Sciences , “the word
limnology is derived from the Greek limne - marsh, pond and Latin limnaea -
thing pertaining to a marsh.”