mountain,deserts,water1 Flashcards
What is the world’s deepest lake?
Lake Baikal,Russia
What is the principal mountain range in the eastern United States
Appalachian Mountains
Into what sea does the Volga River flow?
Caspian Sea
What desert plant is native to the Western Hemisphere?
cactus
The George Washington Bridge crosses what river to New York City?
Hudson River
What is the term used for the beginning point of a river system?
Headwater
What range of mountains in northern Africa runs from the Mediterranean to the Altantic?
Atlas Mountains
The Aswan Dam spans what great river?
Nile
What powerful hydroelectric plant is located on the Paraná River between Brazil and Paraguay?
Itaipú Dam
In which direction does the Nile River flow?
north
What is the principal river that runs through Arizona?
Colorado River
Which mountains divide Spain and France?
Pyrenees
What river runs through the middle of Paris?
Seine
Which mountains separate Italy from France,Switzerland,Autria,and Slovenia
Alps
What is the only active volcano on the European mainland?
Mt.Vesuvius
Which mountain range divides the Europe from Asia.
Urals
What is the largest high-altitude lake in North America?
Yellowstone Lake
In what country is the Chilhuahuan Desert located?
Mexico
Which mountain range is the longest in the world?
Andes Mountain Range
Which river forms part of the border between France and Germany?
Rhine River
Which desert is the eastern Asia is one of the coldest desert?
Gobi Desert
Which desert covers most of northern Africa?
Sahara Desert
Which is the most mountainous continent?
Asia
What is the world’s lowest lake?
Dead Sea
What is the world’s highest mountain?
Mt.Everest
What South American desert is one of the driest places in the world?
Atacama Desert
Which European country is separated from its neighboring countries by mountain range?
Italy
What kind of fish could you see swimming upstream to lay its eggs in the Columbia River in the Oregon?
salmon
Which continent has the most lakes?
North America
What river was the center of ancient Egyptian civilization?
Nile
On what ocean did the famous “Mutiny on the Bounty” take place?
Pacific Ocean
What is the name of the wild sheep of North American that live in the Rocky Mountains?
bighorns
Which rodent plants most of the coniferous trees that root in the Rocky Mountains?
red squirrel
What is North America’s only aquatic songbird?
American Dipper
Ships ferried over a million men across what body of water on D-Day,June6,1944?
English Channel
In what country is the Chilhuahuan Desert located?
Mexico
Which mountain range is the longest in the world?
Andes Mountain Range
Which river forms part of the border between France and Germany?
Rhine River
Which desert is the eastern Asia is one of the coldest desert?
Gobi Desert
Which desert covers most of northern Africa?
Sahara Desert
Which is the most mountainous continent?
Asia
What is the world’s lowest lake?
Dead Sea
What is the world’s highest mountain?
Mt.Everest
What South American desert is one of the driest places in the world?
Atacama Desert
Which European country is separated from its neighboring countries by mountain range?
Italy
What kind of fish could you see swimming upstream to lay its eggs in the Columbia River in the Oregon?
salmon
Which continent has the most lakes?
North America
What river was the center of ancient Egyptian civilization?
Nile
On what ocean did the famous “Mutiny on the Bounty” take place?
Pacific Ocean
What is the name of the wild sheep of North American that live in the Rocky Mountains?
bighorns
Which rodent plants most of the coniferous trees that root in the Rocky Mountains?
red squirrel
What is North America’s only aquatic songbird?
American Dipper
At what time of day do most desert animals come out?
night
Which mountain range has the most extensive deciduous forests in the world?
Appalachian Mountains
What formed many of the lakes located high in the Rocky Mountains?
glaciers
What has the Missouri River been nicknamed because of silt deposits?
Big Muddy
Which mountains are called “the backbone of North America”?
Rocky Mountains
Name the five Great Lakes.
Huron,Ontario,Michigan,Erie,Superior
In which lake is there an island that is said to be the cradle of Inca civilization?
Lake Titicaca
In what sea is the Isle of Elba,where Napoleon was confined.
Mediterranean
Robert Fulton and Robert Livingstone organized the first steamboat company on what American river?
Mississippi River
What is the largest lake in South America?
Lake Maracaibo
What is the largest river system in the world?
Amazon River
What river forms part of the border between Mexico and the United States?
Rio Grande
All river on the east of the Great Divide eventually flow into which ocean?
Atlantic Ocean
What trees in the Great Basin Desert have lived longer than any other trees in the world?
bristlecone pines
