Natural Geography Flashcards
Natural Geography
What are the two largest deserts in the world?
- Antarctic Desert
- Arctic Desert
Natural Geography
Besides the Antarctic and Arctic deserts, what are the six largest deserts in the world (in descending order of size)?
- The Sahara
- Arabian Desert
- Gobi Desert
- Kalahari Desert
- Great Victoria Desert
- Patagonia Desert
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What area does the Sahara cover?
Most of northern Africa
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What area does the Arabian Desert cover?
Most of the Arabian Peninsula
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What area does the Gobi Desert cover?
A large region across the Mongolian-Chinese border
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What area does the Kalahari Desert cover?
Mostly Botswana and parts of Namibia
(southern Africa)
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What area does the Great Victoria Desert cover?
A strip of south-central Australia
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What area does the Patagonia Desert cover?
The southern half of Argentina
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What are the four hot deserts of North America?
The Mojave;
the Sonoran Desert
the Baja Californian Desert
the Chihuahuan Desert

Natural Geography
Describe the area covered by the Himalayas.

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Describe the area covered by the Alps.


The Atlas mountain range
Natural Geography
Describe the area covered by the Atlas mountain range.

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What mountain range is found in northwestern Africa?
The Atlas mountain range
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What mountain range is found along the mid-western edge of South America?
The Andes
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The Rockies extend from what northern point to what southern point?
Parts of British Colombia to parts of New Mexico
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Describe the area covered by the Karakoram mountain range?

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Where is the Great Dividing Range (a mountain range)?
The entire eastern coast of Australia
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The Ural mountains are found where?
Bisecting the more European side of russia from the more Asian side
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What mountain range runs along the eastern coast of the U.S.?
The Appalachians
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What mountain range is found in the northwestern coast of the U.S.?
The Cascades
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Name three smaller mountain ranges found in the northeastern area of the United States at the superior portion of the Appalachian range.
ACG
The Adirondacks;
the Catskills;
the Green Mountains
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What mountain range is found between the Black and Caspian Seas (separating Russia from Georgia and Azerbaijan)?
The Caucasus
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What mountain range is found in Missouri and Arkansas?
The Ozarks
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Describe the path of the Nile.

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Describe the path of the Amazon.

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Describe the path of the Congo.

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Describe the path of the Paraná River.

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Describe the path of the Mekong River.

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Describe the path of the Ganges River.

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Describe the path of the Yukon River.

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Describe the path of the Rio Grande.

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Describe the paths of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers.

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Describe the paths of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

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Describe the path of the Indus River.

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Describe the path of the Amur River.

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Describe the path of the Lena River.

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Describe the path of the Yenisey River.

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Describe the path of the Ob River.

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Describe the path of the Volga River.

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Describe the path of the Danube River.

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Describe the path of the Volga River.

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What is the highest peak in Asia?
Everest
(Himalayas)
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What is the highest peak of North America?
Denali
(Alaskan range)
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What is the highest peak of South America?
Aconcagua
(Andes range)
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What is the highest peak of Africa?
Kilimanjaro
(free-standing in Tanzania)
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What is the highest peak of Antarctica?
Vinson
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What is the highest peak of Oceania?
Puncak Jaya
(New Guinea)
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What are the two highest peaks of Europe?
Mount Elbrus
(Caucasus range)
Mount Blanc
(Alps range)
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What is the highest peak of Australia?
Kosciuszko
(Snowy Mountains range)
Natural Geography
How tall is Mt. Everest?
29,029 feet
Natural Geography
How deep is the Mariana Trench?
36,036 feet
Natural Geography
The vast majority of the 100 highest peaks on earth are in which mountain ranges?
Himalayas;
Karakoram
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What are the three highest peaks in the world?
- Everest
- K2
- Kangchenjunga
Natural Geography
Name the five oceans of the world.
Arctic
Pacific,
Atlantic,
Indian,
Southern
Natural Geography
What body of water is east of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan?
What body of water is west of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan?
The Caspian Sea;
the Black Sea
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What body of water is east of the southern half of India?
What body of water is west of the southern half of India?
The Bay of Bengal;
the Arabian Sea
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What body of water is east of the Arabian Peninsula?
What body of water is west of the Arabian Peninsula?
The Persian Gulf;
the Red Sea
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What body of water surrounds the Bering Strait?
The Bering Sea
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What body of water separates Japan and China?
The Sea of Japan (East Sea)
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What body of water is in the western ‘crook’ of the African continent?
The Gulf of Guinea
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What body of water separates Australia and New Zealand?
The Tasman Sea
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What body of water separates Canada and Greenland?
Baffin Bay
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What body of water lies above Alaska and western Canada?
The Beaufort Sea
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What body of water lies surrounds the Caribbean islands?
The Caribbean Sea
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What body of water is north of the Caribbean islands?
The Sargasso Sea
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What body of water is amidst the Indonesian islands?
The Java Sea
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What body of water lies north of Spain and west of France?
The Bay of Biscay
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What body of water lies east of the U.K.?
The North Sea
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What body of water is semi-contained between the Nordic states and the rest of Europe?
The Baltic Sea
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Where is Lake Victoria?
Tanzania and Uganda
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What are the names of the five individual Great Lakes?
Superior
Erie,
Ontario,
Huron,
Michigan
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From east to west, what are the names of the five largest Hawaiian islands?
HMMOK
Hawaii,
Maui,
Molokai,
Oahu,
Kauai