Places And Locations Flashcards
Which two countries share the world’s longest land boundary?
Canada and the United States.
What geographical feature forms a spectacular 5,308 km border between Chile and Argentina?
The Andes Mountains.
Which Indian states share a border with China?
Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh.
Which two countries share the world’s second-longest land boundary?
Kazakhstan and Russia.
Name the EU Member States that border the North Sea.
Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands.
Name the non-EU countries that border the North Sea.
Norway and the United Kingdom.
The North Sea connects to the Atlantic Ocean via which channel?
The English Channel.
The North Sea connects to the Baltic Sea via which straits?
The Kattegat and Skagerrak straits.
Which two countries account for nearly 60% of global cocoa production?
Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana.
Which country is the largest cocoa producer in Asia?
Indonesia.
Cocoa trees are originally from which region but are now cultivated worldwide in tropical zones?
The American tropics.
Name the countries that share a border with Ukraine.
Belarus, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, and Slovakia.
Where is Ukraine located geographically?
Eastern Europe, north of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
What are the major rivers of Ukraine?
Dniester, Southern Bug (Pivdennyi Buh), Desna, Donets, and Dnieper (Dnipro).
The Congo Basin is the world’s second-largest what?
Tropical forest.
Name the six countries spanned by the Congo Basin.
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon.
Name some endangered wildlife found in the Congo Basin.
Forest elephants, chimpanzees, bonobos, lowland gorillas, mountain gorillas.
Anatolia constitutes the Asian portion of which modern country?
Turkey.
The Amhara Region, homeland of the Amhara people and site of Lake Tana, is located in which country?
Ethiopia.
Cabo Delgado, the site of Al-Shabab extremist attacks, is the northernmost province of which country?
Mozambique.
Catalonia, where separatist protests occurred, is an autonomous community in which country?
Spain (northeastern corner).
What does the term ‘Levant’ generally refer to?
The region on the east coast of the Mediterranean.
What does the term ‘Maghreb’ generally refer to?
The region along the North African shores stretching from Morocco to Libya/Mauritania (east of Egypt).
Where is the Siachen Glacier located?
North of Nubra Valley in the Karakoram Range, between the Saltoro Ridge and the main Karakoram Range.
What river is formed by the meltwater streams from the Siachen Glacier’s snout?
Nubra River.
Siachen is the world’s second-longest nonpolar glacier. What is its length?
75 km.
Which countries border the Adriatic Sea?
Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania.
Which countries border the Black Sea?
Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania.
Which countries border the Caspian Sea?
Iran, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Russia.
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Which countries border the Red Sea?
Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti.
Between which two Central Asian countries is the Aral Sea located?
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
What caused the catastrophic shrinking of the Aral Sea since the 1960s?
Human activities, primarily Soviet irrigation projects diverting water from the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, largely for cotton cultivation.
Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014, is a peninsula located in which sea(s)?
Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
Mindanao is the second largest island group of which country?
Philippines.
Oromia region is the homeland of the Oromo people in which country?
Ethiopia.
Based on the provided latitudes/longitudes, which city is closest to Delhi (28.7N, 77.1E): Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Nagpur, or Pune?
Nagpur (21.1N, 79.1E) appears closest based on the coordinates.
Aleppo, a city frequently in the news due to conflict, is located in which country?
Syria.
The cities of Kirkuk and Mosul are located in which country?
Iraq.
Mazar-i-sharif is the fourth largest city in which country?
Afghanistan.
Travelling from Kohima (Nagaland) to Kottayam (Kerala) by a route covering the minimum number of states requires passing through how many states?
7 states (Nagaland, Assam, West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka/Tamil Nadu, Kerala).
Which continents border the Mediterranean Sea?
Europe (North), Asia (East), and Africa (South).
Which strait connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean?
Strait of Gibraltar.
Which two Middle Eastern countries listed do not border the Mediterranean Sea?
Iraq and Jordan.
Where are the Golan Heights located?
Southwestern Syria (Middle East).
Which country seized the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War?
Israel.
What are the easternmost and westernmost states of India?
Easternmost: Arunachal Pradesh, Westernmost: Gujarat.
Chechnya, home to the Chechen ethnic group, is situated in which part of the Russian Federation?
North Caucasus of Eastern Russia.
The Darfur region is located in the western part of which country?
Sudan.
Swat Valley, located between the foothills of the Hindukush mountain range, is in which country?
Pakistan.
Arrange these South-East Asian cities from South to North: Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta, Singapore.
Jakarta - Singapore - Bangkok - Hanoi.
Turkey is primarily located on which continent, with a smaller part on which other?
Larger part in Western Asia, smaller part in Europe.
The Atlas Mountains stretch through which three North-Western African countries?
Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.
The Abyssinian Plateau is part of the highlands in which African country?
Ethiopia.
The Guiana Highlands are located on which continent?
South America.
The Okavango Basin, also known as the Kalahari or Makgadikgadi basin, covers most of which two Southern African countries?
Botswana and Namibia.
Which major port city, the world’s second-largest for container transshipments, is located on the Strait of Malacca?
Singapore.
Elephant Pass, a causeway separating the Jaffna peninsula from the rest of the island, is located in which country?
Sri Lanka.
Name 5 of the 10 countries that the Tropic of Capricorn passes through.
Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Australia.
The Atacama Desert, one of the driest areas, is created by which current near the Tropic of Capricorn?
Humboldt Current.
Cape Canaveral, the site of US space program operations (NASA), is located in which US state?
Florida.
The Ogaden region, site of a 1977 conflict between Ethiopia and Somalia, is located in the eastern portion of which country?
Ethiopia (modern Somali Region).
Cannes, known for its film festival, is a resort city in which country?
France.
Davos, famous for hosting the World Economic Forum, is located in which country?
Switzerland.
Roland Garros stadium, where the French Open tennis tournament is played, is located in which city?
Paris, France.
Moldova, an Eastern European country, is bordered by which two countries?
Ukraine and Romania.
Which major city among common options is generally considered nearest to the Equator?
Singapore.
Which strait, separating Alaska (USA) from the Russian Far East, is nearest to the International Dateline?
Bering Strait.
Malta, an archipelago nation known for historic sites, is located in which sea?
Mediterranean Sea.
The Narmada River originates from the Amarkantak plateau, while the Damodar originates from which plateau?
Chhota Nagpur plateau.
The Mahanadi originates from the Bastar plateau, while the Tapti originates from which hills?
Satpura hills.
Indravati National Park is located in the Bastar region of which state?
Chhattisgarh (Implied, as Bastar region is primarily there).
Which river forms the northern boundary of Indravati National Park?
Indravati River.
Which strait forms the narrowest part of the English Channel, separating Great Britain from mainland Europe?
Strait of Dover.
Where is the Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest coral reef, located?
Off the eastern coast of Australia.
Why is the Great Barrier Reef so named?
Because it acts as a barrier for the movement of ships to the coast.
The Bermuda Triangle is located in which ocean?
Atlantic Ocean.
The Whangpoo (Huangpu) River flows through which major Chinese city?
Shanghai.
The Huangpu River is the last significant tributary of which major river before it enters the East China Sea?
Yangtze River.
The Diamantina Trench (Diamantina Fracture Zone), the deepest trench in its ocean, is located in which ocean?
Indian Ocean.
How was the Diamantina Trench formed?
It is a rift valley formed when Australia separated from Antarctica.
Which countries border Myanmar to the north/northeast and east respectively?
China (North/Northeast), Laos (East).
Which countries border Myanmar to the west and northwest?
Bangladesh (West) and India (Northwest).
Baikonur Cosmodrome, the world’s first and largest operational space launch facility, is located in which country?
Kazakhstan (though leased to and administered by Russia).
Kourou, the location of the European Space Agency’s spaceport (Guiana Space Center), is in which territory?
French Guiana.
Borobudur Temple, one of the greatest Buddhist monuments, is located on which island in Indonesia?
Java (Central Java, Kedu Valley).
Cannes, a resort town famed for its international film festival, is located in which country?
France.
Name the three South American countries the Equator passes through.
Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil.
Name four African countries the Equator passes through.
Sao Tome & Principe, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia (any four).
Which Asian island nations does the Equator pass through?
Maldives, Indonesia.
Arrange these rivers found in Ladakh/Himachal Pradesh from North to South: Spiti, Satluj, Shyok, Zaskar.
Shyok - Zaskar - Spiti - Satluj.
From which glacier does the Shyok River originate?
Rimo Glacier (one of the tongues of Siachen Glacier).
The Zanskar River is the first major tributary of which river, flowing entirely within Ladakh?
Indus River.
The Spiti river, located in Himachal Pradesh, is a tributary of which major river?
Sutlej river (left bank tributary).
Washington D.C. is situated on which river?
Potomac River.
Berlin, Germany is situated on which river?
Spree River.
Paris, France is situated on which river?
Seine River.
Madrid, Spain is situated on which river?
Manzanares River.
Lithuania, a Baltic country, is bordered by which four nations (excluding the Russian exclave)?
Latvia, Belarus, Poland.
The Balearic Islands, including Mallorca, are an archipelago belonging to which country, located in the Mediterranean Sea?
Spain.
Which two countries border Panama?
Costa Rica and Colombia.
Latvia, a country in northeastern Europe, is bordered by which four countries?
Estonia, Russia, Belarus, and Lithuania.
The Mekong River originates in China (where it’s called Lancang) and flows through several Southeast Asian countries, but not which one of these: Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam?
Malaysia.
Victoria Falls is located on the border between which two African countries?
Zambia and Zimbabwe.
What is a landlocked country?
A country with no territory connected to an ocean or whose coastlines lie on endorheic (closed) basins.
Which are the only two landlocked countries in South America?
Bolivia and Paraguay.
Name the five countries that border the Caspian Sea.
Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Russia, and Kazakhstan.
Name the six countries with coasts on the Adriatic Sea.
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, Montenegro, and Slovenia.
The Aleutian Trench forms the border between which two tectonic plates in the North Pacific Ocean?
North American Plate and Pacific Plate.
The Kermadec Trench lies in the floor of which ocean?
South Pacific Ocean.
The Sunda Trench is located in which ocean, near Sumatra?
Indian Ocean.
The South Sandwich Trench lies in which ocean?
South Atlantic Ocean.
Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa, sits within the borders of which three countries?
Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
