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Geography Flashcards

1
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K2 mountain range

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Karakoram

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Yakima Valley

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Washington

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Newly (1963) created island in the northern Atlantic Ocean

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Surtsey Island

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4
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Mosquito Coast

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Nicaragua

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5
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Sleeping Bear Dunes lake

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Lake Michigan

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Hoa people

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Vietnam

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7
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Red River Delta

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Vietnam

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8
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Most populous Scottish city

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Glasgow

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9
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Contour line

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Kurst Topography

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10
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Mountain in Argentina/Chile

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Aconcagua

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11
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Phantom ship, Man of the lake

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Crater Lake

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12
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Second deepest lake in the United States

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Lake Tahoe

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13
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Zagreb

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Croatia

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14
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Most populous Pakistani city

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Kirachi

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15
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Didgeridoo

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Australia

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16
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Instrument made out of termite infested wood

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Didgeridoo

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17
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Saragossa Sea

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Atlantic Ocean

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18
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Point Nemo

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Pacific Ocean

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19
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Bratislava

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Slovakia

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20
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Belgrade

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Serbia

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21
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Northwest angle

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Minnesota

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22
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Source of the Mississippi

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Lake Itasca

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23
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Clearwater County, Minnesota lake

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Lake Itasca

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24
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Lake Itasca’s naming is contributed to this explorer

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Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

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25
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2015 earthquake

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Nepal

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26
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Clinton’s Presidential library

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Little Rock

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27
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Adak Island, Aleutian Islands

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Alaska

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28
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Ulster

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Northern Ireland

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29
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Rwandans who opposed the Tutsis

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Hutu

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30
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Rwandans who opposed the Hutus

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Tutsis

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31
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Ballah Pass

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Suez Canal

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32
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Great Bitter Lake

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Suez Canal

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33
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Bering Strait

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Alaska

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34
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Most populous city in the province of Baja

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Tijuana

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35
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Semien Mountains

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Ethiopia

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36
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Third highest mountain in Africa

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Mt. Stanley

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37
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Madiera

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Portugal

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38
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Most populous Portuguese speaking city in the world

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Sao Paulo

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39
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NATO HQ

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Amsterdam

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40
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Operation Husky

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Sicily

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41
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South American copper mines

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Chile

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42
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Khyber Pass

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Afghanistan

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43
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Royal Clock Tower

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Mecca

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44
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New York island in the East River

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Riker’s Island

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45
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Eight island archipelago off the coast of California

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Channel Islands

46
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Steinhoff Furniture company located here

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South Africa

47
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Zuma

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South Africa

48
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20% of this South American country is Hindu

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Suriname

49
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This country’s 20th-century dictator tried to annex the neighboring province of Kagera

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Uganda

Idi Amin

50
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This country’s dictator claimed the title “Conqueror of the British Empire”

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Uganda

Idi Amin

51
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East African country governed from Kampala

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Uganda

52
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Major 1811 earthquake in Missouri

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New Madrid

53
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Shibam Hadramawt

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Yemen

54
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Suriname colonizer

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Netherlands

55
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Aqaba, Jordan port on what

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Red Sea

56
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Watcha Front

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Utah

57
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Golden Spike of the transcontinental railroad

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Utah

58
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Border between Laos and Thailand

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Mekong River

59
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Golden Triangle

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Mekong River

60
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Major South-east Asian river

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Mekong River

61
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Giant catfish species is threatened by hydropower development like the Xayaburi Damn

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Mekong River

62
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“Lancang”

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Mekong River

63
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River that has 4,000 islands

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Mekong River

64
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Khorat Plateau

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Mekong River

65
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In the Henguan Mountains of the Yunnan province, this river flows parallel to the Salween and Yangtze

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Mekong River

66
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Phosphine gas and Naga(ghost) fireballs

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Mekong River

67
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The city of Nanjing is along this river

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Yangtze River

68
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Flows south of the Yellow River

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Yangtze River

69
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Namesake species of crocodiles(alligators)

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Yangtze River

70
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Three Gorges Dam

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Yangtze River

71
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Reaches the Pacific Ocean near Shanghai

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Yangtze River

72
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Longest Asian river

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Yangtze River

73
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Known as the “Chang Jiang”

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Yangtze River

74
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Geladaindong Peak

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Yangtze River

75
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Converges with the Jialing River in Chongquing

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Yangtze River

76
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Namesake valley civilization

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Indus River

77
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Quartzite floor tiles are found along this river’s Soan Valley

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Indus River

78
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Cities of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa are along this river

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Indus River

79
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River of modern Pakistan

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Indus River

80
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Flows through the province of Sindh

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Indus River

81
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Bitumen-lined Great Bath river

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Indus River

Mohenjo-Daro

82
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World’s first documented toilets

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Indus River

83
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Ayub Bridge

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Indus River

84
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“Hidden Falls”

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Brahmaputra River

85
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Means “son of Brahma”

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Brahmaputra River

86
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World’s largest delta is formed after this river and the Ganges merge in Bangladesh

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Brahmaputra River

87
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Upper portion of this river is called the Yarlung Tsangpo

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Brahmaputra River

88
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Ninety-degree turn

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Brahmaputra River

89
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Second longest river in China

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Yellow River

90
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Bayan Har Mountains

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Yellow River

91
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Cuts through the Loess Plateau

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Yellow River

92
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Forms the Ordos loop

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Yellow River

93
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Flows into the Gulf of Bohai

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Yellow River

94
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The Grand Canal connects the Yangtze river and this river

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Yellow River

95
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Fertile loess-rich soil

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Yellow River

96
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Chinese civilization developed around this river

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Yellow River

97
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“China’s sorrow”

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Yellow River

98
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Northeastern Chinese gulf

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Gulf of Bohai

99
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Most sacred river to Hindus

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Ganges River

100
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Empties into the Bay of Bengal

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Ganges River

101
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Varanasi cleansing

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Ganges River

102
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The Sundarbans

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Ganges River

103
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Pilgrims of the Kumb Mela visit here

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Ganges River

104
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Ghats

Eighty-four entryways into this river

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Ganges River

105
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Hooghly and Padma are tributaries of

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Ganges River

106
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Haridwar Dam

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Ganges River

107
Q

Also known as Ayers Rock

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Uluru

108
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Large sandstone formation in Australia

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Uluru

109
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“Covid-19 vaccines turn people into crocodiles” politician is from here

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Brazil

110
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1908 event, where a mysterious explosion leveled trees in Siberia

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Tunguska

111
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What river flows from Lake Victoria

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White Nile

112
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