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Natural Geography

What are the two largest deserts in the world?

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  1. Antarctic Desert
  2. Arctic Desert
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Natural Geography

Besides the Antarctic and Arctic deserts, what are the six largest deserts in the world (in descending order of size)?

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  1. The Sahara
  2. Arabian Desert
  3. Gobi Desert
  4. Kalahari Desert
  5. Great Victoria Desert
  6. Patagonia Desert
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Natural Geography

What area does the Sahara cover?

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Most of northern Africa

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Natural Geography

What area does the Arabian Desert cover?

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Most of the Arabian Peninsula

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Natural Geography

What area does the Gobi Desert cover?

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A large region across the Mongolian-Chinese border

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Natural Geography

What area does the Kalahari Desert cover?

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Mostly Botswana and parts of Namibia

(southern Africa)

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Natural Geography

What area does the Great Victoria Desert cover?

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A strip of south-central Australia

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Natural Geography

What area does the Patagonia Desert cover?

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The southern half of Argentina

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Natural Geography

What are the four hot deserts of North America?

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The Mojave;

the Sonoran Desert

the Baja Californian Desert

the Chihuahuan Desert

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Natural Geography

Describe the area covered by the Himalayas.

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Natural Geography

Describe the area covered by the Alps.

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The Atlas mountain range

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Natural Geography

Describe the area covered by the Atlas mountain range.

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Natural Geography

What mountain range is found in northwestern Africa?

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The Atlas mountain range

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Natural Geography

What mountain range is found along the mid-western edge of South America?

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The Andes

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Natural Geography

The Rockies extend from what northern point to what southern point?

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Parts of British Colombia to parts of New Mexico

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Natural Geography

Describe the area covered by the Karakoram mountain range?

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Natural Geography

Where is the Great Dividing Range (a mountain range)?

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The entire eastern coast of Australia

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Natural Geography

The Ural mountains are found where?

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Bisecting the more European side of russia from the more Asian side

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Natural Geography

What mountain range runs along the eastern coast of the U.S.?

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The Appalachians

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Natural Geography

What mountain range is found in the northwestern coast of the U.S.?

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The Cascades

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Natural Geography

Name three smaller mountain ranges found in the northeastern area of the United States at the superior portion of the Appalachian range.

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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)?

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The Caucasus

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Natural Geography

What mountain range is found in Missouri and Arkansas?

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The Ozarks

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# Natural Geography Describe the path of the Nile.
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# Natural Geography Describe the path of the Amazon.
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# Natural Geography Describe the path of the Congo.
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# Natural Geography Describe the path of the Paraná River.
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# Natural Geography Describe the path of the Mekong River.
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# Natural Geography Describe the path of the Ganges River.
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# Natural Geography Describe the path of the Yukon River.
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# Natural Geography Describe the path of the Rio Grande.
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# Natural Geography Describe the paths of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers.
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# Natural Geography Describe the paths of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
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# Natural Geography Describe the path of the Indus River.
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# Natural Geography Describe the path of the Amur River.
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# Natural Geography Describe the path of the Lena River.
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# Natural Geography Describe the path of the Yenisey River.
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# Natural Geography Describe the path of the Ob River.
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# Natural Geography Describe the path of the Volga River.
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# Natural Geography Describe the path of the Danube River.
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# Natural Geography Describe the path of the Volga River.
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# Natural Geography What is the highest peak in Asia?
**Everest** | (Himalayas)
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# Natural Geography What is the highest peak of North America?
**Denali** | (Alaskan range)
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# Natural Geography What is the highest peak of South America?
**Aconcagua** | (Andes range)
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# Natural Geography What is the highest peak of Africa?
**Kilimanjaro** | (free-standing in Tanzania)
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# Natural Geography What is the highest peak of Antarctica?
**Vinson**
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# Natural Geography What is the highest peak of Oceania?
**Puncak Jaya** | (New Guinea)
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# Natural Geography What are the two highest peaks of Europe?
**Mount Elbrus** (Caucasus range) **Mount Blanc** (Alps range)
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# Natural Geography What is the highest peak of Australia?
**Kosciuszko** | (Snowy Mountains range)
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# Natural Geography How tall is Mt. Everest?
29,029 feet
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# Natural Geography How deep is the Mariana Trench?
36,036 feet
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# Natural Geography The vast majority of the 100 highest peaks on earth are in which mountain ranges?
Himalayas; Karakoram
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# Natural Geography What are the three highest peaks in the world?
1. Everest 2. K2 3. Kangchenjunga
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# Natural Geography Name the five oceans of the world.
Arctic Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern
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# 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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# Natural Geography 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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# Natural Geography 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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# Natural Geography What body of water surrounds the Bering Strait?
The Bering Sea
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# Natural Geography What body of water separates Japan and China?
The **Sea of Japan** (East Sea)
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# Natural Geography What body of water is in the western 'crook' of the African continent?
The Gulf of Guinea
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# Natural Geography What body of water separates Australia and New Zealand?
The **Tasman Sea**
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# Natural Geography What body of water separates Canada and Greenland?
Baffin Bay
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# Natural Geography What body of water lies above Alaska and western Canada?
The **Beaufort Sea**
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# Natural Geography What body of water lies surrounds the Caribbean islands?
The **Caribbean Sea**
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# Natural Geography What body of water is north of the Caribbean islands?
The **Sargasso Sea**
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# Natural Geography What body of water is amidst the Indonesian islands?
The **Java Sea**
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# Natural Geography What body of water lies north of Spain and west of France?
The **Bay of Biscay**
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# Natural Geography What body of water lies east of the U.K.?
The **North Sea**
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# Natural Geography What body of water is semi-contained between the Nordic states and the rest of Europe?
The **Baltic Sea**
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# Natural Geography Where is Lake Victoria?
Tanzania and Uganda
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# Natural Geography What are the names of the five individual Great Lakes?
Superior Erie, Ontario, Huron, Michigan
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# Natural Geography From east to west, what are the names of the five largest Hawaiian islands? **HMMOK**
Hawaii, Maui, Molokai, Oahu, Kauai

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