Rivers, mountains and landscapes
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Questions
- 1Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth above sea level, is in which mountain range?
- AThe Himalayas
- BThe Andes
- CThe Alps
- DThe Rocky Mountains
- 2Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which mountain is the second highest in the world above sea level?
- AMont Blanc
- BKilimanjaro
- CAconcagua
- DK2
- 3True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Measured from its base on the sea floor, Mauna Kea in Hawaii is taller than Mount Everest.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 4Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which is the longest mountain range on land?
- AThe Andes
- BThe Himalayas
- CThe Rocky Mountains
- DThe Alps
- 5Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which mountain range stretches across Switzerland, Austria, France and Italy?
- AThe Pyrenees
- BThe Carpathians
- CThe Urals
- DThe Alps
- 6True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Many waterfalls form where a river flows over a band of hard rock lying on top of softer rock.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 7Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The Ganges and the Brahmaputra join in Bangladesh and flow into which sea?
- AThe Arabian Sea
- BThe Red Sea
- CThe Caspian Sea
- DThe Bay of Bengal
- 8Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The Brahmaputra River begins high up on which plateau?
- AThe Deccan Plateau
- BThe Tibetan Plateau
- CThe Colorado Plateau
- DThe Iranian Plateau
- 9Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which great river flows across China and reaches the sea near the city of Shanghai?
- AThe Mekong
- BThe Ganges
- CThe Yangtze
- DThe Danube
- 10Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which major river flows south through the middle of the USA and past the city of New Orleans?
- AThe Colorado
- BThe Rio Grande
- CThe Mississippi
- DThe St. Lawrence
- 11Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which river begins in the Swiss Alps and flows through Germany and the Netherlands to the North Sea?
- AThe Danube
- BThe Rhône
- CThe Seine
- DThe Rhine
- 12True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The source of a river is the place where it flows into the sea.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 13Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Where a river meets the sea, it can drop mud and sand and build fan-shaped land like in the picture. What is this landform called?

- AA meander
- BA delta
- CAn oxbow lake
- DA waterfall
- 14Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The sand dunes in the picture are in the largest hot desert on Earth, in northern Africa. What is this desert called?

- AThe Sahara
- BThe Gobi
- CThe Kalahari
- DThe Atacama
- 15True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The Sahara is covered entirely by sand dunes.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 16Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The huge waterfall in the picture lies on the Zambezi River in southern Africa. What is it called?

- ANiagara Falls
- BVictoria Falls
- CAngel Falls
- DIguazu Falls
- 17Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which lake, in Siberia, is the deepest lake in the world?
- ALake Victoria
- BLake Superior
- CLake Baikal
- DLake Titicaca
- 18Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The huge mass of ice in the picture moves slowly down the valley. What is it called?

- AA glacier
- BAn iceberg
- CAn avalanche
- DA fjord
- 19Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The long, narrow inlet of sea between steep cliffs in the picture was carved by a glacier. What is it called?

- AA delta
- BA canyon
- CA fjord
- DA lagoon
- 20Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The river in the picture winds in big loops across a flat valley. What are these loops called?

- ADeltas
- BMeanders
- CGorges
- DRapids
