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ACF Geography
Geography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Has dispute about Chobe River. Bordered by Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. Formerly known as Bechuanaland. Capital is Gabarone on Limpopo River. | Botswana |
| Has Bie and Huila plateaus. Rivers include Cunene, Kasai, Okavango, and Kwango. Has enclave at Cabinda. Other city of Namibe. Had civil war between UNITA, FNLA, and MPLA. Capital is Luanda. | Angola |
| Named after American pilot. Located inside Canaima National Park in Venezuala on Charun river. On top of Mt Auyan Tepui. Highest waterfall in the world. | Angel Falls |
| Escondida mine is here. Nearest cities are Calama and Antofagasta. Big source of sodium nitrate and copper. Incredibly dry desert in Chile. | Atacama Desert |
| Home to Auyuittuq National Park and Foxe Basin. Near Melville Peninsula. Separated from Greenland by the Davis Strait and from mainland Canada by the Hudson Strait. Largest city is Iqaluit. Largest island in Canada and 5th largest in world. | Baffin Island |
| Known in classical times for slingers. Other islands are Formentera and Ibiza. Its capital is Palma. Island group containing Minorca and Mallorca. | Balearic Islands |
| Klungkung monarchs ruled until 1908. Highest point is Mt Agung. Capital is Denpasar and other cities include Kuta. Indonesian Hindu island located within the Lesser Sunda Islands and east of Java. Site of terrorist bombings in 2002. | Bali |
| Borders are Sarstun River in the south and the Hondo River in the north. Fomerly known as British Honduras. Capital is Belmopan. | Belize |
| Connected to Kerch Strait, Sea of Azov, the Bosporus and Sea of Marmara. Inland sea surrounds Crimean peninsula, next to Turkey, Russia, and Ukraine. | Black Sea |
| Rivers are Kapuas and Barito. Highest point is Mt Kinabalu. Dyaks live in Kalimantan. Big city is Balikpapan. Malay states are Sabah and Sarawak. 3rd largest island shared by Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia. | Borneo |
| In Tibet, known as Tsang-po. In India, known as Dihang. Navigable near Dibrugarh. Splits into Jamuna River. River starts in Tibet, flows thru China, and to Bangladesh and empties into the Bay of Bengal forming a massive delta with the Ganges. | Brahmaputra |
| The Hecate Strait separates it from Queen Charlotte Islands. Fraser River is major river. North of San Juan de Fuca Strait. Capital is Victoria and largest city is Vancouver. | British Columbia |
| Other islands include Peter Islands. Its main islands include Jost van Dyke, Anegada and Tortola. Capital is Road Town. | British Virgin Islands |
| Known to the Romans as Armorica. Nominoe was 1st duke. Has island of Ushant. Between English Channel and Bay of Biscay. French region with cities of Brest, Nantes, and Rennes. | Brittany |
| Has Casa Rosada or Pink House. Citizens call themselves portenos. Largest city and capital of Argentina. | Buenos Aires |
| Sub ranges include Litte, White, Leitha, and Tatras. High point is Gerlach Peak in Slovakia. Mountain range from Bratislava to the Iron Gate in Romania. | Carpathians |
| Taxis knowns as blue donkeys. Shango Hall built in Finland sent here. AKA Finfinnie. Oromo name = new flower. @ base of Entoto Mtns.Founded by Menelik II. HQ of OAU. Capital of Ethiopia | Addis Ababa |
| 1st pres Abderrahman killed in 1989.Mt Karthala is here. Mwali, Nzwani& Ngazidja. Northern end of the Mozambique channel. Claims Mayotte.Capital Moroni. | Comoros |
| Other islands:Farquhar Group,Aldabra,Silhouette,Praslin, and La Digue.Speak Siselwa, English & French. Capitol Victoria on Mahe in Indian Ocean NE of Madagascar. | Seychelles |
| Highest mtn:Pica Turquino. Isla de la Juventud is 2nd island. Sabana-Camageuy archipelago.Guantanamo Bay.Capital Havana. | Cuba |
| It flows from Delgado Chalbaud mountain (Parima Range) to the Delta Amacuro into the Gulf of Paria.Joins Amazon (via the Casiquiare and Esmerelda) thru the Llanos & via Rio Negro & is mostly in Venezuela | Orinoco River |
| maj river:tipitapa joins 2 big lakes.oth cities:bluefields&granada.n border:coco river.s border:san juan river.former capital:leon.has mosquito coast.has largest lk in c amer.btw honduras&costa rica.capital:managua | Nicaragua |
| n cities on river:bhamo&myitkina.formed confluence mali&nwai rivers.chief tributary:chindwin.thru arakan&pegu mtns.sanskrit=elephant.flows thru mandalay&rangoon&henzada.empties in andaman sea.maj river of burma | Irrawaddy River |
| farthest e is cape andreas.maj cities:famagusta.Kyrenia mtns north,Trodos Mtns in center.island divided btw greeks&turks@green line.capitol:nicosia | Cyprus |
| highest pt:mt cinto.n of sardinia and strait of bonifacio.main base of french foreign legion.capital:ajaccio.pob for napoleon | Corsica |
| largest stream here is kerulen river.yulduz valley had 1st dinosaur eggs.bordered by tianshan mtns in w and khingan range in e.desert in mong&china | Gobi Desert |
| highest pt:baldy mtn.rivers:nelson,churchill.oth cities:brandon,gimli,flin flon.has lake of the woods w/mn.capital:winnipeg | Mantioba |
| dispute w/chad over aouzou strip.oth cities:benghazi&tobruk.3 regions:fazan&cyrneiaca.capital:tripoli | Libya |
| has nkhata bay.ruhuhu river goes into it.2 islands likoma&chizumulu.creates lk malombe.drained by shire river.next to tanzania and mozam.e afr lake named after country.aka lk nyasa | Lake Malawi |
| largest lk:Issyk-Kul.highest mtn:Jengish Chokusu.largest river:naryn& chu.other cities:osh.capital:bishkek | Kyrgyzstan |
| Malawi | |
| Red Sea | |
| Tien Shan | |
| Tierra del Fuego | |
| Togo | |
| Tonga | |
| Turkmenistan | |
| Tuvalu | |
| Ural Mountains | |
| Vienna or Wien | |
| White Sea | |
| Yukon River | |
| Zambezi River | |
| Aral Sea | |
| Armenia | |
| Bangladesh | |
| Belfast [or Béal Feirste] | |
| Cambodia | |
| Cardiff | |
| Colombia | |
| Colorado River | |
| Columbia river | |
| Congo (or Zaire) River | |
| County Cork | |
| County Donegal | |
| Djibouti | |
| Drakensberg Mountains | |
| Dresden | |
| Dublin, Ireland [or Baile Atha Cliath] | |
| Ethiopia | |
| Falkland Islands or Islas Malvinas | |
| Galapagos | |
| Ghana | |
| Great Sandy Desert | |
| Guatemala | |
| Guinea-Conakry | |
| Helsinki | |
| Hindu Kush | |
| Honduras | |
| Indus | |
| Iran | |
| Johannesburg | |
| Kansas | |
| Kingdom of Bhutan | |
| Lake Baikal | |
| Lake Chad | |
| Lake Champlain | |
| Lake Geneva | |
| Lake Ladoga | |
| lake Nicaragua | |
| Lake Superior | |
| Lake Victoria | |
| Laos | |
| Lena River | |
| Malta | |
| Mariana(s) Trench | |
| Mauritania | |
| Mekong River | |
| Mount Kosciusko | |
| Nagorno-Karabakh | |
| Namibia | |
| New Guinea | |
| Oder River | |
| Papua New Guinea | |
| Parana River | |
| Piedmont | |
| Portland, Oregon | |
| Punjab | |
| Red River(s) | |
| Rio de Janeiro | |
| Sacramento River | |
| Sakhalin | |
| Schleswig-Holstein | |
| Seattle | |
| Senegal | |
| Snake River | |
| South Dakota | |
| Sri Lanka [or Ceylon] | |
| Suriname | |
| Tajikistan | |
| Tasmania | |
| the Shannon River | |
| Wales |
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