NAQT-You Gotta Know Geography

One of the "Three Holy Mountains" of Japan, it last erupted in 1707.

Rising from springs near Mount Hermon, it eventually ends in the Dead Sea. 80% of its water is diverted for human use

The primary source of conflictin the War of the Pacific due to the nitrate resources its in the rain shadow of the Andes

The 3rd longest river in the world, the damming by the Three Gorges Dam displaced 1.5M people and buried 1300 sites

Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness depicts the cruel conditions where this river is located. It begins in Lualaba.

The tallet mountain in the world at 29,000 it was first climbed by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953

Eastern border of historic mesopotamia, home of the Sumer and Akkad, it joins to make the Shatt-al-Arab

Known for the colorful banded rock formations, it is shared by the Grand Canyon and Petrified National Forest

In Hawaiian mythology, the volcano is the home of the fire goddess Pele.

The southernmost active volcano in the world, it sits on Ross Island.

It forms the Transvaal's border with Botswana and Zimbabwe, deforestation contributed to massive flooding in 2000

The holiest river in Hinduism, it begins in the Himalayas, with 1 in 12 humans living in its basin

It killed 57 people during the May 1980 eruption, it lost 1300 feet in height. Lahars reached the way to the Columbia.

Roald Amundsen was the first to reach in 1911, the tallest mountain is Vinson Massif and is surrounded by the Ross Sea

The triangular desert of the southern half of Israel

The only active volcano on mainland Europe, it is most notable for the burial of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae

The delta of this river is one of the most important rice-growing regions in the world its name is derived from elephant

The 2nd largest desert, but the largest hot desert, the Berber are native to the area. The Atlas Mtns border the North

The southernmost of the Great Rift Valley Lakes, it is known for the hundreds of species of endemic fish, esp. cichlids

Inside is the Rudall River and Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park where Ayers Rock is located

Where in Africa is the Niger River located?

The volcano that plays a significant role in ancient Greek myths, it is also the site of Hephaestus's forge.

The Nisqually Glacier, on the SW slope of this mountain, is used to track climate change. It is the 5th national park.

The 2nd largest lake in Africa and 2nd deepest lake in the world, it contains 7x as much water as Lake Victoria

A large region in South Africa, it is known for its red sand and large game reserves; its people speak a click language

The Aswan High Dam, which forms Lake Nasser, is found on this river, commonly believed to be the longest in the world

Considered the most inhospitable place on earth and known for the world's largest oil field Ghawar

Where is Lake Victoria located?

Lake Volta is located in this country due south of Burkina Faso.

The 1883 eruption killed 35,000 people and produced the loudest sound ever.

Flowing for 1000 miles from Angola, the river terminates in a massive inland swamp, home to massive amount of wildlife.

Bounded on the north by the Altai Mts known for the Silk Road trading route and the Nemegt Basin where dinosaur eggs are

Located in the Zambales Mountains in the Phillippines, the 1991 eruption lowered global temperatures 1 degree F.

This river forms the Laos-Thailand border, flows into Cambodia, and enters the ocean south of Ho Chi Minh City.

Also called Qogir, Ketu & Mt Godwin-Austen it contains House's Chimney and Black Pyramid are features

Thought to be the oldest desert in the world, it is a coastal desert known for the Welwitschia and Hoodle plants

A large region in South Africa, it is known for its red sand and large game reserves; its people speak a click language

Where does the Zambezi River begin?

This river begins in the Tibetan Himalayas until it joins with the Ganges to form the world's largest delta

This ancient river has changed course several times, leaving ruins in the desert where cities were abandoned.

The surface area of this lake has been reduced by 90% in 1960s due to droughts and diversions, the lake is very shallow

When it erupted in 1942, four months after Pearl Harbor, the US government gagged the press from reporting.

This river is responsible for one of the world's earliest urban areas whose main cities were Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa

The lack of precipitation, not temperature defines, this biome

It is between the Great Basin and the Sonoran Desert it has Death Valley and is strongly associated with the Joshua Tree