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  • A. Thimphu, Bhutan
  • B. Bogotá, Colombia
  • C. La Paz, Bolivia
  • D. Quito, Ecuador

Explanation: La Paz (about 3,640 m) is the world's highest seat of government.

Correct answer: La Paz, Bolivia
  • A. Lake Van
  • B. Great Salt Lake
  • C. Lake Baikal
  • D. Lake Titicaca

Explanation: Lake Titicaca (about 3,812 m) on the Peru–Bolivia border is the highest large navigable lake.

Correct answer: Lake Titicaca
  • A. Bonneville Salt Flats
  • B. Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
  • C. Etosha Pan
  • D. Salar de Atacama

Explanation: Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni (about 10,000 sq km) is the largest salt flat on Earth.

Correct answer: Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
  • A. The Arabian Desert
  • B. The Kalahari
  • C. The Sahara
  • D. The Gobi

Explanation: The Sahara (about 9.2 million sq km) is the largest hot desert.

Correct answer: The Sahara
  • A. Mulu Caves, Malaysia
  • B. Carlsbad Caverns, USA
  • C. Mammoth Cave, USA
  • D. Hang Sơn Đoòng, Vietnam

Explanation: Vietnam's Hang Sơn Đoòng is the largest known cave passage by volume.

Correct answer: Hang Sơn Đoòng, Vietnam
  • A. The Amazon Rainforest
  • B. The Congo Rainforest
  • C. The Daintree
  • D. The Valdivian forest

Explanation: The Amazon is by far the largest tropical rainforest on Earth.

Correct answer: The Amazon Rainforest
  • A. The New Caledonia Reef
  • B. The Great Barrier Reef
  • C. The Red Sea reefs
  • D. The Belize Barrier Reef

Explanation: Australia's Great Barrier Reef, about 2,300 km long, is the largest coral reef system.

Correct answer: The Great Barrier Reef
  • A. Sumatra
  • B. Madagascar
  • C. Greenland
  • D. Borneo

Explanation: Greenland (about 2.16 million sq km) is the world's largest island.

Correct answer: Greenland
  • A. The Mississippi
  • B. The Amazon
  • C. The Yangtze
  • D. The Nile

Explanation: The Nile (about 6,650 km) is traditionally regarded as the world's longest river.

Correct answer: The Nile
  • A. The Ganga
  • B. The Amazon
  • C. The Orinoco
  • D. The Congo

Explanation: The Amazon discharges about a fifth of all river water reaching the oceans.

Correct answer: The Amazon
  • A. The Lena
  • B. The Mekong
  • C. The Yangtze
  • D. The Ganga

Explanation: The Yangtze (about 6,300 km) is Asia's longest river.

Correct answer: The Yangtze
  • A. The Yukon
  • B. The Rio Grande
  • C. The Missouri
  • D. The Mississippi

Explanation: The Missouri (about 3,767 km) is the longest river in the United States.

Correct answer: The Missouri
  • A. The Chenab
  • B. The Kabul
  • C. The Jhelum
  • D. The Indus

Explanation: The Indus (about 3,180 km) is Pakistan's longest river.

Correct answer: The Indus
  • A. The Murray
  • B. The Darling
  • C. The Murrumbidgee
  • D. The Lachlan

Explanation: The Murray (about 2,508 km) is Australia's longest river.

Correct answer: The Murray
  • A. The Yangtze
  • B. The Congo
  • C. The Mekong
  • D. The Amazon

Explanation: The Congo plunges over 220 m deep in places, the deepest of any river.

Correct answer: The Congo
  • A. The Indus
  • B. The Brahmaputra
  • C. The Ganga
  • D. The Godavari

Explanation: The Ganga (about 2,525 km) is India's longest river flowing mostly inside the country.

Correct answer: The Ganga
  • A. The Caspian Sea
  • B. Lake Superior
  • C. Lake Victoria
  • D. Lake Huron

Explanation: The Caspian Sea (about 371,000 sq km) is the largest lake by area.

Correct answer: The Caspian Sea
  • A. Lake Baikal
  • B. Lake Superior
  • C. Lake Michigan
  • D. Lake Victoria

Explanation: Lake Superior (about 82,100 sq km) is the largest freshwater lake by surface area.

Correct answer: Lake Superior
  • A. Lake Vostok
  • B. Lake Tanganyika
  • C. Lake Baikal
  • D. The Caspian Sea

Explanation: Siberia's Lake Baikal reaches 1,642 m deep.

Correct answer: Lake Baikal
  • A. Lake Superior
  • B. Lake Tanganyika
  • C. The Caspian Sea
  • D. Lake Baikal

Explanation: Lake Baikal holds about 20% of the world's unfrozen surface fresh water.

Correct answer: Lake Baikal