Statistics for United States Physical Geography

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
9,910 sq mi	Lake Erie	97%
22,300 sq mi	Lake Michigan	97%
31,700 sq mi	Lake Superior	96%
2,202mi	Mississippi	94%
23,000 sq mi	Lake Huron	92%
7,340 sq mi	Lake Ontario	92%
3,000 mi	Rocky Mountains	90%
2,341mi	Missouri	89%
1,450mi	Colorado	87%
Famous valley located in this desert	Death Valley	87%
1,500 mi	Appalachian Mountains	85%
Biggest island in New York	Long Island	84%
An US State	Florida Peninsula	83%
4,028 sq mi	Hawai'i (The Big Island)	82%
New York	Hudson River	80%
Biggest Waterfalls in North America	Niagara Falls	78%
Gateway for immigrants	Ellis Island	77%
597 sq mi	O'ahu	77%
	Yellowstone Falls	77%
Supervolcano under a National Park	Yellowstone Supervolcano	77%
20,310ft	Denali	75%
Islands in New York City	Manhattan Island	75%
Cincinnati	Ohio River	75%
Major 1980 eruption	Mount St. Helens	74%
	Staten Island	74%
Swampy wetlands in southern Florida	Everglades	72%
Washington, D.C.	Potomac River	70%
210 sq mi	Guam	68%
Seattle	Puget Sound	68%
1,759mi	Rio Grande	68%
Largest salt water lake in the Western Hemisphere	Great Salt Lake	67%
other name for 1)	Mount McKinley	67%
737 sq mi	Maui	66%
The northeast	New England	66%
Lake straddles the border between California and Nevada	Lake Tahoe	65%
3,515 sq mi	Puerto Rico	65%
Hint: Oakland, CA	San Francisco Bay	64%
Broad expanse of flat land; stretching from Canada to Texas	Great Plains	63%
Where the Packers play	Green Bay	63%
Driest desert in North America, near Las Vegas	Mojave Desert	62%
	California	59%
Island on which the Statue of Liberty is located	Liberty Island	59%
400 mi	Sierra Nevada	58%
Hint: Maryland and Virginia	Chesapeake Bay	56%
	Upper Peninsula	56%
Located on the northwest coast of the US	Cascade Range	54%
Region in southwest Alaska	Alaska Peninsula	53%
Tallest mountain range in the United States	Alaska Range	53%
Two biggest peninsulas in Michigan	Lower Peninsula	51%
Located mostly in Missouri and Arkansas	Ozarks	51%
Two highest peaks in Hawaii	Mauna Kea	50%
Highest peak in Washington	Mount Rainier	48%
Phoenix	Salt River	48%
	Yosemite Falls	48%
Hint: St. Petersburg, FL	Tampa Bay	47%
"There was once a man from ________"	Nantucket	46%
LA, MS, AL, GA	Deep South	45%
Potentially active volcano, as well the highest peak in Oregon	Mount Hood	44%
Highest peak in California	Mount Whitney	44%
A cape that can be viewed as a peninsula	Cape Cod	42%
Hint: Greater Houston, city devastated by a 1900 hurricane	Galveston Bay	42%
	Louisiana	42%
Largest freshwater lake in Florida	Lake Okeechobee	41%
	Mauna Loa	41%
1,979mi	Yukon	41%
Located in Nevada and Utah, endorheic basin	Great Basin	38%
Covers the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico	Sonoran Desert	38%
Biggest island in Alaska	Kodiak Island	35%
Largest reservoir in the US	Lake Mead	34%
Mountain range in northeast New York	Adirondacks	32%
552 sq mi	Kaua'i	32%
Where Olympic National Park is located	Olympic Peninsula	32%
Sacramento	Sacramento River	31%
Unusual gypsum dune field in New Mexico	White Sands	29%
Delaware is mostly located here	Delmarva Peninsula	27%
Brackish estuary close to New Orleans	Lake Pontchartrain	26%
Highest peak in Colorado	Mount Elbert	26%
Denver	South Platte River	25%
Hint: Santa Cruz, CA	Monterey Bay	22%
Portland	Willamette River	22%
Highest peak in Wyoming	Gannett Peak	16%
Connects ^ with the Pacific Ocean	Golden Gate	15%
Hint: Malibu, CA	Santa Monica Bay	15%
Lowest point (-279ft)	Badwater Basin	14%
Lagoon near Miami, FL	Biscayne Bay	14%
Atlanta	Chattahoochee River	13%
Dallas	Trinity River	13%
18,009 ft	Mount Saint Elias	12%
Anchorage	Cook Inlet	10%
In this peninsula is Nome, AK located	Seward Peninsula	10%
17,400 ft	Mount Foraker	6%
In Los Angeles County	Palos Verdes Peninsula	6%