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Landforms by Country Quiz

Guess the country in which these geographical landforms are located.
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First submittedJune 26, 2012
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Landform
Country
Mount Everest
Nepal / China
Mississippi River
United States
Mount Fuji
Japan
Hudson Bay
Canada
Mount Vesuvius
Italy
Lake Baikal
Russia
Lake Managua
Nicaragua
Yellow River
China
Mount Kilimanjaro
Tanzania
Nile Delta
Egypt
Mount Aconcagua
Argentina
Landform
Country
River Cam
United Kingdom
Uluru
Australia
Yucatán Peninsula
Mexico
Carstensz Pyramid
Indonesia
Black Forest
Germany
Costa del Sol
Spain
Cape Horn
Chile
Angel Falls
Venezuela
K2
Pakistan
Bay of Pigs
Cuba
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Level 71
Aug 11, 2012
But Kilimanjaro is on the border between Tanzania and Kenya, and similarly Elbrus between Russia and Georgia.
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Level 55
Feb 11, 2013
All of Kilimanjaro (including its lower slopes) is in Tanzania.
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Level 14
Jun 27, 2013
And I thought Mt.Everest was split between China and Nepal.
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Level 88
Apr 25, 2019
The summit is both countries.
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Level 47
Jul 19, 2016
Have lived in Tanzania my whole life. Kilimanjaro is definitely completely in Tanzania. You have to drive a good 5 hours to reach the border of Kenya from the town (Moshi) where Kilimanjaro is located.
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Level 65
Apr 8, 2020
5 hours? I agree it completely in tanzania, but measured from the summit it is less than 20km to the kenyan border (as the crow flies). Hard to determine/define where at the bottom the mountain starts, but obviously it is less than that (there is an inclination already starting at the border (and even before that, you can check it if you select a walking route on google maps). In 5 hours a normal person could wálk a further distance than that, about 25 km.

(Even from moshi it is only 30 km to the border which yes is at the foot of kilimanjaro, but quite a random point to start measuring from, because the kenyan border is closer on the other side of mount kilimanjaro).

Your cars must drive very slowly and with a lot of detour if walking gets you there faster (and if we assume the distance from the foot of the mountain is in the region of 12,5 km they could actually walk there ánd back!)

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Level 65
Apr 8, 2020
I did some more digging, pretty sure you measured from Nairobi Which is about a 5 hour drive. (But nairobi is quite a long way from the tanzanian border. I don't understand how you could have mixed that up seeing as you life in tanzania)
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Level 69
Aug 28, 2016
Kenyan here. I can most definitely confirm that it's indeed in Tanzania. No one in Kenya considers it a Kenyan feature.
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Level 52
Mar 13, 2020
Elbrus is completely in Russia, as it is located about 10 km north of Main Caucasus Ridge, and border lies right on the Main ridge. I've been there personally.
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Level 65
Apr 8, 2020
The Caucasus moutainrange is indeed on the border, but mount elbrus is definitely on the russian side, like molo indicated it it 10 km from the Greorgian border.
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Level 80
Sep 7, 2022
American here, and I can tell you with absolute certainty that these mountains are on earth.
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Level 35
May 13, 2014
I'm really surprised at how many people got Nepal right...
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Level 52
Apr 16, 2021
its everest, everyone knows that
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Level 75
Jul 10, 2014
Everest is on the Nepal/Tibet (sorry, China) border
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Level 55
Oct 7, 2014
Why? Virtually everyone you hear who climbs Everest, not to mention the Sherpa strike, etc., is from the Nepal side.
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Level 43
Jul 18, 2016
So what? Nobody climbs from the north side means the north side does not exist?
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Level 57
Mar 15, 2020
Dude Tibet is part of China....
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Level 65
Apr 8, 2020
did you miss him saying china ?
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Level 66
Nov 9, 2021
littleman, he knows, obviously.
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Level 76
Apr 5, 2015
Isn't Puncak Jaya a better known name for Carstensz Pyramid?
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Level 77
Nov 17, 2015
"Puncak Jaya" gives the country away easily. Maybe the point is for it to be a bit harder?
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Level 75
Jul 18, 2016
I never heard of either one. For some reason I always forget about Indonesia - I mentally go through all the continents and skip over it because it isn't attached.
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Level 82
Sep 26, 2016
Forgetting about Indonesia is probably something to work on - it is the world's fourth most populous nation after all, which makes it somewhat significant as these things go.
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Level 65
Dec 9, 2019
Well carstensz gave the dutch connection away, so it would only be slightly harder.
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Level 40
May 18, 2017
I've heard more of Carstensz Pyramid
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Level 56
Nov 29, 2015
Phew! Got there eventually. But with a few guesses along the way...
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Level 86
Jul 18, 2016
Why is Carstensz Pyramid considered the highest mountain in Oceania if it's in Indonesia - an Asian country?
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Level 43
Jul 18, 2016
But in island in Oceania.... complicated...
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Level 53
Sep 9, 2016
It's part of the same plaque, it the sea level is lowered Indonesia clearly belongs the same "continent" in which Australia is located
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Level 82
Sep 26, 2016
Carstensz Pyramid is in New Guinea, but the half controlled by Indonesia. Whilst most of Indonesia is indeed in Asia, the divide is usually drawn along the Wallace Line, which places the island of New Guinea in Oceania (or Australasia - Oceania is a region rather than a continent). Just like Turkey and Russia, Indonesia is a transcontinental nation.
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Level 66
Jul 18, 2016
Going thru wild guesses on Cam River, appreciate credit for UK when I started to try Ukraine!
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Level 31
Jul 21, 2016
I'm not surprised that not many got it. Only got it myself because I have family in Cambridge. I suppose Severn or Thames would be too easy.
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Level 75
Jul 28, 2016
Cam Bridge - easy when you think about it!
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Level 43
Feb 21, 2017
Of course, when Americans hear Cambridge, they think, Massachusetts. Harvard is there.
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Level 79
Apr 3, 2017
I hear that Cambridge in the UK now has a university too.
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Level 29
Sep 26, 2020
Well since 900 years ago but yeah sure 😀
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Level 67
Jul 18, 2016
K2 is on the Pakistani and Chinese border
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Level 88
Apr 25, 2019
China actually qualifies for 3 answers here: The Yangtze, Everest and K2.
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Level 72
Jul 18, 2016
Shouldn't Belize and Guatemala be allowed for the Yucatan? Not sure about the rules of the quiz.
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Level 71
May 8, 2017
A peninsula is a piece of land surrounded on three sides by water, Yucatan is that in Mexico, the little bit of that peninsula that Belize touches is just a coastline. Guatemala even has it's coast on the Pacific Ocean, plus a tiny line of coast near Honduras. see ... ... https://www.google.com.au/maps/@19.5272673,-93.621201,6z
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Level 82
Feb 13, 2020
That seems a bit like saying an island is completely surrounded by water, so Haiti and the Dominican Republic can't be said to be on an island, since their part has a land border. The Yucatan is a peninsula regardless of where you draw borders and if a country has land on that peninsula, then said peninsula is (in part) in that country. Borders don't change physical geography.
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Level 60
Jul 29, 2020
Actually, how exactly is the border of Yucatan peninsula defined? The western part is obviously at the little bay where Ciudad del Carmen is located, but where is the eastern border? If you go southeast towards the sharp corner of the coast near lake Izabal, then yes, Guatemala and Belize should count too. But if it is straight east towards the city of Chetumal, then the answer would be only Mexico. You could make arguments for both, so I would certainly be interested to know which one is right.
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Level 66
Jul 18, 2016
everest is in china!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Level 84
Jul 18, 2016
The rest of the lemur community disagrees. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest
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Level 84
Jun 11, 2017
Mt. Everest is in Cyprus, which is technically part of Oceania.
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Level 88
Apr 25, 2019
What's with all the high level lemurs here?
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Level 65
Jul 18, 2016
Please list Carstensz Pyramid as Puncak Jaya. Carstensz Pyramid is as obsolete as referring to Zimbabwe as Southern Rhodesia.
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Level 66
Dec 5, 2017
Never knew I had a River Named After Me!
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Level 29
Sep 26, 2020
What, yellow?
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Level 55
Mar 26, 2021
CAM
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Level 56
Mar 15, 2020
for K2 accept India also as it is in the disputed region
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Level 55
Mar 26, 2021
Does The Carstenz Pyramid not include parts of PNG as well?
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Level 37
Jul 3, 2021
Im from India and according to the Indian government and google maps in India K2 is in Kashmir a state in India. Pakistan puts K2 in their country due to the dispute between the borders of kashmir.Could you please accept India For K2
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Level 63
Jan 16, 2023
no, learn to accept the de-facto boundaries. I'm Indian and simply don't care.
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Level 72
Feb 21, 2023
K2 is controlled by Pakistan. As for Google Maps, Google Maps changes its approach to favor whatever country the user is in.
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Level 70
Dec 4, 2022
This is kinda stupid but there is a Mississippi River in Canada.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River_(Ontario)

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Level 63
Apr 19, 2023
There is more than one Mississippi River.
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Level 72
Nov 14, 2023
Did you have trouble trying to figure out which one they were looking for?