GeoBee Winning Questions

1989

Name the flat intermontane area located at an elevation of about 10,000 feet (3,050 m) in the central Andes.

1990

Mount Erebus is a volcano on which continent?

1991

What type of landform is commonly associated with orographic precipitation?

1992

Many coastal countries have established so-called EEZs—areas extending 200 nautical miles (370 km) from shore over which countries have sovereign rights for resource exploration. What do the initials EEZ stand for?

1993

Tagalog is one of the three main native languages of which island country in Asia?

1994

The Tagus River roughly divides which European country into two agricultural regions, grain and potatoes in the north, and grapes in the south?

1995

Pashto and Dari are the official languages of which mountainous, landlocked country in southwestern Asia?

1996

Name the European co-principality whose heads of state are the President of France and the Bishop of Urgell.

1997

Asia's most densely populated country has about three million people and an area of less than 250 square miles (400 km²). Name this country.

1998

More than 80 million people live in the European Union's most populous member country. Name this country.

1999

The condition characterized by unusually cold ocean temperature in the equatorial region of the eastern Pacific Ocean is known by what Spanish name?

2000

Name two of the three largest sections of Denmark, which include its mainland peninsula and two largest islands.

2001

Below the equilibrium line of glaciers there is a region of melting, evaporation, and sublimation. Name this zone.

2002

Lop Nur, a marshy depression at the east end of the Tarim Basin, is a nuclear test site for which country?

2003

Goa, a state in southwestern India, was a possession of which country until 1961?

2004

Peshawar, a city in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, has had strategic importance for centuries because of its location near what historic pass?

2005

Lake Gatún, an artificial lake that constitutes part of the Panama Canal system, was created by damming which river?

2006

Name the mountains that extend across much of Wales, from the Irish Sea to the Bristol Channel.

2007

A city that is divided by a river of the same name was the imperial capital of Vietnam for more than a century. Name this city, which is still an important cultural center.

2008

The urban area of Cochabamba has been in the news recently due to protests over the privatization of the municipal water supply and regional autonomy issues. Cochabamba is the third-largest conurbation in what country?

2009

Timis County shares its name with a tributary of the Danube and is located in the western part of which European country?

2010

The largest city in northern Haiti was renamed following Haiti's independence from France. What is the present-day name of this city?

2011

Thousands of mountain climbers and trekkers rely on Sherpas to aid their ascent of Mount Everest. The southern part of Mount Everest is located in which Nepalese national park?

2012

Name the Bavarian city situated on the Danube River that was a legislative seat of the Holy Roman Empire from 1663 to 1806.

2013

Because Earth bulges at the equator, the point that is farthest from Earth's center is the summit of a peak in Ecuador. Name this peak.

2014

Oyala, a planned city in the rainforest 65 miles (105 km) east of Bata is being built as a future capital for which country?

2015

Mariupol, at the mouth of the Kalmius River, is a port city on which sea, an arm of the Black Sea?

2016

A new marine sanctuary will protect sharks and other wildlife around Isla Wolf in what archipelago in the Pacific Ocean?

2017

What large mountain system that stretches more than 1,200 miles (1,900 km) separates the Taklimakan Desert from the Tibetan Plateau?

2018

Lebanon has a population most similar to which South American country?

2019

One-third of Norway’s northernmost county is in what plateau?