Rivers
This river starts in the Andes Mountains and travels 4,000 miles before reaching the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Amazon River?
An ancient amphitheater once used for gladiator contests and public spectacles.
What is the Roman Colosseum?
This mountain was recently renamed back to its historic name after having been officially referred to by the US Federal government as Mount McKinlay from 1917 until 2015.
What is Mount Denali?
The world’s largest desert is also its coldest.
What is Antarctic Desert?
Home to over 500,000 plant and animal species It is known for its low-level cloud cover that surrounds the trees in a constant fog.
What is the Monteverde cloud forest?
This river is a major tributary of the Mississippi River starting at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in Pittsburgh, PA.
What is the Ohio River?
A massive series of fortifications stretching over 13,000 miles to protect against invasions.
What is the Great Wall of China?
This mountain has two summits sitting within the Caucasus Mountains in Southern Russia near the border with Georgia.
What is Mount Elbrus?
The centre of this desert is the Rub' al Khali, 'The Empty Quarter'.
What is the Arabian Desert?
Located on the eastern coast, this rainforest is one of the most biodiverse places on earth. Almost 80% of the species there exist nowhere else in the world.
What is the Madagascar Rainforest?
Built in the 1970's, the Aswan High Dam prevents flooding on this river in Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
The oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, serving as a tomb for pharaohs.
What are the Pyramids of Giza?
This mountain is a dormant volcano with three distinct volcanic cones, Kibo (the highest), Mawenzi at 16,893 ft, and Shira, at 13,140 ft.
What is Mount Kilamenjaro?
This desert is known as the driest desert in the world with Some parts of the region receive less than 0.08 inches of precipitation every year. This is due to the rain shadow effect of the Andes.
What is the Atacama?
Made up mostly of coniferous trees this rainforest gets over 12 feet of rain every year.
What is the Olympic Rainforest?
The third longest river in the world is known as the most navigable river in the world, has dried up 3 times, and has it's own flag.
What is the Murray-Darling River?
Famous for its shell-like architecture, it stages over 40 shows
What is the Sydney Opera House?
This mountain was first recorded in 1856 as Peak XV. Its first measured height was 29,000 ft. but grows .25 inches a year due to an Indian tectonic plate.
Death Valley, one of the hottest spot in the world, is located in this desert.
What is the Mohave Desert?
1 in 5 of all of Earth’s living species live in this rainforest including the silverback gorilla.
What is the Congo Rainforest?
With a length of 3,395 miles, it is China's Second longest river and know as "The Cradle of Chinese Civilization."
What is the Yellow River?
Its name means "Old Mountain" in the local Quechua language. It is also referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas."
What is Machu Picchu?
Located near the Ronne Ice Shelf, this mountain was name after a US Representative from Georgia.
What is Mount Vinson or Vinson Massif?
Named after a Queen this desert is covered by open woodlands with vegetation including eucalyptus mulga.
What is Queen Victoria Desert?
Known as the "lungs of the planet," it produces over 20% of Earth's oxygen and houses 10% of known species, including jaguars, sloths, and pink river dolphins.
What is the Amazon Rainforest?