Mountains & Rivers
Test Your Knowledge of Mountains & Rivers
Are you ready to challenge yourself with our Mountains & Rivers quiz? Discover fascinating facts about some of the tallest peaks and winding rivers around the world. From Australia to the Andes, test your geography skills and learn something new!
- Multiple-choice questions
- Engaging facts and trivia
- Perfect for mountain enthusiasts!
Mount Kosciuszko, at 2,228 metres (7,310 ft) above sea level, is not located on the mainland of Australia.
True
False
Mount Kosciuszko is no small peak at 7,310 feet high, but Australia's highest mountain is 2,400 miles away from the mainland of Australia. Mawson Peak, which is 1,700 feet higher than Kosciuszko is also an active volcano that last erupted in 2016. Mainland Australia has no volcanoes, but this little island group has two. in 1947, Great Britain handed over to the Commonwealth of Australia one of its most remote territories in the southern Indian Ocean. Which is this territory that is home to Mawson Peak?
New Caledonia
Heard and McDonald Islands
Flinders Island
Tasmania
King Island
This is the highest peak in Antarctica, at 4,892 metres (16,050 ft). Temperatures here average around minus minus 30 C, making it the coldest of the Seven Summits. The best period for climbing is December through February during Antarctic summer, when temperatures rise to minus 20 C and the sun is out 24 hours a day. Name the mountain.
Mount Vinson
Hollister Peak
Mount Kirkpatrick
Mount Siple
Mount Verne
Aconcagua, at 22,831 feet (6,959 metres) above sea level, is the highest point in the Western Hemisphere.
True
False
Aconcagua lies in the Southern Andes Mountains; although its western flanks build up from the coastal lowlands of Chile, just north of Santiago, its peak is in which country?
Bolivia
Peru
Argentina
Ecuador
What is the origin of Aconcagua?
Faulting
Folding
Volcanic activity
Ignious Intrusion
Metamorphosis
Denali is located in south-central Alaska. The mountain's peak is 20,310 feet (6,190 meters) above sea level, also making it the third highest of the Seven Summits.
True
False
Denali was once called _____________?
Mount McKinley
Mount McKinnies
Mount McKillip
Mount McKevitt
Mount Elbrus isn’t technically a mountain — it is an inactive volcano located in the western ____________ mountain range, near the Georgian border in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay–Cherkessia, Russia.
Pyrenees
Pennine Alps
Graian Alps
Caucasus
Dolomites
Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in the Alps at 15,781 feet (4,810 m) above sea level, but it is not in the European Union.
True
False
Due to its height, Kilimanjaro has a glacier near its peak even though the mountain sits only three degrees north of the Equator.
True
False
Kilimanjaro is located in which country?
Tanzania
Kenya
Ethiopia
Uganda
Somalia
The fastest ascent and descent of Mount Kilimanjaro is held by Swiss mountain runner, Karl Egloff, who ran to the top the summit and back in 6 hours and 42 minutes in August 2014.
True
False
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