Geography Quiz Answers

Week of September 6, 1999

1. 1. How many independent countries are in South America?

B. 12. Here's the list (ignore the 13th, French Guiana, a territory of France)

2. How thick is the thickest part of Greenland's ice sheet?

D. 3000 m (9840 feet)

3. How many times more water flows into the Atlantic Ocean than the Pacific Ocean from the United States?

C. Three times more (334 million acre feet drain into the Pacific while 1011 drain into the Atlantic)

4. Which country does not border Turkey?

D. Russia

5. Of which group of islands is Timor the largest of?

A. Lesser Sunda Islands

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