Loaded Questions 7/8/22 - Geography
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Hey everyone, welcome back to Loaded Questions! Sorry for the pause in posts. As you may know, I have now returned from the UK, and unfortunately on my visit, I got COVID! First time getting it, and it was a real bummer to miss most of the second half of my trip, which included me staying in my AirBNB quarantining instead of seeing Edinburgh Castle. I made it back to the US on Sunday, and I have been pretty tired from both travel and COVID, and I didn’t get LQ set during this time. I’m thankful that I am on the mend, and that I tested negative for the first time yesterday! So, LQ should be back on schedule. Enjoy today’s post of all landform geography terms. I look forward to going back to the UK and doing my trip right which includes not getting COVID.
1. Heavy rocks that sit on a thin column and often seen in Western US national parks are given what name, taken from a certain spirituality originally from North Africa?
2. Knife Edge Ridgeline on Mount Katahdin is a prime example of what type of narrow ridge of rock formed by two glaciers, whose name comes from the French for an edge?
3. A fjord is a long, narrow deep inlet between cliffs. What name is given to the open body of water in an archipelago?
4. What geologic term and crossword favorite is a drowned river valley, and whose name comes from a Galician word?
5. A Slovenian plateau is the namesake of what type of topography, the limestone landscape that flows through underground caves?
6. From an Arabic word meaning "dune field", what name is given to a broad, flat area of wind-swept desert? Also called a dune sea, it is also known as a sand sheet if it lacks dunes.
7. The Niagara escarpment feature what type of geologic feature, a ridge with a steep slope on one side and a gentle dip on the other, which comes from the Spanish for "slope"?
8. A tied island is connected to the mainland through what form of sandy isthmus, whose name is from the Italian for "pillow"?
9. Also a leisure item in the Southeast, what name is given in the Southeast US for a stand of trees usually hardwood that form an ecological island?
10. Meaning "house of the gods" in the Pemon language, what name is given to the table-top mesas found in Venezuela and Guyana? Angel Falls falls from one of these landforms, and "Up" is set in these structures.
11. Please don't destroy what type of narrow pass or gorge between mountains or hills? Thermopylae and Cerro Gordo both qualify as one of these.
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1. Heavy rocks that sit on a thin column and often seen in Western US national parks are given what name, taken from a certain spirituality originally from North Africa? Hoodoo
2. Knife Edge Ridgeline on Mount Katahdin is a prime example of what type of narrow ridge of rock formed by two glaciers, whose name comes from the French for an edge? Arête
3. A fjord is a long, narrow deep inlet between cliffs. What name is given to the open body of water in an archipelago? Fjard
4. What geologic term and crossword favorite is a drowned river valley, and whose name comes from a Galician word? Ria
5. A Slovenian plateau is the namesake of what type of topography, the limestone landscape that flows through underground caves? Karst
6. From an Arabic word meaning "dune field", what name is given to a broad, flat area of wind-swept desert? Also called a dune sea, it is also known as a sand sheet if it lacks dunes. Erg
7. The Niagara escarpment feature what type of geologic feature, a ridge with a steep slope on one side and a gentle dip on the other, which comes from the Spanish for "slope"? Cuesta
8. A tied island is connected to the mainland through what form of sandy isthmus, whose name is from the Italian for "pillow"? Tombolo
9. Also a leisure item in the Southeast, what name is given in the Southeast US for a stand of trees usually hardwood that form an ecological island? Hammock
10. Meaning "house of the gods" in the Pemon language, what name is given to the table-top mesas found in Venezuela and Guyana? Angel Falls falls from one of these landforms, and "Up" is set in these structures. Tepui
11. Please don't destroy what type of narrow pass or gorge between mountains or hills? Thermopylae and Cerro Gordo both qualify as one of these. Defile