Geography Part 2 Stock
* "a place to paddle." This river flows through the Llanos and it has a large delta. Cities along this river include Puerto Ayacucho and Ciudad Bolivar
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* Apure river and the Meta. The Maipure and Warao live around this river
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* Ature and Maipures cataracts divide this river, which contains the Llovinza Falls
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* Casiquiare Canal connects this river to the Rio Negro, thus connecting it to the Amazon system. For 10 points, name this river of Venezuela.
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* Delgado Chalbaud mountain to the Delta Amacuro into the Gulf of Paria, and to its south is the plateau Auyantepui, which features the highest waterfall in the world, Angel Falls
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* Guahibos and Atures rapids are located on this river and its river system is linked to a much larger river system by the Casiquiare Canal
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* Llanos and forming part of the border with Columbia, for 10 points, identify this chief river of Venezuela;
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* biggest waterfall in its upper portion is called Salto Libertador, while it is connected to the Amazon via the Casiquiare and Esmerelda, which form the Rio Negro
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* delta stretches from the Gulf of Paria past the Serpent's Mouth to the island of Corocoro
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* drains three-fourths of the water in Venezuela.
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* highly endangered species of crocodile is restricted to the basin of this river as well as that of the Meta River
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* large river of Columbia and Venezuela which gives its name to a work of Aphra Behn.
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* large river system to the south is connected to this one by the Casiquiare Channel, which it fl‚ows into aˆer arising near the town of Esmeralda
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* planned by Joseph Grelier discovered the source of this river in the Parima range just north of Mount Delgado Chalbaud
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* reaching the delta, it's joined by the Caroni River, its largest tributary, and it passes through Ciudad Bolivar and Ciudad Guayana
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* river include the Caura, the Atabapo, and the Apure, as well as the Arauca.
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* river is home to its namesake goose Neochen jubata and the crocodile Crocodylus termedius
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* river is the site of one of the largest deposits of (*) tar sands outside of Canada
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* river joins it near a waterfall whose name is Spanish for "drizzle." That tributary, whose source is in the Guiana Highlands, is the Caroni River
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* river meets the effl„uent of the Embalse de Guri, which is the receptacle for the waters of Angel Falls
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* state with capital at Tucupita, and it forms the beaches of San Fernando de Atabapo
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* surreal depiction of that discovery was painted by Remedios Varo, showing the water of this river pouring from a goblet
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* American mountain range that contains Lake Tahoe and Yosemite Valley and straddles the California-Nevada border.
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* Fredonyer Pass to the north and Tehachapi Pass to the south. The American and Tuolumne Rivers rise in this mountain range, which contains Mono Lake and Devil's Postpile
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* General Sherman Tree is located in this range, through which the (*) John Muir Trail runs. El Capitan and Half Dome are landmarks in this range, which lies east of the San Joaquin Valley
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* King's Canyon National Park lies within this mountain range, which features a notably steep Eastern escarpment, and two "Chinese Walls" were required to breach the summit of the main rail and interstate crossing of this range at the Donner Pass
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* Mariposa Grove and Hetch Hetchy Valley can be found in one national park located in this range, while King's Canyon names another.
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* Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks, as well as Mt. Whitney. For ten points, name this mountain range found primarily in eastern California
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* Truckee River drains from this range into Pyramid Lake and the highest road pass through this range is the Tioga Pass, which connects to the Tuolumne Meadows, from which flows the unusual upwards-flowing water jets of Waterwheel Falls, which drains into the Hetch-Hetchy Reservoir.
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* Venezuelan national park by this name is found in the Cordillera de Mérida and contains Mirror Peak
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* another range by this name arose during the Alpine Orogeny at the collision zone of the African and Eurasian plates; the highest peak of that range is Mulhacen.
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* formation of columnar basalt, Devil's Postpile, is located on the western slope of this mountain range, which also contains Acrodectes Peak in Kings Canyon National Park
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* giant sequoia is endemic to this mountain range, which contains the highest point in the contiguous US, Mount Whitney.
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* lake in this mountain range near Lone Pine was the subject of "water wars" that led it to be drained at the urging of William Mulholland.
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* mountain range called this includes the Pico de Orizaba, the third-highest peak in North America
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* mountain range that includes the highest point in the contiguous 48 states at Mount Whitney as well as Lake Tahoe and is located in eastern California.
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* name do these mountain ranges share, meaning "snowy mountains" in Spanish;
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* northern extent of this range is demarcated by the Susan River and Fredonyer Pass
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* one in Europe's highest point is at Mulhacen, and has Europe's southernmost ski resort
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* one in South America is the world's highest coastal range, and includes Pico Cristobal Colon and Pico Simon Bolivar. The North American range casts a rain shadow on Death Valley, and its high point is Mount Whitney
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* range is volcanic and dormant, as is the range by this name that straddles the border of Chile and Argentina
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* range was formed after comparatively recent volcanism on the western margin of the Basin and Range caused the upthrust of an eponymous batholith
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* southern end of a different mountain range called this lies west of the Owens Valley and is drained by the Feather and Merced Rivers
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* supervolcano in the Long Valley Caldera and the unusually saline Mono Lake are located in this range whose southern portion ends at a pass featuring an unusual railway loop and massive wind farm, the Tehachapi Pass.
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* ten points, give this name that the range containing Mount Lyell and Mount Whitney shares with others once contained in the Spanish empire, whose name means "snowy mountain range."
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* Fort Hall and the Craters of the Moon National Monument.
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* Lakes lying along this river include Milner Lake and Lake Walcott near Burley and the Sawtooth National Forrest
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* Lost River joins that aquifer underground, and it joins with Jackson Lake in the Grand Tetons, before entering Idaho at the Palisades Reservoir
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* Minidoka Irrigation Project, and the Ice Harbor Lock and Dam is located on this river, which receives the Henrys Fork earlier in its course.
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* Oregon-Idaho border.
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* Palouse Hills region and large hydroelectric projects like the Ice Harbor Dam located near Pasco where this river ends
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* Palouse and Henrys Fork and the Shoshone Falls
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* Portneuf River
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* Raft River before entering Lake Walcott
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* Salmon River
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* Salmon, which it meets near the Seven Devils Mountains in Hells Canyon Gorge,
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* Two Oceans Plateau and receives the Pacific Branch of Two Oceans Creek near Moran Junction
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* Weiser and Malheur
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* body of water traditionally marks the southern boundary of the Palouse region, and the end of this river's course includes Lake Wallula, created by the McNary Dam in Umatilla County
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* catastrophic spillover onto its plain created the Crane, Swan, and Shoshone Falls.
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* course is located on an arid but fertile plain containing many basalt flows as well as the sinks of the Lost River and was also the route of the catastrophic draining of Lake Bonneville
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* deep gorge called Hell's Canyon and forms part of the Idaho-Oregon border. For 10 points, name this river of the Northwestern United States with a serpentine name.
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* flowing southwest of Rexburgh, this river is fed by the Henrys Fork River, and eventually runs through the ski town of Jackson Hole.
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* identify this river that flows through Wyoming, Idaho and Oregon before becoming the largest tributary to the Columbia River.
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* joining the Columbia River near Ice Harbor in Washington;
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* largest tributary is the Salmon River, which it meets just after flowing through Hells Canyon
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* namesake aquifer is one of the most productive in the world
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* receives the Salmon River and flows over both Shoshone Falls and Twin Falls.
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* travel of trappers along this river was limited by the lava banks in the area surrounding the tributary of Henry's Fork, as well as fear after a massacre near Pierre's Hole
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* Aberdeen, Rapid City, and Pierre
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* Badlands National Park has its southwest covered by the Black Hills.
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* Clay County in this state is home to the city of Vermillion and this state's flagship university
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* Corn Palace and Wall Drug
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* Corn Palace.
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* Dr. Valentine McGillycuddy is located atop this state's highest point.
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* Harney Peak, is located in place also home to the (*) Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
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* Jewel Cave and Wind Cave National Park.
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* Lake Oahe and Lake Sharpe were both created from damming the Missouri River in this state.
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* Lakes Oahe, Sharpe, and Francis Case are located on the Missouri River in this state, which is the home of the (*) Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
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* Mount Moriah Cemetery features the graves of Potato Creek Johnny, Calamity Jane, and Wild Bill Hickok
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* National Music Museum in its southeastern town of Vermillion, as well as its highest point at Harney Peak
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* Oahe Dam and Lake Oahe.
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* Rapid City is the fastest-growing city, though Sioux Falls is its largest city. For 10 points, what is this state that contains the Badlands and Mount Rushmore;
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* Thunder Butte
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* city of Mitchell is home to the Corn Palace, and its city of Aberdeen was first inhabited by Sioux Indians
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* contains the Moreau River,
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* dams are on the Missouri River while it is in this stat
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* lake in this state is formed by the Fort Randall Dam and is called Francis Case Lake
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* man-made reservoir called Lake Oahe, which is dammed at Mobridge.
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* mining town of Deadwood
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* most notable landmark is found near the city of Keystone, was sculpted by Gutzon Borglum
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* name this state with cities Sioux Falls and Pierre, which is also the location of Mount Rushmore.
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* state flower is the pasqueflower, and some of its religiously-affiliated schools include Mount Marty College
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* state is home to two major cave systems, Jewel Cave and Wind Cave, as well as a work of art started by Korczak Zio?kowski and the Homestake Mine
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* three-dimensional maze cave, and the densest cave system in the world is found in this state's (*) Wind Cave National Park
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* town of Winner, allegedly named because it was chosen as the site of a railroad right-of-way.
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* City2Surf run, runners end up in the suburb of Bondi Beach
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* John Robertson founded the world's second national park just south of this city
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* Kurnell Peninsula lies south of this city, while to its east lies the popular Bondi beach
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* annual event in this city involves running up from Pitt Street Mall to the top of its tallest building, which used to be called the AMP Tower and is now known as its Tower Eye
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