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Separate the mountains, seas, and deserts. There is one per continent. When "mountain", "desert", or "sea" is part of the name I have removed it, for obvious reasons. In other words, "Mount Fuji" would be just "Fuji", and the "Pacific Ocean" just the "Pacific".
Mountain
Desert
Sea
LutVinsonChimborazoCaribbeanBandaTabernasRedSalishQomolangmaAntarctic Great VictoriaAtacamaTyrrhenianKilimanjaroPuncak JayaSaharaCoralCarcrossMatterhornWeddellDenali
* Drag / drop or click on the choices above to move them to the correct categories.
Tanzania - The highest free-standing mountain in the world (you know, like a natural CN Tower) famous for its snow-capped peak rising out of the African savanna. It's also the subject of a Hemingway short story.
2. Sahara
Answer: Desert
Africa - A massive expanse of sand dunes stretching across northern Africa, matching the size of the entire United States. It is kind of what you think of when you think of a desert.
3. Red
Answer: Sea
Between Egypt and Saudi Arabia - A narrow, high-salinity sea known for some of the world's most vibrant coral reefs and disputed shipping lanes.
4. Vinson
Answer: Mountain
Antarctica - The highest peak on the frozen continent, buried deep in the Ellsworth Mountains and rarely seen by human eyes. It is probably one of the "Mountains of Madness". If you don't know, then please go read some H. P. Lovecraft. And yes, I know it wasn't discovered until after the story was written..but I like to believe.
5. Antarctic
Answer: Desert
Most of Antarctica - Technically a desert because it receives almost no precipitation, it is the largest desert on Earth. Also, a frustrating answer on any trivia night...LOL.
6. Weddell
Answer: Sea
Off the Antarctic Peninsula - A treacherous, ice-choked sea containing some of the clearest water ever recorded by scientists. It's located in the crook of that tentacle looking part sticking off of the side of Antarctica.
7. Lut
Answer: Desert
Iran - A surreal, wind-sculpted landscape that regularly clocks the hottest land surface temperatures on Earth. It really looks like something out of a fever dream.
8. Banda
Answer: Sea
Indonesia - A remote, deep sea in the Maluku Islands with vibrant marine biodiversity and volcanic islands.
9. Qomolangma
Answer: Mountain
Nepal/China - Qomolangma is another name for Everest. The highest peak above sea level on Earth, drawing hundreds of climbers, too many of them unprepared, to the Himalayas every year.
10. Puncak Jaya
Answer: Mountain
Papua New Guinea - A limestone peak located on the island of New Guinea, featuring rare tropical glaciers. Tropical glaciers...amazing. You must go and look up pictures of these amazing structures...before they disappear.
11. Great Victoria
Answer: Desert
Australia - A vast, arid landscape of red sand hills and grasslands running across Western and South Australia.
12. Coral
Answer: Sea
Australia - An underwater wilderness off Australia's northeast coast that feeds and protects the Great Barrier Reef.
13. Matterhorn
Answer: Mountain
Switzerland/Italy - When you think mountains two images probably come to mind. Mt. Fuji in Japan and the Matterhorn in Europe. This is so perfect it is nearly unbelievable. Sadly, while the mountain is still there, Toblerone removed it from their packaging in 2023.
14. Tabernas
Answer: Desert
Spain - This is Europe's only true desert, located in Andalusia and used as a filming location for classic Western movies, especially the "Spaghetti Westerns".
15. Tyrrhenian
Answer: Sea
Part of the Mediterranean - Located between the western coast of Italy and the islands of Sardinia and Sicily, this sea has active underwater volcanoes and deep trenches.
16. Denali
Answer: Mountain
Alaska - The tallest mountain in North America, and has a super-sharp base-to-peak rise and brutal sub-zero weather.
17. Carcross
Answer: Desert
Yukon, Canada - Measuring just one square mile (2.6 km2), this is often called the smallest desert in the world, formed by ancient glacial silt. It really is weird to look at...more things for the bucket list.
18. Salish
Answer: Sea
USA/Canada Coast - A network of coastal waterways running between Washington State and British Columbia. It has large resident orca populations.
19. Chimborazo
Answer: Mountain
Ecuador - Ok, so...this is technically the highest mountain in the world, measured from the centre of the Earth...you know, bulges and all. It is an inactive stratovolcano and Yours Truly summited this mountain waaay back in the day.
20. Atacama
Answer: Desert
Chile - A hyper-arid plateau wedged between the Andes and the Pacific. It is the driest non-polar place on Earth and home to a bunch of astronomical observatories.
21. Caribbean
Answer: Sea
Between Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela - A sapphire-blue basin full of coral reefs, pirate history, and thousands of paradise islands. Go travel there and you will probably run into the ghost of Jimmy Buffet.
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