Here are the 30 most stringent national geographic geographical questions of the last 30 years.

Celebrate three decades of budding atlas buffs.


TheNational Geographical GeoBee has been stimulating atlas buffs in grass since 1988. The contest is one of the mostGeography difficult bees In the world and it is also one of the most competitive. More than 2.6 million students between fourth and eighth year in the United States entered the GEOBEA last year, but 54 advanced in the final.

Before the 30th final of Geobee on May 19, let's take a look at what the finalists can expect to face. Here, in chronological order, are the winning final questions - in other words, the most difficult of difficulties - for each year of GEOBEE. See how you stuff yourself. (Warning: They are not for lovers!)

Name the flat intermontane zone located at an altitude of about 3,050 meters (about 3,050 meters) in the Andes central.

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Index: This is the largest area of ​​high non-Tibetan tray on Earth. (Year GEOBEE: 1989)

Altiplano

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Altiplano (Spanish for "HIGH PLAIN")covers four countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru.

Mount Erebus is a volcano on which continent?

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Index: This is the only continent withoutindigenous ants. (Year GEOBEE: 1990)

Antarctic

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But Mount Erebus is not the largest volcano on Antarctica. This distinction belongs to Mount Sidley, which at an altitude of 14,058 feet, is greater than 1,600 feet superior to Mount Erebus.

What kind of terrestrial form is generally associated with orographic precipitation?

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Index: Eiger is part of it. (Year GEOBEE: 1991)

Mountain

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Orographic precipitation occurs when wet air increasesmountain, forming clouds.

Many coastal countries have EEZ, extending 200 nautical miles from the coast, on which countries have resource exploration rights. What do you mean?

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Index: They were created in 1982 by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. (Year GEOBEE: 1992)

Exclusive economic zone

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America has the largest in the world. It extends over nearly 4.4 million square miles. (For comparison, the entire land mass of the United States is less than 3.8 million square miles.)

Tagalog is one of the three major Aboriginal languages ​​including the Island Country in Asia?

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Index: He was named after a Spanish king. (Year GEOBEE: 1993)

Philippines

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Before English and Tagalog becomes his predominant languages, Spanish was the officialTongue Philippines for more than 300 years.

The Tage River is grossly divided into which the European country in two agricultural regions?

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Index: It's part of the Iberian Peninsula. (Year GEOBEE: 1994)

Portugal

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At 626 miles, the Tagus is the longest river of the Iberian Peninsula.

Pashto and Dari are the official languages ​​of which mountainous and coastal country in southwestern Asia?

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Index: It is bordered by five countries, including Pakistan and China. (Year GEOBEE: 1995)

Afghanistan

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Afghanistan has six moreRecognized languages, who are Uzbek, Turkmen, Balochi, Pachai, Nuristani and Pamiri.

Name the European Co-Principality whose heads of state are the president of France and the bishop of Urgell.

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Index: It is the sixth country in Europe. (Year GEOBEE: 1996)

Andorra

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Andorre measures a little over 180 square miles in total.

The most densely populated country in Asia has about three million people and an area of ​​less than 250 square miles (402 square kilometers). Name this country.

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IndexIt has four official languages: English, Malay, Chinese Mandarin and Tamil. (Year GEOBEE: 1997)

Singapore

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SingaporeThe population has almost doubled Since this question has been asked. It now houses about 5.6 million people. And before going to your next adventure, make sure to know these15 Offensive American habits in other countries.

More than 80 million people live in the most popular member country of the European Union. Name this country.

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Index: Its flag is black, red and gold. (Year GEOBEE: 1998)

Germany

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The German black, red and gold flag was officially adopted in 1919.

The condition characterized by unusually cold oceanic temperature in the equatorial region of the eastern Pacific Ocean is known as Spanish?

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Index: It means "thelittle girl. "(Year GEOBEE: 1999)

the girl

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El Niño is a similar phenomenon, but is marked by unusually hotOcean temperatures.

Name two of the three largest sections of Denmark, which include its continental peninsula and two largest islands.

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Index: The fixed bond of the large belt strip connects the two. (Year GEOBEE: 2000)

Fyn and Sjælland

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The construction of the large belt bridge cost about 21.4 billion Danish kron in 1988 during its construction. Today, adjusted for inflation, it is about 38 billion Krone, about $ 5.8 billion in the United States.

Below the glacier equilibrium line, there is a foundry, evaporation and sublimation region. Name this area.

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Index: Above the accumulation zone. (Year GEOBEE: 2001)

Ablation area

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Lakes and crooks on glaciers are usually found in their ablation areas.

LOP NUR, a tidy depression east of the Tarim Basin, is a nuclear test site for which countries?

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Index: This country has a population of about 1.4 billion inhabitants. (Year GEOBEE: 2002)

China

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Although it is mostly dried today, at 1928, Lop Nur once covered with 1,200 square miles.

Goa, a state in southwestern India, was a possession of which country until 1961?

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Index: It's the country whereMadeira Wine just. (GEOBEE year: 2003)

Portugal

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The old Goa was the capital of Portugal from 1530 to 1843 and Nova Goa was its capital from 1843 to 1961.

Peshawar, a city in the province of Northwestern Pakistan, has been strategically important for centuries because of its location close to what is historical?

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Index: It's part of the Silk Road. (Year GEOBEE: 2004)

Khyber pass

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The Pass reaches its culmination of the Pakistani city of Landi Kotal.

Lake Gatún, an artificial lake that is part of the Panama Canal System, was created by Damming which river?

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Index: It drains in two oceans. (Year GEOBEE: 2005)

White river

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The plagres is the largest river of Panama Canal Watershed.

Name the mountains that extend over a large part of Wales, from the Ireland Sea to the Bristol chain.

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Index: Their climax is Plynlimon. (Year GEOBEE: 2006)

Cambrian mountains

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Despite several proposals, the inhabitants of the Cambrian mountains have repeatedly kept the region to become a national park.

A city divided by a river of the same name was the imperial capital of Vietnam for more than a century. Name this city, which remains an important cultural center.

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Index: It's on the river of perfumes. (Year GEOBEE: 2007)

Hue

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The impressive citadel of Hue, built in the 1800s, remains his mostpopular attraction.

Cochabamba has been in the news due to protests on the privatization of water and autonomy problems. Cochabamba is in which country?

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Index: The president of the country has beenEVO MORALESSince 2006. (Year GEOBEE: 2008)

Bolivia

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The light temperatures of Cochabamba de Cochabamba have earned him the nickname "The City of Eternal Spring. "

Timis County shares his name with a tributary of the Danube and is located in the western part of which European country?

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Index: It's at the House of Transylvania. (Year GEOBEE: 2009)

Romania

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Timis County is the largest County of Romania, covering 3,358 square miles.

The largest city in Northern Haiti has been renowned as a result of the independence of Haiti de la France. What is the current name of this city?

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Index: It was called Cap-Henri. (Year GEOBEE: 2010)

Cap-Haitian

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The vibrant culture of Cap-Haitian has already earned the moniker "Paris of the West Indies".

Thousands of mountain climbers and hikers are based on sherpas to help their Mont Everest climb. The southern part of Mount Everest is located in Nepalese National Park?

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Index: He shares Nepalese name forMount Everest. (Year GEOBEE: 2011)

Sagarmatha

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The name Sagarmatha combines Nepalese words for "sky" and "head".

Name the Bavarian city on the Danube River which was the legislative seat of the Roman Empire from 1663 to 1806.

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Index: It is at the house of the abbey of St. Emmeram. (Year GEOBEE: 2012)

Regensburg

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While Regensburg has a population of about 150,000 inhabitants, its hotels welcome more than 900,000 inhabitants.tourists every year.

Because the bulges of the earth in Ecuador, the furthest point of the center of the Earth is the top of a vertex in Ecuador. Name this peak.

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Index: It's a stratovolcan inactive. (Year GEOBEE: 2013)

Chimborazo

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It is estimated that Chimborazo has no luster of 1,400 years.

The discovery of an important schist oil deposit in the training of Vaca Muerta in 2010 led to an expansion of oil drilling in the province of nouquique in which country?

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Index: This country declared Spain's independence in 1816. (GEOBEED YEAR: 2014)

Argentina

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"Vaca Muerta"means" dead cow "in Spanish.

If you have finished, the proposed Grand Inga dam would become the largest hydroelectric plant in the world. The dam would be built near Inga Falls on which the African River?

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Index: It was formerly known as the Zaire River. (Year GEOBEE: 2015)

THE CONGO RIVER

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Inga Falls has a drop of 315 feet.

Which East African Lake is draining in the Ruzizi River contains large quantities of dissolved methane that can generate electricity for millions of people?

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Index: It is bordered by Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. (Year GEOBEE: 2016)

Kivu Lake

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The methane composition of Lake Kivu is considered a volcanic activity.

What a large mountain system that stretches more than 1,200 miles separate the Taklimakan desert from Tibetan plateau?

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Index: His summit is Liushi Shan. (GEOBEE YEAR: 2017)

Kunlun Mountains

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The highest peak of Kunlun Mountain consists of more than 23,500 feet above sea level.

Lebanon has the most population as the South American country?

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Index: His main languages ​​are Spanish and Guarani. (Year GEOBEE: 2018)

Paraguay

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Paraguay has a population estimated at just over 7 million people. And for more ways to test your global knowledge, here's30 questions that you would need Ace to pass the geography of the 6th year.

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