Bodies of Water Trivia

1. What is the oldest ocean on earth?

From Quiz Water, Water - the Elixir of Life

Answer: Pacific Ocean

According to the National Ocean Service, the oldest rock in the Pacific Ocean dates back about 200 million years. The Pacific is also the largest ocean on earth covering about 1/3 of the earth's surface.

From Quiz Aitch Two Oh!

Answer: Rhine

The murmurings of the rock are caused by the currents in the river being amplified and echoed by the rock, as it sits in a stretch where the river narrows. These murmurings gave rise to the legend of a beautiful girl who fell to her death from the rock and now spends all eternity luring fishermen to crash their vessels on the rock. The Lorelei has inspiring many musicians, among them Shostakovich, Mendelssohn, Wishbone Ash, George Gershwin, Styx and the Scorpions.

From Quiz Reservoir Dogs... or Fish...

Answer: Lake Nasser

Beginning construction in 1960, the Aswan High Dam located in southern Egypt was built over the course of ten years. The controversial dam was funded by the Soviet Union and upon completion produced one of the world's largest man-made reservoirs, Lake Nasser. President at the time Gamal Abdel Nasser felt the dam was necessary for his plans to industrialize Egypt. Since ancient times, the Nile valley had been known to suffer from periodic flooding and drought which he believed the dam would help to alleviate and, in addition, stabilize the fertile rich area through irrigation. His plan for the dam would also manufacture hydroelectricity and create employment. The construction was generally considered a success and had significant impact on the Egyptian economy from the start. Nevertheless, the downside was hard to ignore: Tens of thousands of people were forced to relocate, particularly in northern Sudan, and multiple archaeologic sites were imperiled and remain at risk of being submerged. This question was crafted by Bottle_rocket.

From Quiz Down and Out

Answer: The Lost Rivers; Thousand Springs at the Snake River

The Lost Rivers arise in the mountains of Idaho, but disappear underground in the desert area surrounding the Idaho National Laboratories. They move through the Snake River Aquifer and re-emerge at the Thousand Springs area of the Snake River near Hagerman, Idaho (USA). Because of increased water use of the Snake River Aquifer, the output of the springs is decreasing.

From Quiz Where's that Sea?

Answer: 3

The Mediterranean Sea is almost 3 million square kilometres (over 1.1 million square miles). It stretches from Spain (Europe) and Morocco (Africa) in the west, all the way across to Lebanon (Asia) in the east. It also incorporates a range of islands, including Crete, Cyprus and Sicily.

From Quiz If I Could Sail the Seven Seas

Answer: Alboran Sea

The Alboran Sea forms the western edge of the Mediterranean Sea and extends from the Strait of Gibraltar to Alboran Island where the Balearic Sea begins. Traditionally, sardine and anchovy catches have been important to the Alboran but with overfishing, the use of drift nets, and present day tourism on the Iberian peninsula and other causes of pollution, that fishery is now threatened. Phoenician navigators were the first to sail the sea during the first millennium and they colonized Mauritania by using it. The Carthaginians and Romans followed. On the southern shore of the sea will be found thuya forests, an endangered and ancient conifer, as well as the rare Barbary leopard. The northern eco-region contains the endangered Iberian lynx as well as the Imperial eagle and more.

From Quiz To Sea or Not To Sea

Answer: Black Sea

The Black Sea is a relatively large sea located near the southeastern part of Europe. It is bordered by countries such as Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Ukraine and Russia. There are only a few official seas that take their name from a colour, the other ones being the Red Sea, the Yellow Sea and the White Sea. It is often seen as an inland sea, but it does have a connection to the Sea of Marmara to the south via the Bosphorus strait. This connection is near the city of Istanbul, where the Bosphorus strait connects the Asian and European parts of Turkey. The Sea of Marmara makes the connection between the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea through the Dardanelles Strait. The Aegean Sea ultimately connects to the Mediterranean Sea. To the north, the Black Sea also connects to the Sea of Azov, through the Strait of Kerch. This sea is located near Russia and the Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine.

From Quiz Famous Waterbodies From Everywhere

Answer: Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean serves as the commercial highway between important industrial regions of western Europe and northeastern states of the USA. It has some of the best seaports in the world; Montreal, London and New York. It has the longest coastline among all oceans. It also contains famous islands like Puerto Rico, Cuba and Jamaica.

From Quiz Well, I'll Bay

Answer: Bay of Bengal

The Bay of Bengal is often identified as the largest bay in the world. Some countries that border it are India, Sri Lanka, Burma (Myanmar) and Bangladesh. Very important to the shipping industry, and thus the entire economy, of the entire area are some of the large shipping ports in the Bay of Bengal.

From Quiz Across the Pond

Answer: The Atlantic Ocean

While the exact origin of this idiom is unknown, it is believed to be coined by the British. Some suggest that the British felt their navy was so great, the Atlantic Ocean was a mere pond.

From Quiz "Water, Water, Everywhere"- bodies of water

Answer: It has no shoreline.

The Sargasso Sea is a body of water surrounded by other bodies of water. Its waters never touch a coastline. It is bounded on the north by the North Atlantic Current and on the south by the North Atlantic Equatorial Current. The eastern side of the Sargasso Sea is constrained by the Canary Current, and the western side by the Gulf Stream. The Sargasso Sea is 2,000 statute miles long and 700 statute miles wide. Its name is derived from the large amounts of seaweed from the genus Sargassum that float upon it.

From Quiz Oceans, Seas and Channels of the World

Answer: Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean covers approximately one-third of the surface of the Earth and is large enough to contain all of the Earth's continents. The area covered by the Pacific Ocean is over 165 million square kilometres (over 64 million square miles). The deepest trench in the world, the Mariana Trench, is in the Pacific Ocean and its depth is about 10,994 metres (36,070 ft). The Portuguese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan gave the Pacific Ocean its name. Just some of the countries that border the Pacific Ocean are Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Canada, United States, China, Ecuador, Mexico, Chile, and many, many more. The total is approximately 60 different countries and territories.

From Quiz More Bark Than Bight

Answer: Great Australian Bight

The McKenzie Bight's location will not be revealed as of yet (that's coming in another question). The Portland Bight is in Jamaica and I made up the South Australian Bight.

From Quiz To Sail Beyond the Sunset

Answer: Strait of Gibraltar

Separating Spain and Morocco, the Strait of Gibraltar is only 14.3 kilometres wide at its narrowest point. It is an important route for shipping, and both Spain and Morocco have explored the possibilities of linking the two countries, and indeed the two continents, via a bridge or tunnel.

From Quiz Bodies of Water Held at Bay

Answer: In northeastern Canada

Hudson Bay is the second-largest bay in the world. It was named after Henry Hudson who explored it in 1610. The bay is filled with salt water, but is less salty than the oceans, which accounts for its propensity to freeze up in large parts during the winter.

From Quiz Pirates of the Caribbean

Answer: Alaska

The Bering Sea forms part of the Pacific Ocean. On the west side of this sea lies the Russian region of Siberia, while on the east side is the American state of Alaska. On the northern side of the sea you find the Bering Strait, which separates the sea from the Arctic Ocean, specifically the Chukchi Sea. The sea and the strait to the north got their name from a Danish navigator called Vitus Bering. He worked for the Russian army and was the first European to discover the state of Alaska and the Aleutian islands.

From Quiz Countries - Bodies of Water

Answer: Norway

The River Tana (or Tanaelva) is the fifth longest river in Norway, with a total length of approximately 350 km. Lake Mjosa is the biggest lake in Norway. However, the North European country most famous for its bodies of water is Finland (the "Land of 1000 Lakes").

From Quiz Niagara, Eh?

Answer: Venezuela

On a trip to Venezuela you can visit Angel Falls. At this location the water plunges an amazing 3,212 ft (979m). They got their name from pilot Jimmy Angel who is falsely credited with finding the falls in 1937. Ernest de Santa Cruz discovered them in 1910, but many waterfalls in the Americas have been named after the first westerner to "find" them.

From Quiz Great Bodies of Water on Earth

Answer: Caspian Sea

Southern Russia also shares the border on the Caspian Sea, which gets much of its water from the Volga River (the largest river in Europe). Caviar from sturgeon in the Caspian Sea usually fetches a high price.

From Quiz Bodies of Water

Answer: Chukchi Sea

The Bering Sea is located below the Bering Strait, the Kara Sea is north of Russia and Baffin Bay is located in northeastern Canada.

From Quiz Bays and Gulfs

Answer: Hudson Bay

Hudson Bay was discovered in 1610 by Henry Hudson, who had been stranded by his mutinous crew. James Bay is an inlet of Hudson Bay. The Bay of Fundy is known for its prominent tides.

From Quiz Waterways of the World

Answer: Sepik

The Sepik, at 600 miles (965 KM) long is in the northern part of Papua New Guinea.

From Quiz Engulfed!

Answer: Gdansk

This city was taken from German territory after World War I, partly to punish Germany and partly to give Poland access to the sea.

From Quiz In Depth Geography

Answer: Arctic Ocean

The Arctic ocean has an average depth of 1300 meters. Also it is the ocean with the "smallest" maximum depth, of 5450 meters. The deepest is the Pacific Ocean, with an average depth of 4200 meters.

From Quiz Hydrosphere

Answer: Gulf of Tonkin

The island of Hainan is an island of China, near Vietnam.

From Quiz Waterfalls of the World

Answer: Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls became a World Heritage Site in 1989 for being one of the most spectacular waterfalls in the world.

From Quiz Gulfs And Bays All Over the World

Answer: Gulf of Tonkin

The Gulf of Tonkin (or Tongking) is named after the former French protectorate Tonkin. It was the site of reported Vietnamese firing on American ships in 1964 leading to wider American military presence in Vietnam.

From Quiz Seas All Over the World

Answer: Beaufort Sea

Max. depth of the Beaufort Sea is about 15.000 feet. Main port on Alaskan side is Prudhoe Bay.

From Quiz Watery Connections

Answer: Davis Strait

The Davis Strait lies between Greenland, pocession of Denmark and Baffin Island, part of Canada's north. It is the 180 miles(290km) wide at the narrowest point. Large numbers of icebergs move through the strait everyday. It was first explored by John Davis in 1587.

From Quiz Facts About Water

Answer: Alaska

Alaska has over 3 million lakes out of which only 3,197 are named. The three largest by area are: Iliamna, 1,150 square miles (2,978 km2), Becharof, 458 square miles (1,150 km2) and Teshekpuk. 315 square miles (816 km2). Wisconsin has more than 15,000 lakes and has shores on two of the five great lakes, Superior and Michigan. Naturally these two are the largest lakes in the state, followed by Winnebago, Pepin and Petenwell. Even though Minnesota's nickname is the "Land of 10,000 Lakes", the state has more than 15,000 lakes. The largest lakes are Red Lake (both Upper and Lower), Mille Lacs and Leech. Michigan has over 11,000 lakes, but has more freshwater shoreline than any other state in the US.

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