Interesting Facts About The Countries of Euroasia

The Bosporus - a strait between Europe and Asia Minor, which connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara – is one of the narrowest ones in the world. What’s its width?

The largest Turkish city Istanbul is located at both sides of the strait.

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The highest peak on the Earth – Chomolungma (Everest) - rises 8848 m above the surface. How is “Chomolungma” translated from Tibetan?

The mount’s age is over 60 million years; it was formed due to the impacts of the Indian tectonic plate in the direction of the Asian plate.

Only Sky is Higher

Hidden Behind Fogs

Land of Gods

Goddess Mother of Mountains

What country is called a country of volcanoes and geysers?

Iceland is a country of glaciers and geysers, volcanic landscapes and fiords, waterfalls and high-mountain rivers.

Italy

Ireland

Iceland

Spain

In the woods of South-East Asia, mainly in Indonesia and Malaysia, Calamus or rattan widely used for furniture manufacturing grows. What is it known for?

Rattan stem length reaches 200-250 m.

This is the thickest plant in the world

This is the highest plant in the world

This is the longest plant in the world

This is the most expensive plant in the world

What is the deepest lake in Eurasia?

Baikal depth is 1637 m, Ladoga Lake - 230 m, Onega Lake 127 m, Balkhash Lake - 26 m.

Baikal

Ladoga Lake

Onega Lake

Balkhash Lake

Panda is an emblem of the World Wildlife Fund. What is the panda bear called?

Sequoia

Sweet cherry

Eucalypt

Bamboo

How many parts of the world does Eurasia unite?

These are Europe and Asia.

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Excellent. But can you tell which of following cities is located in Asia?

The border between parts of the world Europe and Asia is often drawn along the foot of Ural Mountains and Mugodzhary Mountains, the Emba river, the north coast of the Caspian Sea, by the Kuma-Manych Depression and the Kerch strait.

Volgograd

Moscow

Samara

Sochi

There a number of “colored” seas around Eurasia. The color range of what country’s flag can be obtained from the names of these seas?

These are the White Sea, the Yellow Sea, the Red Sea and the Black Sea.

Papua New Guinea

Seychelles

United Arab Emirates

Columbia

There's a plateau in Hindustan peninsula, India, which is called...

It’s located in the internal part of the peninsula, limited from the north by the Narmada River, from the south by the Kaveri River.  It occupies about 1 million km².

Deccan

Professor

Lecturer

Rector

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