Cumulative Geography Quiz

[AVN]

I think it's one of the poles which are melting very fast at the moment. But now the point is which one. I guess it's the south pole.

 

[Lucky]

No and no again.

But AVNs answer is getting warmer (or colder if you like ). It´s not the poles though.

 

[philippe]

i think it was that in nothern russia there was this river who was blocked by ice and when that melted there was A LOT of water....

 

[Serutan]

Hmmm... Lucky, is it possible you're missing a 0 on
the time? If so, then it is the ice dam in Idaho that
broke about 10000 years ago, trashing all of eastern
Washington, and following the Columbia
river.

Wilkey

 

[Lucky]

Nope!

No!

And I´m not missing anything, my question is correct!

 

[Beam]

Structuring evidence:

It has most likely to do with a glacier and then a sudden heat source to cause such a flow of water.

Source a vulcano?

There is one on Antartica but is not on the poles. There are vulcanos in the Andes. Could be.

Could also be Kilimanjaro or Mount Kenia. And other vulcanos near the equator are to small.

Could be the Rocky Mountains or Alaska. Iceland is an option.

And then there is Siberia or Kamsjatka.

Lucke please, if I am only getting close.....

 

[Lucky]

Very close!
But where?

 

[Beam]

Big-sigh-of-relieve.

Is it in the list?

 

[Lucky]

Yes!
So you got a chance of 1 out of 7!

But hurry, I really have to go to bed soon, I´m dead tired.

 

[Beam]

Iceland.

 

[Lucky]

Not bad! Correct in the 1st (yeah right ) try!

The greates waterflow was "generated" by a vulcano eruption on Iceland. The hot ground and the Lava streams too, melted so much ice of the surrounding glaciers, that the newly created river would let the Amazon delta look like a small stream.

Thanks, now I can go to bed.

Your turn Beamy!

 

[Beam]

Originally posted by Lucky
Not bad! Correct in the 1st (yeah right ) try!

The greates waterflow was "generated" by a vulcano eruption on Iceland. The hot ground and the Lava streams too, melted so much ice of the surrounding glaciers, that the newly created river would let the Amazon delta look like a small stream.

Your turn Beamy!

[dance] [dance] [dance]

Thanks, now I can go to bed.[/B]

Zu unserem glucklige schlafer

Gute Nacht, Freunde
es wird Zeit für mich zu gehen
Was ich noch zu sagen hätte
dauert eine Zigarette
und einletztes Glas im Stehen

 

[Beam]

Oh boy the next question,

On which island is the highest island mountain peak.

That is an island, not a continental shelf. And the height of the peak is measured from sealevel.

 

[Switch625]

The island of Hawaii.

 

[Serutan]

Erebus? Seems to me it is on Ross Island...

If I'm wrong, could you clarify what you mean by "Continental Shelf"? Does this exclude, say, the Indonesian islands?

Wilkey

 

[Beam]

Nope

Hawaii is just over 4 km, just less than 3 miles isn't it?

Edit:
Australia is the smallest continent, so any landmass smaller does qualify. And to avoid any discussion, Antartica is a continent as well.

Mount Erebrus ain't it either.

 

[Serutan]

Next Attempt: Honshu (Fuji)

 

[Beam]

Don't know that one. What is your bet for the height?

Edit:
Thought you meant the island Fuji, but if it is mount Fuji on the Japanese island of Honsju, sorry, that one is less than 4 km.

 

[Beam]

In 5 min. time for Beamer to zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[History_Buff]

Mauna Kea?

thats the hishest, but thats from the sea floor so I dont know.