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Waterfalls, Canyons and Caves
Thundering falls, plunging gorges and caverns lit by glowworms. Grab a torch and a raincoat and find out how well you know the planet's wildest scenery.
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20 questions
~7 min
What this quiz asks
- Niagara Falls is made up of three waterfalls. Which is the largest, lying mostly on the Canadian side?
- Victoria Falls is known locally as Mosi-oa-Tunya. What does that name mean?
- The Iguazu Falls lie on the border between Argentina and which other country?
- In a cave, stalactites grow up from the floor and stalagmites hang down from the ceiling.
- Antelope Canyon, the narrow slot canyon famous for beams of sunlight falling inside, is in which US state?
- On bright full-moon nights, the spray of some great waterfalls shows a pale version of this. What is it called?
- The Waitomo Caves in New Zealand are famous for ceilings lit up by what?
- The Blue Grotto, a sea cave filled with shimmering blue light, is on which Italian island?
- Select ALL of these waterfalls that are in Iceland.
- Is Mammoth Cave in Kentucky named after the fossil mammoths found inside it?
- The Fish River Canyon, one of the largest canyons in Africa, is in which country?
- Fingal's Cave, on the Scottish island of Staffa, is lined with tall six-sided columns of basalt.
- The Verdon Gorge, often called Europe's Grand Canyon, is in which country?
- In which year did a British and Vietnamese team first explore Son Doong, one of the largest cave passages on Earth?
- Visitors to Postojna Cave in Slovenia travel deep inside it aboard what?
- Select ALL of these caves that are famous for their prehistoric paintings.
- Order these waterfalls by height, tallest first.
- Which great river roars through Tiger Leaping Gorge, one of the deepest river canyons in the world, in south-west China?
- Colca Canyon in Peru is a famous place to watch which huge bird soaring on the morning air?
- Eisriesenwelt, a vast ice cave whose name means 'World of the Ice Giants', is in which country?