Q 01/05

Which is the only continent said to have no continental divide, because it has no significant free-flowing rivers?

A) Australia

B) Antarctica

C) South America

D) Eurasia

Answer · why

B) Antarctica

Antarctica is the one continent with no recognised continental divide. Its interior gets very little precipitation, all of it snow, so slow ice stream...

Q 02/05

Which waterway crosses the Continental Divide of the Americas at the man-made Culebra Cut, only 26 metres up?

A) Panama Canal

B) Erie Canal

C) Welland Canal

D) Rideau Canal

Answer · why

A) Panama Canal

The Panama Canal breaches the divide through an artificial valley once called the Gaillard Cut. American crews lowered its summit from 59 metres to 12...

Q 03/05

Which US president is the namesake of the Interstate 70 tunnel that burrows under the Continental Divide west of Denver?

A) Herbert Hoover

B) Franklin D. Roosevelt

C) Dwight D. Eisenhower

D) Harry S. Truman

Answer · why

C) Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his name to the westbound bore, opened in 1973, and the Interstate system itself also honours him. At 11,158 feet, the tunne...

Q 04/05

Which South American mountain system carries the Continental Divide of the Americas from Colombia down to Patagonia?

A) Guiana Highlands

B) Serra do Mar

C) Brazilian Plateau

D) The Andes

Answer · why

D) The Andes

The Andes carry the divide through Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, then along Chile's eastern edge. For much of that stretch the watershed doubles as the ...

Q 05/05

Triple Divide Peak, where rain can run toward three different oceans, stands in which US national park beside Canada?

A) Glacier

B) Grand Teton

C) Olympic

D) North Cascades

Answer · why

A) Glacier

Glacier National Park holds the peak that geographers call the hydrological apex of North America. That status is the main reason the park and its Can...