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Quiz About the Geography of England
Quiz
- Can you name the highest mountain in England?
- Which county is sometimes known as "God's Own County"?
- Which river runs through Cambridge?
- Which peninsula is bounded by the River Dee to the west, the River Mersey to the east, and the Irish Sea to the north?
- The Peak District is an upland area mostly in the northern part of which county?
- The Forest of Bowland is mostly in the north-east of which county?
- Which is the only English county to have two separate coastlines?
- Which peninsula crossing the mouth of Poole Harbour in Dorset is known for its high property prices and its award-winning beach?
- The Wrekin is a hill in which county?
- Which river has often been described as the boundary between the Midlands and the north of England?
- Name England's largest Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty?
- Which large ancient earthwork roughly follows the border between England and Wales?
- Which World Heritage Site stretches 96-miles on the English Channel coast, from Exmouth in Devon to Studland Bay in Dorset?
- What are often dubbed "the backbone of England"?
- Which town is England's most easterly settlement?
- Cheddar Gorge is a limestone gorge in which group of hills?
- Name the largest natural lake in England?
- Which mountain range runs along the English-Scottish border?
- Which river forms most of the border between Devon and Cornwall?
- Which rectangular bay and estuary lies to the north-west corner of East Anglia, where Norfolk meets Lincolnshire?
- Which headland on the coast of Kent is formed largely of a shingle beach?
- The cathedral city of Hereford lies on which river?
Answers:
- Scafell Pike (in the Lake District)
- Yorkshire
- River Cam
- The Wirral
- Derbyshire
- Lancashire
- Devon
- Sandbanks
- Shropshire
- River Trent
- Cotswolds
- Offa's Dyke
- Jurassic Coast
- The Pennines
- Lowestoft
- Mendip Hills
- Windermere
- The Cheviots
- Tamar
- The Wash
- Dungeness
- River Wye