Geography Alphabet #1

Answer these A-Z geography questions in 4 minutes.
All questions / answers written in UK English.
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A is the sea between Italy and Croatia?
Adriatic
B is a type of igneous rock?
Basalt
C is a Scottish National Park?
Cairngorms
D is an accummulation of sediment at a river mouth?
Delta
E is a Baltic member of the EU?
Estonia
F is a geological term applied to San Andreas?
Fault
G is an EU country experiencing major financial problems?
Greece
H is a tropical storm in the Atlantic Ocean?
Hurricane
I is an island, part of which is in the UK?
Ireland
J was the geological era in which dinosaurs flourished?
Jurassic
K is the capital of Ukraine?
Kiev
L is the type of rock associated with Cotswolds and Cheddar Gorge?
Limestone
M is the country south of the USA?
Mexico
N is a metal used in steel making?
Nickel
O is a river in South America and a fictional Womble?
Orinoco
P is partly decayed vegetable matter still used as fuel?
Peat
Q is a state in Australia?
Queensland
R is a magnitude scale used for measuring earthquakes?
Richter
S is an EU member country whose capital is Bratislava?
Slovakia
T is the name of two parallels close to the Equator?
Tropics
U is a South American country whose capital is Montevideo?
Uruguay
V can be active, dormant or extinct?
Volcano
W is the capital of Namibia?
Windhoek
Y is the product of any activity, especially in agriculture?
Yield
Z is an Indian Ocean island now part of Tanzania?
Zanzibar
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Level 48
Jan 10, 2024
Lucky I'm Scottish so knew Cairngorms. Could add Xiamen or Xi'an for X?