2022 (MS) Geography Bee Round 3

On this body of water lies the town of Wadi Halfa, and the Toksha Lakes were created by diverting water from this body via a canal named for Anwar Sadat. The Abu Simbel Temples were relocated from this lake to prevent their flooding due to the construction of the Aswan High Dam. For the point, name this reservoir in Southern Egypt.

• Lake Nasser

• Lake Victoria

• Lake Tana

• Lake Volta

The Pont du Gard exemplifies, for the point, what structures used to carry water?

• Aqueducts

• Bridges

• Dams

• Canals

This river's upper section is called the Jinsha, which flows through Tiger Leaping Gorge in Yunnan. This river receives Poyang Lake near the border of Anhui and Jiangxi provinces and flows past the cities of Wuhu and Wuhan. This river hosts a possibly extinct species of dolphin called the baiji, the survival of which was further threatened by the Three Gorges Dam. For the point, name this longest river of China.

• Yangtze River

• Yellow River

• Pearl River

• Amur River

This city, the largest before Detroit to file for bankruptcy in the US, contains the Glen Helen Amphitheatre, the largest outdoor music venue in the US. This "Gate City" is nicknamed such due to its location south of the Cajon Pass as the seat of the U.S.'s largest county. The original McDonald's restaurant opened on Route 66 in this city, southeast of the San Gabriel Mountains, which forms the Inland Empire's population hub with Riverside. For the point, name this California city.

• San Bernardino

• Los Angeles

• San Diego

• Fresno

This lake's outflow is regulated by the Degania Dam, and Redbelly tilapia from this lake are served as "St. Peter's fish." This lake's port of Tiberias holds the Tomb of Maimonides, and this lake, that receives waters from Mount Hermon, is the world's second lowest. The western border of the Golan Heights swoops around this lake, drained by the Jordan River into the Dead Sea. Name this "sea," associated with Jesus, in Northern Israel.

• Sea of Galilee

• Dead Sea

• Red Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

This mountain, that inspired C.T.R. Wilson to invent the cloud chamber, was known in Pictish as Nebesa, and climbers often ascend this mountain via the Tower Ridge after departing from Fort William. This mountain is the tallest of the Grampians and the Munros, and the closest higher peak to this mountain is in Norway. For the point, name this highest mountain of Scotland and the United Kingdom.

• Ben Nevis

• Scafell Pike

• Snowdon

• Ben Macdui

This city, surrounded by the Ahal Region, was rebuilt as the "White City," after a devastating 1948 earthquake, under the direction of Saparmurat Niyazov. This city, in the backdrop of the Kopet Dag, was home to the first Baha'i house of worship in the world and also contains the Oguzhan Presidential Palace. This city receives water from the Amu Darya via the Karakum Canal and is north of the Iranian border. For the point, name this capital of Turkmenistan.

• Ashgabat

• Dushanbe

• Tashkent

• Bishkek

This city's Rottnest Island, along with Albany's Bald Island, is one of the two habitats of the quokka. National parks near this city include John Forrest and Walyunga, which is in the Darling Range. Suburbs of this city include Mandurah and Fremantle, but it is still the world's most isolated urban area of over a million inhabitants. This city on the Swan River provides the only outside link to Christmas Island. For the point, name this capital of West Australia.

• Perth

• Sydney

• Melbourne

• Brisbane

This region's namesake archipelago includes Isola del Giglio, the site of the Costa Concordia Cruise disaster, along with the island of Elba between the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian Seas. The Etruscans formerly inhabited this region, home to the Arno River, and this region was once ruled by the Medici family. For the point, name this region of Italy which is home to Florence.

• Lombardy

• Sicily

• Tuscany

• Campania

This city, home to Walker Air Force Base, was the takeoff site of the Red Bull Stratos project and Felix Baumgartner's world's-highest skydive. This city, located on the western edge of the Llano [LYAH-noh] Estacado, is the largest city on the Pecos River and a gateway to Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Home to the International UFO Museum and Research Center, for the point, what southeastern New Mexico city was the site of an alleged 1947 extraterrestrial encounter?

• Roswell

• Santa Fe

• Albuquerque

• Taos