Expert Geography: World Tour

Explanation: Astana has been the capital of Kazakhstan since 1997, replacing Almaty. The city was renamed Nur-Sultan from 2019 to 2022, before reverting to Astana.

Explanation: Thimphu is the capital of Bhutan, a small Himalayan kingdom located between India and China.

Explanation: Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, is the largest island in the world at 2.166 million km². Australia is considered a continent, not an island.

Explanation: The Bosphorus connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and separates the European and Asian parts of Istanbul.

Explanation: The Gambia, landlocked within Senegal, is the smallest country in mainland Africa with 11,295 km².

Explanation: The Danube flows through 10 European countries: Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Ukraine.

Explanation: Lake Baikal in Siberia reaches 1,642 meters deep and contains 20% of the world's surface fresh water.

Explanation: Budapest, capital of Hungary, is formed by Buda (hills to the west) and Pest (plain to the east), unified in 1873. The Danube majestically separates these two historic parts.

Explanation: Ethiopia, formerly Abyssinia, is one of the oldest countries in the world and was never colonized.

Explanation: Andorra is a principality landlocked in the Pyrenees, with only 468 km² of area.

Explanation: The Urals, a Russian mountain range 2,500 km long, is the conventional boundary between Europe and Asia.

Explanation: France has 12 time zones thanks to its overseas territories, ahead of Russia (11).

Explanation: Canada has 202,080 km of coastline, thanks to its many Arctic islands and three bordering oceans.

Explanation: Ulaanbaatar is the capital of Mongolia and is home to nearly half of its population.

Explanation: Antarctica is technically the largest desert in the world with 14 million km², ahead of the Sahara.

Explanation: Mongolia has about 2 inhabitants per km², the lowest population density for a sovereign country.

Explanation: Brazil is crossed by the equator in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in the south.

Explanation: The Caspian Sea, technically a salt lake, is the largest inland body of water with 371,000 km².

Explanation: Iceland is located at the junction of the Eurasian, North American plates and on a hotspot.

Explanation: Bolivia lost its access to the sea after the War of the Pacific against Chile (1879-1884).