16 December 2024

Geography quiz on land borders

This time the questions are about land borders between countries. See how many you can answer from what you know, remember or even guess before you resort to Google.

1. Which country has the maximum number of countries with who they have land borders? (Hint: there are 2 of them)

2. Of the number of land borders a country can have, what is the most frequent? (e.g. if 13 countries have 3 as number of land bordering countries, 17 have 4, 20 have 5 and there were no other countries in the world – then 5 would be the answer). [Hint: the answer is fairly surprising]

3. We all know that USA and Canada have the longest land boundary (and one that is not guarded by military too!). Can you name the other 4 in the Top 5? [Hint: Russia and China border is NOT one of them!]

4. Which countries have the shortest land border between them? [Hint: It is about 500 feet!!]

5. This one is also very unintuitive. A country can have multiple land borders with the same country. Enclaves or oblasts are great examples of that. Which two countries have the most number of separate land boundaries between them?

Answers posted here.



Posted December 16, 2024 by Rajib Roy in category "Maps", "Puzzles

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