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1) Fill in the blank: along the mighty Zambezi River, _________ of ZAMBIA and ZIMBABWE is the world’s largest artificial lake by volume as of the year 2023.
A — Lake Baikal
B — Lake Kariba
C — Lake Tanganyika
2) True or false: The community of Nahwa in the UNITED ARAB EMIRATES is completely surrounded by Madhā in OMAN. Also, the doughnut-shaped territory of Madhā is surrounded by additional land of the United Arab Emirates.
3) Fill in the blank: standing at over 8,281 feet (2,524 meters) in elevation, the highest mountain of SRI LANKA is _________.
A — Dealul Balanesti
B — Pidurutalagala
C — Hombori Tondo
ANSWERS
Question 1:
B . . . . . Lake Kariba
Question 2:
True . . . . . Nahwa is rare phenomenon known as a counter-exclave — in which an exclave (Nahwa) is surrounded by another exclave (Madhā). Nahwa is the “egg yolk” to Madhā’s “egg white”!
Question 3:
B . . . . . Pidurutalagala
A new and detailed map of OMAN on the GeoFact of the Day Blog provides locations of cities/towns, features, and country borders. This map is available on the Oman post (↗). To tell me what you think about this map, feel free to comment down below or send an email! What country or other place should be the focal point of my next map?
According to Encyclopædia Britannica, OMAN’s population in the year 2020 is about __________ and is ranked 126th among populations of the whole world’s countries, dependencies, and territories. The correct answer is listed further below!
A — 4,593,000
B — 593,000
C — 93,000
ANSWER
A — 4,593,000
According to National Geographic MapMaker (mapmaker.nationalgeographic.org), the following items are major exports of OMAN: alfalfa, asbestos, bananas, chemicals, chromium, construction materials, copper, date fruit, gypsum, limes, limestone, livestock, marble (small amounts), natural gas, petroleum, petroleum products, re-exports from other countries, seafood, and steel. According to the International Monetary Fund (data.imf.org), countries and territories buying and importing most of those exports (February 2017 statistics) include China (top importer), the United Arab Emirates, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, India, Yemen, the United States, Iraq, Pakistan, Malaysia, Australia, Qatar, Iran, Somalia, Kuwait, the Netherlands, and Thailand.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ for OMAN in Southwestern Asia lists 3 critically endangered species and 21 endangered species. There are no extinct species listed on IUCN's website. Oman's critically endangered species are the Hawksbill Turtle, Pondicherry Shark, and Sociable Plover bird. Endangered species in Oman include the Arabian Tahr, Black Teatfish, Eastern Curlew bird, Prickly Redfish, Sandfish, Scalloped Hammerhead Shark, and Tawi Atair Garra fish. With a population of 200, Tawi Atair Garra fish are only found in a deep sinkhole's pool — located in southwestern Oman's Dhofar Governorate near the city of Salalah. Species named after Oman include the Oman Blenny fish, Oman Bullhead Shark, Oman Butterflyfish, Oman Cuttlefish, Oman Electric Ray, Oman Garra fish, Oman Gurnard fish, Oman Porgy Fish, Oman Saw-Scaled Viper, Oman Sea Longsnout Goby, and Omani Owl (discovered in 2013).
Located in the Arabian Peninsula's southeastern region, OMAN is the world's only country with a name starting with the letter O. Below is Oman's flag from the website Flagpedia.net. To discover more about this country, visit my Oman post!
The A to Z categories are based on the English language and inadvertently might not include all native country names.
Unlike with the previous 14 letters in the alphabet (A through N), O has only one country with the name starting in that letter (English language). The only "O" country is OMAN, a Middle Eastern country of deserts and mountains. Part of the large Arabian Peninsula, Oman borders two major water bodies: the Gulf of Oman off the northern coast and the Arabian Sea to the east. All of the bordering countries - Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen - are west of Oman. Check out my original Oman post!
Peninsula Week Post #4
The Musandam Peninsula sticks out northward into the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, in the Middle East. This peninsula is interesting because it is basically an exclave of OMAN. This means that the peninsula is part of Oman, but geographically separated from the rest of the country because of the United Arab Emirates. The U.A.E. is a wealthy country located south of Musandam Peninsula. Standing at over 6,800 feet (over 2,000 meters), Jabal al Harim is the highest point in the peninsula's area. Communities on the peninsula include Al Khaşab, Kamzar, and Sha'am.
Other Posts to Check Out: Oman — United Arab Emirates
The Kuria Muria Islands, also known as the Khuriya Muriya Islands, is a grouping of small islands located in the Arabian Sea. The group is situated off the coast of OMAN; the Khalīj al Halāniyāt is a body of water flowing between Oman's shoreline and the Kuria Muria islands. There are five islands in the archipelago, the largest being Al-Hallaniyah.
OMAN is a Middle Eastern country bordering the Arabian Sea in the east and the Gulf of Oman in the north. It is east of the countries Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.), and Yemen. The capital of Oman, located along the northern coast and north of the Al Hajar mountain range, is Muscat (also spelled Masqat). According to Encyclopædia Britannica, Oman’s population in the year 2020 is about 4,593,000 and is ranked 126th among populations of the whole world’s countries, dependencies, and territories. The currency is the Omani Rial, and its ISO 4217 currency code is OMR. Only a handful of countries have exclaves or a single exclave, and Oman has one in its northern extent on a peninsula. Exclaves are areas of land belonging to a particular country, but are separated from that country because of another. Sticking vertically into the Strait of Hormuz, the Musandam Peninsula of northern Oman serves as a boundary where the Persian Gulf - northwest of Oman and north of the U.A.E. - and Gulf of Oman meet. This is unusual: there is an exclave within an exclave, located between the Musandam Peninsula to the north and mainland Oman to the south. The Oman-occupied exclave is shaped like a doughnut, and here's why! A small area of U.A.E. land is surrounded by Oman territory, and that is then surrounded by the U.A.E.
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