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Tottori Sand Dunes - Quiz
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  • 1. Where are the Tottori Sand Dunes located?
A) Osaka Prefecture, Japan
B) Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
C) Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
D) Tottori Prefecture, Japan
  • 2. What is the length of the Tottori Sand Dunes?
A) 12 miles
B) 1.5 miles
C) 5 miles
D) 9 miles
  • 3. What is the width of the Tottori Sand Dunes?
A) 10 miles
B) 5 miles
C) 9 miles
D) Less than 1.5 miles
  • 4. The Tottori Sand Dunes are part of which Geopark?
A) Sendai Geopark
B) Hakuto Geopark
C) San'in Kaigan Geopark
D) Fuji Geopark
  • 5. What river carried the sediment that formed the dunes?
A) Iwato River
B) Sendai River
C) Tanegaike River
D) Chūgoku River
  • 6. How long did it take for the wind to shape the dunes?
A) 1,000,000 years
B) 10,000 years
C) 100,000 years
D) 50,000 years
  • 7. Why has the area of the dunes been decreasing?
A) Urban expansion
B) Global warming
C) Natural erosion by the sea
D) A government reforestation program
  • 8. What has been built along the coast to prevent erosion?
A) Steel nets
B) Wooden fences
C) Concrete barriers
D) Sand walls
  • 9. What is the most famous tourist destination within the dunes?
A) Hamasaka Dunes
B) The Sendai River Delta
C) Hakuto Coast
D) Iwato Beach
  • 10. Which lake was formed when the dunes separated it from the sea?
A) Lake Tanegaike
B) Lake Tottori
C) Lake Hakuto
D) Lake Biwa
  • 11. What is the maximum elevation difference of the dunes?
A) 90 meters
B) 100 meters
C) 40 meters
D) 50 meters
  • 12. What are the bowl-shaped depressions in the sand called?
A) Hakuto
B) Saren
C) Suribachi
D) Fūmon
  • 13. What is the height of the largest suribachi?
A) 90 meters
B) 20 meters
C) 50 meters
D) 40 meters
  • 14. What are the sand patterns resembling hanging blinds called?
A) Suribachi
B) Saren
C) Oasis
D) Fūmon
  • 15. What wind speed forms the striped patterns known as fūmon?
A) 10-12 meters per second
B) 5-6 meters per second
C) 20 meters per second
D) 1-2 meters per second
  • 16. What is the area where groundwater seeps out called?
A) Oasis
B) Tanegaike
C) Suribachi
D) Saren
  • 17. When was the ordinance to protect the dunes enacted?
A) April 1, 1999
B) December 31, 2010
C) January 1, 2000
D) April 1, 2009
  • 18. What is the maximum fine for defacing the dunes?
A) 5,000 yen
B) 10,000 yen
C) 100,000 yen
D) 50,000 yen
  • 19. Where did the sediment deposits originate?
A) The Sea of Japan
B) Hamasaka Plains
C) Chūgoku Mountains
D) Iwato Forest
  • 20. Are the Tottori Sand Dunes the largest in Japan?
A) No, they are second largest
B) No, they are tied with others
C) No, they are the smallest
D) Yes
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