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  • 1. What is the maximum depth of the Chicamocha Canyon?
A) 1,500 metres (4,900 ft)
B) 3,000 metres (9,800 ft)
C) 2,500 metres (8,200 ft)
D) 2,000 metres (6,600 ft)
  • 2. In which departments of Colombia is the Chicamocha Canyon located?
A) Norte de Santander and Atlántico
B) Valle del Cauca and Risaralda
C) Boyacá and Santander
D) Cundinamarca and Antioquia
  • 3. What is the length of the Chicamocha Canyon?
A) 200 kilometres (124 mi)
B) 300 kilometres (186 mi)
C) 227 kilometres (141 mi)
D) 150 kilometres (93 mi)
  • 4. Which river carved the Chicamocha Canyon?
A) Sogamoso River
B) Suárez River
C) Chicamocha River
D) Magdalena River
  • 5. What is the area of the Chicamocha Canyon?
A) 200,000 hectares (494,000 acres)
B) 108,000 hectares (270,000 acres)
C) 150,000 hectares (371,000 acres)
D) 80,000 hectares (198,000 acres)
  • 6. What is the significance of the Chicamocha Canyon in terms of its size worldwide?
A) It is the fourth-largest canyon in the world.
B) It is the third-largest canyon in the world.
C) It is the largest canyon in the world.
D) It is the second-largest canyon in the world.
  • 7. Which national park administers the Chicamocha Canyon?
A) Chicamocha National Park
B) Sierra Nevada National Park
C) Los Nevados National Park
D) Los Katíos National Park
  • 8. When did the formation of the Chicamocha Canyon start?
A) Early Oligocene
B) Miocene
C) Late Cretaceous
D) Jurassic
  • 9. What is the meaning of 'Chicamocha' in the Guane language?
A) Land of the jaguars
B) River of the mountains
C) Silver thread on a full moon night in the mountain range
D) Place of the spirits
  • 10. What climatic change contributed to the formation of the early Chicamocha Canyon?
A) Global warming trend
B) General global cooling trend
C) Increased volcanic activity
D) Rising sea levels
  • 11. What is the name of the paleolake that formed near Soatá?
A) Lake Soatá
B) Lake Chicamocha
C) Lake Santander
D) Lake Bucaramanga
  • 12. Which prehistoric animal was found in the Soatá Formation?
A) Tyrannosaurus rex
B) Notiomastodon
C) Stegosaurus
D) Megalodon
  • 13. What is the climate like in the highest parts of the canyon near Soatá?
A) Dry and hot
B) Cold and humid
C) Windy and cold
D) Mild and rainy
  • 14. What type of forest is found in the canyon north of San Gil?
A) Dry tropical forest
B) Temperate forest
C) Boreal forest
D) Rainforest
  • 15. Which two rivers form the Sogamoso River south of Zapatoca?
A) Magdalena River and Suárez River
B) Suárez River and Sogamoso River
C) Chicamocha River and Sogamoso River
D) Chicamocha River and Suárez River
  • 16. What is the southern boundary of the Mesa de Los Santos?
A) Magdalena River
B) Chicamocha Canyon
C) Suárez River
D) Sogamoso River
  • 17. When was the Chicamocha Canyon preselected for the election of the 7 natural wonders?
A) 2008
B) 2009
C) 2010
D) 2011
  • 18. What is the final ranking of the Chicamocha Canyon in the Natural Wonders?
A) Top 50
B) Top 30
C) Top 77
D) Top 100
  • 19. Since what year have the Chicamocha Canyon Races been held?
A) 2013
B) 2010
C) 2015
D) 2012
  • 20. What is the climate like in the lowest areas of the canyon at around 900 metres elevation?
A) Windy and dry
B) Coldest and wettest
C) Mild and humid
D) Driest and hottest
  • 21. Which city is approximately 55 kilometres from the Chicamocha Canyon?
A) Bogotá
B) Bucaramanga
C) Medellín
D) Cali
  • 22. What is the name of the national route that crosses the canyon?
A) National Route 30
B) National Route 55
C) National Route 65
D) National Route 45A
  • 23. Which city is a backpacker destination near the canyon?
A) Cali
B) Medellín
C) San Gil
D) Bogotá
  • 24. What is the climate like near Capitanejo?
A) Mild and rainy
B) Dry and hotter
C) Cold and humid
D) Windy and cold
  • 25. Which indigenous group inhabited the region of the Chicamocha Canyon before the Spanish conquest?
A) The Aztec
B) The Guane
C) The Maya
D) The Inca
  • 26. What is the age range of the geological formations in Chicamocha Canyon?
A) Triassic to Jurassic
B) Precambrian to Pleistocene
C) Jurassic to Cretaceous
D) Cambrian to Devonian
  • 27. What geological event is typical for Colombian geology and spans the Silurian?
A) An earthquake
B) A flood
C) A hiatus
D) An eruption
  • 28. Where near Chicamocha Canyon is gypsum mined?
A) Near Jordán
B) Near Barichara
C) Near Boavita
D) Near Soatá
  • 29. Which formation unconformably overlies the Lower Paleozoic section?
A) The Jurassic Pescadero Quartzmonzonite
B) The Cretaceous Tibú-Mercedes Formation
C) The Neoproterozoic Bucaramanga Gneiss
D) The Devonian Floresta Formation
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