World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Kolkheti National Park is an IUCN category II national park located in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti and Guria in the historical region of Colchis in western Georgia. The wetlands of Central Kolkheti are a Wetland of International Importance, a Ramsar Site. It lies on a coastal plain on the Black Sea. The park was established during 1998 and 1999 as part of Georgia’s Integrated Coastal Management Project, which was backed financially by the World Bank (WB) and the Global Environmental Facility (GEF). Kolkheti National Park covers protected wetland areas incorporating the land of the former Kolkheti State Nature Reserve, which had been established in 1947, and its surrounding wetlands, including the lake Paliastomi.

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Volcan Ipala is a stratovolcano in south-eastern Guatemala. It has a 1,000 metres wide summit crater which contains a crater lake (Lake Ipala). Volcan Ipala is part of a cluster of small stratovolcanoes and cinder cone fields in south-eastern Guatemala.

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Tisza River was once also called “the most Hungarian river”. The Tisza is one of the main rivers of Central and Eastern Europe. Once, it was called “the most Hungarian river” because it flowed entirely within the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, it crosses several national borders. Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Serbia are the basin countries of this river.

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The Republic of Kenya is located in Eastern Africa. It shares its borders with Indian Ocean which lies to its East.

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The island nation of Kiribati, officially known as Republic of Kiribati is located in central Pacific Ocean. The largest lake of Kiribati is Washington Lake.

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The Razna National Park is situated in the Latgale region of Latvia. It was designated in the year 2007 and it covers an area of about 596 sq. km.

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The youthful stage of the river is when water flow is the quickest. Because of steep slope and steep channel gradient in this stage, rivers actively deepen their valleys through vertical erosion. The valley becomes deep and narrow characterized by steep valley side slopes of convex plan. Waterfalls, V-shaped valleys and interlocking spurs are features of this stage.

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In regions of rocky deserts, wind abrasion excavates the bands of softer rocks into long, narrow corridors, separating the steep-sided over-hanging ridges of hard rocks, called yardangs. Instead of lying in horizontal strata upon one another, the hard and soft rocks of yardangs are vertical bands and are aligned in the direction of the prevailing winds.

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Maize (corn), rice and wheat are the world’s most popular food crops. Maize has become a staple food in many parts of the world, with the total production of maize surpassing that of wheat or rice.

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Birmingham, one of the seats of Industrial Revolution, has traditionally been known for its iron and steel industry. Famous as “the first manufacturing town in the world” in 1791, today the city’s products include: motor vehicles, vehicle components and accessories, weapons, electrical equipment, plastics, machine tools, chemicals, food, jewellery and glass.