World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Loess Plateau is a plateau located in China. It is 1250-2000 metres above sea level. It is bounded by the Yellow River’s Ordos Loop and its tributaries such as Wei and Fen Rivers. It was one of the earliest locations of Chinese Civilization. Erosion of silt from Loess Plateau and Yellow River floods lead to the great fertility of the North China Plain.

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The Great Lakes are a series of inter connected fresh water lakes in North America. The Great Lakes include:
Lake Superior
Lake Michigan
Lake Huron
Lake Erie 
Lake Ontario

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The Sub Tropical High Pressure Belt extend near the tropics to about 35 degree North and South Latitudes. The high pressure along this belt is due to subsidence of air coming from the equatorial region which descends after becoming heavy. In early days, the sailing vessels with cargo of horses found it difficult to sail under calm conditions of this high pressure belt.They used to throw horses into the sea when fodder ran out. Hence the name horse latitudes.

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Gulf of Darien is located in the southernmost region of the Caribbean Sea between Panama and Colombia. Another gulf, Gulf of Uraba is also located between the provinces of Colombia. Gulf of Darien houses the Atrato River Delta.

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Condensation of water vapor in air in form of water droplets or ice is called Precipitation. 
Precipitation occurs in the form of:
Snowfall
Sleet
Hail
Rainfall

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An Okta is a unit of measurement used to describe the amount of cloud cover at any given location such as a weather station.
Clear sky is measured as 0 oktas.
An overcast or grey sky is measured as 8 oktas.

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Bay of Buena Vista is located on northern Cuba facing the Atlantic Ocean. It is a Ramsar Wetland. This bay houses the Caguanes  National Park and a biosphere reserve. It lies on Sabana-Camaguey Archipelago between the Nicholas Channel and the Old Bahama Channel.

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The Zenobia Shipwreck Diving Site is located in the underground sea bed of the Mediterranean Sea close to Larnaca, Cyprus. In 1980, MS Zenobia, a Swedish-built Challenger-class RO-RO ferry, capsized and sank in the Mediterranean Sea. Several travelling guides rated this shipwreck diving site as one of the top ten recreational diving sites in the world.

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The major movements of the ocean waters can be classified into three. They are:
Waves
Tides
Ocean Currents.
Waves and the ocean currents are horizontal movements of ocean waters while the tide is a kind of vertical movement of the ocean water.

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The Gudena or Guden River is located in the Central Denmark Region of the Jutland Peninsula of Denmark. The source of the river is Tinnet Krat springs and mouth of the river is Rangers Fjord located in the Kattegat sea rea. This river is the longest river in Denmark.