World & Physical Geography MCQs

Notes:
Gravity alone is the force having a direct influence in Mass wasting (downslope movement of rock and soil).

Notes:
The erosional capacity of the wind depends on its velocity and the amount of dust and sand particles present in it.

Notes:
Ox bow lake is a U shaped lake formed when a meander of a river is cut off. This cut off meander creates a free standing water body called Ox bow lake.

Notes:
Stream is the body of water with the surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. The study of streams and waterways is called as surface hydrology.

Notes:
The great Victoria Desert is located in Australia. It is a sparsely populated desert region. It is the largest desert in Australia. It is also a World Wildlife Fund ecoregion. It was also a location for nuclear weapon trials in the 1950s and 1960s.

Notes:
Badain Jaran Desert is located in China. It is the third-largest desert in China. It lies within the Gansu, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia provinces of China. This desert houses some of the tallest stationary dunes on the earth such as the “Bilutu Peak”. It is the tallest dune in Asia, also the third-tallest in the world. It is also the world’s tallest stationary dune. The mega dunes of the Badain Jaran Desert are also known as “Singing Sand Dunes”, “Whistling Sand Dunes” or “Booming Dunes”.

Notes:
Flaming Mountains, also known as Gaochang Mountains, are located in China. These are barren, eroded and red sandstone mountain which lies to the north of the Taklamakan Desert and to the east of the Turpan. Continuous erosion of these red sandstone mountains leads to the formation of gullies and trenches which gave rise to a flaming pattern in these mountains. It also forms location for several palaeontological formations such as Lianmuqin Formation and Subashi Formation. This mountain also houses the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves.

Notes:
The Fly delta is a river delta on the fly river. It is a funnel shaped and a tide dominated delta. It is located in Papua New Guinea.

Notes:
ITCZ or the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone is the Zone of Convergence of the trade winds and tropical air masses. It is known to shift with the apparent migration of the sun. . It is fluctuating and oscillating line characterized by low pressure, rainfall and cloudiness.

Notes:
The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the Earth covering one-third area. Explorer Ferdinand Magellan named the Pacific Ocean in the 16th Century. He called it Mar Pacifico, which in both Portuguese and Spanish means “peaceful sea”.