World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Lake Chad’s basin countries include Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria and Niger. It is an endorheic lake in Africa. It is the largest lake in Chad Basin. It lies on the central part of the Sahel Region. This lake is Africa’s second-largest wetland.

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The Anatolian Plateau in Turkey is also known as the Asia Minor. It is famous for best quality wool producing goat called as the Angora goats.

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The Sencotta Gap joins the Madurai city in Tamil Nadu with Kottayam district in Kerala. It is located in Western Ghats. It is the second largest gap in Western Ghats.

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Cold local winds are dust-laden winds and as they have a temperature below freezing point. They create Cold Wave condition.
Examples of Cold Local winds include:
Mistral, Bora, Northers, Blizzard, Purga, Lavender, Pampero, Bise, etc.

The Harmattan winds are hot and dry winds which originate from the Sahara Desert and blow towards the Guinea coast of Africa.

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The Koeppen climate classification system recognizes five major climatic types and each type is designated by a capital letter- A, B, C, D, E, and H.
A, C, D, E are considered as Humid whereas B is considered as Dry.
The group A is recognised as Tropical climate.
The letter code Aw represents Tropical Savannah climate.
The letter code Af represents Tropical Rainforests (No dry season).

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The East Pacific Rise or Ridge known as Albatross Plateau is 1600 km wide and it extends from north of New Zealand to the Californian coast. It is a plateau-shaped rise on the bottom of the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean.

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The continental slope links the continental shelf and the ocean basins. It starts where the bottom of the continental shelf abruptly drops off into a steep slope.

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Gulf of Cazones is a gulf located in southern Cuba facing the Caribbean Sea. This gulf houses harsh calms and cross-currents which make navigation and sailing of vessels very dangerous. It is estimated that this gulf was created through a geological fault. It also houses Lane Snapper fish and Balck Corals.

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Sabana-Camaguey Archipelago is located in north-central coast of Cuba facing the Atlantic Ocean. It is bounded by the Nicholas Channel and the Old Bahamas Channel. Environment Canada and the Global Environment Facility support different conservation projects to protect the coastal and marine ecosystem of this archipelago. It houses Bay of Buena Vista Biosphere Reserve and Caguanes National Park.

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Vltava River is the longest river within the Czech Republic itself. This river rises from the Bohemian Forests of Czech Republic and then flows across the Bohemia and joins the Elbe River at Melnik town of the Czech Republic. It is considered as the Czech National River.