World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Fissure vent is the linear volcanic vent through which lava erupts.  It is also known as volcanic fissure or eruption fissure. They are usually found along rifts and rift zones.

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King Fahd Causeway is a series of bridges and causeways connecting both Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. It is a 25 kilometres long bridge with 23 metres width. The bridge is opened in 1986. This bridge is named after the former monarch of Saudi Arabia King Fahd.

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China has the longest land border in the world. Its land border measures 22,147 kilometres. It borders more number of nations than any other country except Russia. China shares its land border with 14 nations such as Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, India, Nepal, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Mongolia and North Korea.

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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 Volga Delta is the largest river delta in Europe. Part of the Volga river system, it drains into the caspian sea. It is designated as the Ramsar Wetland site.

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The Furka pass is located in Switzerland. It is at an elevation of 2429 metres. It is a mountain pass in Swiss Alps.

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The Republic of Congo is located along the coastline of the South Atlantic Ocean. The Republic of Congo is bordered by the South Atlantic Ocean to the south-west. The Republic of Congo has short coast on the Atlantic Ocean.

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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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Angola does not share a maritime border with Comoros. Comoros is an island country located in the Indian Ocean, off the eastern coast of Africa, at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel. It is the fourth-smallest African nation by area. Comoros shares maritime borders with Madagascar and the French region of Mayotte to the southeast; Tanzania to the northwest; Mozambique to the west and Seychelles to the northeast.

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The boundary zone when two different type of air masses meet is called a Front. The process of its formation is known as frontogenesis.