World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world. It is a large, deep, freshwater lake in the Andes region flowing through the borders of Peru and Bolivia. It is a Ramsar Wetland. It is the largest lake in South America by volume of water and by surface area. According to the Global Nature Fund (GNF), Titicaca’s biodiversity is threatened by water pollution and the introduction of new species by humans.

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Strait of Magellan is the strait or the sea route in the Southern Chile that separates South American mainland to the north and Tierra del Fuego archipelago to the south. It is one of the only three natural navigable waterway passages between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean in the Southern Hemisphere, the other two are the Drake Passage and Beagle Channel.

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Dangerous Ground lies to the south-east part of the South China Sea and the Spratly Islands. It involves several low islands, cats, sunken reefs and atolls. Due to its poor documentation, it is one of the exceptionally dangerous navigable waterways.

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Istanbul, a popular coastal city in Turkey is famous for the Blue Mosque and Turkish Baths.
The coastal city of Miami is located in the state of Florida, US. It is called the Magic City. It is one of the most popular beaches in the world.
The coastal city Perth is the capital of Western Australia. It has beautiful beaches, national parks and wildlife protected areas. It is famous for its annual music festivals.

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The Patagonian Plateau in Argentina is a semi arid scrub and a rain shadow desert plateau. It is famous for sheep rearing.

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The Shipki La Pass connects the Indian State Himachal Pradesh with Tibet. It has an elevation of 6000 metres. It remains close in winter.

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Lake Kivu is located on the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. It is one of Africa’s Great Lakes and part of the Albertine Rift of the East African Rift. This lake empties into the Ruzizi River which further flows to Lake Tanganyika. Lake Kivu is a freshwater lake and its river bed sits upon a rift valley and its constant interaction with volcano pushes the lake to undergo limnic eruptions of methane and carbon dioxide.

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Costa Rica and Nicaragua are the only two nations involved in the San Juan River Border Dispute. This dispute arises in the interpretation of the delimitation and navigation rights of the San Juan River, as per the Canas-Jerez Treaty of 1858. The 2010 dispute regarding the dredging of San Juan River was called by the media as Google Maps War.

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La Amistad International Park lies between Costa Rica and Panama. It is a Transboundary Protected Area of Latin America. This park is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is located in the Talamanca Mountain Range. It is the largest natural reserve in Central America and has a tropical forest type of vegetation. This park is a part of the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor and it houses five species of big cats such as pumas, ocelots, margay, jaguars and jaguarundis.

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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.