World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Cameroon is known as “Africa in miniature”. Cameroon well represents the geological and cultural diversity of entire Africa in a single platform. One can see all the geographical features such beaches, deserts, mountains, rainforests and savannah in a single location. Cameroon is famous for the African-native style of music-Makossa and Bikutsi. It also has a successful national African football team.

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The coastal city Auckland is a city in New Zealand. Commonly referred as “The City of Sails”. It has thousands of city beaches.

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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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The Sargasso Sea, located entirely within the Atlantic Ocean, is the only sea without a land boundary. It is encircled by the Gulf Stream, North Atlantic Drift, and North Equatorial Current.

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Continental Shelf is the extended margin of each continent occupied by relatively shallow seas and gulfs.  It is the shallowest part of the ocean showing an average gradient of 1° or even less.

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Oceanic Deeps or Trenches are relatively long, steep-sided, narrow basins or depressions. These areas are the deepest parts of the oceans.  
As many as 57 deeps have been explored so far, of which:
32 are in the Pacific Ocean
19 in the Atlantic Ocean and
6 in the Indian Ocean.

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Latitudinal distribution of salinity classified into 4 zones as
Equatorial zones – relatively low salinity (excessive rainfall)
Tropical zone (20° – 30°) of maximum salinity (low rainfall and high evaporation)
Temperate zone – low salinity 
Sub polar and polar zone – minimum

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Bay of Pigs is located on the Gulf of Cazones facing the Caribbean Sea on the southern coast of Cuba. This bay was an important site for the failed “Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961”. It is an important tourist destination famous for diving. Zapata Peninsula lies to the west of Bay of Pigs.

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Pedieos River is the longest river in Cyprus. The source of the river is Troodos Mountains and the mouth of the river is Famagusta Bay of Cyprus. It houses Tamassos Dam. It flows northeast across the Mesaoria Plains through the capital city of Nicosia.

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The currents have a significant effect on the climate of the coastal areas. The cold Labrador Current flows along the eastern coast of North America keeping it cool while the warm West Wind Drift and the Norwegian Current keep the western coast of Europe warm.