World & Physical Geography MCQs

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The Atlas Mountains in Northwestern Africa, are a young fold mountains spreading over Morocco and Tunisia. Mt. Toubkal is the highest peak in the Atlas Mountains.

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The Caucasus mountains in Europe are located between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Mt.Elbrus is the highest peak in the Caucasus mountains.

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The Deccan Plateau, India, is located between the Eastern and the Western Ghats. It is the largest plateau in India. It is volcanic basalt beds of the Deccan which were laid by the huge Deccan trap eruption.

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The Nullarbor Plain is located in southern Australia on the coastline of the Great Australian Bight. It is an area of flat and dry land. It is the world’s largest single piece of limestone, and occupies an area of about 200,000 square kilometres.

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Boyoma Falls is a series of seven cataracts located in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Cataracts are large and powerful waterfalls. It was formerly known as Stanley Falls. The upper reaches of Boyoma Falls forms Lualaba River and lower reaches of Boyoma Falls forms Congo River. It houses Wagenia Falls.

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Continental Tropical Air Masses are air masses which are dry, hot and stable throughout the year. The source regions of the air masses include tropical and sub-tropical deserts of Sahara in Africa, and of West Asia and Australia.

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Koeppen’s Classification of climate is the most commonly used classification of climate. He recognized a close relationship between the distribution of vegetation and climate. 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.

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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.
E is the group of very low temperatures.
Capital letters T and F are used to designate the two subdivisions of polar climate:
tundra – T
icecap – F

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Shoal is a detached elevation with shallow depths. It projects out of water with moderate heights. Therefore they are dangerous for navigation and other activities.

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Colorados Archipelago is located on the northwestern coast of Cuba. These islands are mainly used for fishing lobster, sponge, oysters, red snapper and tuna. This archipelago is located on a barrier reef between Honda Bay and the Cape San Antonio facing the Gulf of Mexico.