World & Physical Geography MCQs

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The “Coast Tram” of Belgium is a public transport service connecting the cities and towns of the entire Belgian coast starting from the town near the French border to another town near the Dutch border. It is 67 kilometres long tramway. It started its operation in 1885.

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The Cascades de Karfiguela, otherwise known as Banfora Cascades or Karfiguela Falls, are a series of waterfalls along the Komoe River in south-western Burkina Faso. It is one of the important tourist sites of Burkina Faso. It is also known as Tagbaladougou Falls or Banfora Falls.

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Burundi lies in the African Great Lakes region. Lake Tanganyika, one of the Great Lakes of Africa lies to the south-west of Africa. African Great Lakes are a series of lakes formed as part of the East African Rift of Great Valley Rift. Apart from Lake Tanganyika, it also includes Lake Victoria and Lake Malawi. It serves countries such as Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.

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Guelta d’Archei is located in Chad. It is a geographical feature of the Ennedi Plateau of the Shahran desert. Guelta is a special geological feature of the Sahara which consisted of water pocket that forms in drainage canals or wadis. It houses West African Crocodile. It is a barren place.

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Deosai Plateau is the second highest plateau in the world, with an average elevation of 13,497 ft (4,114 m) above sea level. It is located in the Astore and Skardu districts of Gilgit-Baltistan, in northern Pakistan. The word Deosai means “the land of giants”.
The Deosai Plateau is part of the Deosai National Park, which is located in the western Himalayas. The park is a high-altitude alpine plateau that covers an area of 3,584 square kilometers.
The Deosai Plateau is home to the only stable population of the critically endangered Himalayan Brown Bear in the region. The park is also home to other wild animals, including red fox, golden marmot, Sind ibex, wolf, the Ladakh urial, and the snow leopard.

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Air masses occur over a homogeneous area, when air remains for a sufficiently long time, it acquires the characteristics of that area. Homogeneous regions over which air masses form are called source regions.

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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.
H is referred to as the climate of Highland regions.

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The water movements which are caused by the meteorological effects like the winds and atmospheric pressure changes are called as surges. They are not regular like tides.

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Apogee: When the moon’s orbit is farthest from the earth, it is called as apogee. Tidal ranges will be much less than the average during this period.
Aphelion: It is the position where the earth is farthest from the sun (around July 4th). Tidal ranges are much less than the average during this period.

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Cold ocean currents in the Indian Ocean:
Somali Current 
West Australian Current
Warm ocean currents in the Indian Ocean:
The North East Monsoon Drift
The South West Monsoon Drift
North Equatorial Current
South Equatorial Current
Mozambique Current
Madagascar Current
Agulhas Current