World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Saltworks of Pedra de Lume is located in Cape Verde. Portuguese discovered the island of Sal of Barlavento Islands in the 15th century. Until the 18th century,f it was uninhabited and was extremely arid and only used to grazing, fishing and salt extraction. This saline site is formed in the crater of an extinct volcano. Island started inhabited for the extraction of salt. During the 19th century, the port of Pedra Lume was established and the salt industry was nationalised after independence.

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Aloba Arch is a natural arch located in Chad. This Arch is a geological feature of Chad’s Ennedi Plateau, located within the Shahra Desert. It is one of the top ten longest arches in the world. It is 8th longest known natural arch. This place has geology similar to the Colorado Plateau of the USA.

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China is geographically related to the Yellow River. The Yellow River is the second-longest river in China. It is the sixth-longest river system in the world. This river is also known as Huang He. The river originates from Bayan Har Mountains and drains its water into the Bohai Sea. The Yellow River basin was the birthplace of ancient Chinese civilization.

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Lake Baikal in Russia is the deepest lake in the world. It is the largest volume freshwater lake in the world.

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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 Harmattan winds are hot and dry winds which originate from the Sahara Desert and blow towards the Guinea coast of Africa. As these winds arrive on the western coast of Africa, the weather turns into pleasant dry weather with low relative humidity, thus bringing great relief to the people. Due to this reason, they are also known as doctor winds.

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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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The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest ocean in the world. It covers approximately 20 percent of Earth’s surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area. It separates the “Old World” from the “New World”. The Atlantic Ocean is a busiest ocean in terms of trade and commerce.

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Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia is a British Overseas territory on the island country of Cyprus. The United Kingdom retained the control of Akrotiri and Dhekelia areas of Cyprus as the British military bases and installations through the London-Zurich Agreements of 1959.

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Warm currents flow from equatorial regions towards the polar regions and hence have a higher surface temperature.
These currents flow in the clockwise direction in the northern hemisphere and in the anti-clockwise direction in the southern hemisphere.