World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Belize lies to the west of the coast of the Caribbean Sea in northern Central America. This coast has the second-longest barrier reef. Gulf of Fonseca is a part of the Pacific Ocean in Central America bordering El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. Gulf of Panama is in the Pacific Ocean near the southern coast of Panama.

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Mount Cameroon is the highest peak of Cameroon. It is 4040 metres above sea level. It is an active stratovolcano, near to the Gulf of Guinea. It is also known as Fako Mountains. It is the highest point in Sub-Saharan western and central Africa. It forms a part of there Cameroon Volcanic Line.

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Jasper National Park is located in Canada. It is the largest national park within Alberta’s Rocky Mountains. This national park houses Columbia Ice Field, springs, lakes, waterfalls and mountains. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is the source of rivers such as Athabasca and Smoky.

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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.

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The zone separating troposphere from the stratosphere is known as Tropopause. It has constant temperature and hence it is called tropopause. The temperature at the tropopause is about – 80 degree Celsius over the equator and about – 45 degree Celsius over the poles.

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The Gobi Desert is a large desert is East Asia. It covers parts of Northern and Northeastern China and of Southern Mongolia. It has an area of 1,295,000 square kilometres. It is a cold Desert.

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Colombian Massif is a group of mountains located within the Andes Mountain Ranges of Colombia. Purace Mountain is the highest peak. These mountains provide for 70% of Colombia’s water requirements for human consumption and irrigation. It forms the source for Magdalena River, the principal river of Colombia.

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Zlatni Rat is a sandspit located in the coast of Adriatic Sea of Croatia. It lies to the south of Hvar Channel. It is a pebble beach with the Mediterranean pine groves. Jugo, a strong south-easterly wind, usually influences the landform of Zlatni Rat by changing the shape of the beach.

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Maritime Polar Air Masses are the masses whose source regions are the oceans between 40° and 60° latitudes. The conditions over these source regions are cool, moist and unstable.

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The East Pacific Rise or Ridge known as Albatross Plateau is 1600 km wide and it extends from north of New Zealand to the Californian coast. It is a plateau-shaped rise on the bottom of the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean.