World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Great Bear Lakes and Great Slave Lakes are the two largest lakes of Canada. Great Bear Lake is the largest lake in Canada, which is located inside Canada as a whole. Great Slave Lake is the second-largest lake of Canada, after Great Bear Lake. It is also the deepest lake in North America.

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Beagle Channel, Strait of Magellan and Drake Passage are the only three navigable waterway-passages around South America connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. However, most of the commercial shipping prefer to use the open-ocean Drake Passage for the conveyance between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.

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Li River, also known as Li Jiang, is located in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. It is part of the Xijiang River system in the Pearl River Basin. This river houses “Li River Cruises”, one of the most prominent tourist attractions of China.

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The Volga Delta is the largest river delta in Europe. Part of the Volga river system, it drains into the caspian sea. It is designated as the Ramsar Wetland site.

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Mount Merapi which means Fire Mountain, is an active strato-volcano in Indonesia. It is the most active volcano in Indonesia. In light of the hazards that Merapi poses to populated areas, it has been designated as one of the Decade Volcanoes.

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Mount Agung is an active volcano in Bali, Indonesia. It is the highest point in Bali. Agung is a stratovolcano, with a large and deep crater.Its most recent eruptions occurred from 2017–2019.

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The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta is located in Colombia. It lies separated from Andes mountain ranges, located on the Caribbean Coast, as one of the world’s highest coastal mountain ranges. It is a national park and UNESCO designated biosphere reserve. It is home to the Native American Tairona Culture.

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According to Koeppen’s  climate classification system, most parts of the peninsular plateau barring Coromandel and Malabar coastal strips is characterized by Aw (Tropical Savannah) type of climate.

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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.