World & Physical Geography MCQs

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The Czech Republic and Germany share the location of Elbe Sandstone Mountain Range. It is also called Elbe Sandstone Highlands or Saxon Switzerland or Bohemian Switzerland. The Elbe River breaks through this sandstone mountain range which creates a steep and narrow valley. Decinsky Sneznik is the highest peak of this mountain range which is 723 metres above sea level.

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C – Horizon is also known as the parent rock, it comprises of the parent rock material which eroded from the layers below and got accumulated in this horizon. It is in the form of large rocks which are sometimes unbroken. It also acts as a zone of accumulation of soluble inorganic compounds which percolate down to this horizon.

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The soil is classified on the basis of the proportion of particles of various sizes.
If soil contains greater proportion of big particles it is called sandy soil.
If the proportion of fine particles is relatively higher, then it is called clayey soil.

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Afar Depression, also known as the Afar Triangle, is a geological depression spread through the borders of Eritrea, Djibouti and the entire Afar region of Ethiopia. Great Rift Valley of East Africa lead to the formation of Afar Triple Junction which further leads to the formation of a geological depression called Afar Triangle or Afar Depression. This depression houses Lake Assal of Djibouti, the lowest point on land in the continent of Africa and River Awash of Ethiopia. Danakil Depression lies to the north of this depression. Djibouti is positioned on a plain known as the Afar Triple Junction in which the three divergent segments of the east Africa-the African, Somalian and Arabian Plates are tearing away from each other.

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The chief commercial dairy farming regions all lie in the temperate zone.
East central North America, Western Europe, New Zealand and Eastern Australia are the leading areas of this activity. Western US, eastern Argentina, middle Chile, South Africa and eastern Japan are smaller areas of commercial dairy farming.

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Australia, Argentina and South Africa are the important dairying countries in the Southern Hemisphere. Development of dairy activity in all these remote regions situated far from the centres of consumption depends upon introduction of refrigeration ships.

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Gulf of Guayaquil is a large body of water located in the South American continent between Ecuador and Peru facing the Pacific Ocean. This gulf is an inlet of the Pacific Ocean. Rivers of both Ecuador and Peru such as Guayas River, Jubones River, Zarumilla River and Tumbes River empty into this gulf. A series of geological faults, which are capable to generate dangerous earthquakes, are present in the underlying gulf.

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Factors influencing the location of manufacturing industries are:
– Power supply
– Communications – including transport, telecommunications
– Labour supply – including workers with the right skills
– Access to market – where the goods are sold
– Grants and financial incentives – usually from governments
– Raw materials

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The Cevennes National Park is an IUCN Category V protected landscape national park located in southern France, in the mountainous area of Cevennes. This national park, which is created in 1970, houses the Aven Armand Cave, which is a limestone cave known for the tallest known stalagmite of 30 meters. This national park is part of “The Causses and the Cevennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape”, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Ivory Coast and Guinea are the two countries that share the location of the “Mount Richard-Molard”. Mount Richard-Molard, also known as Mount Nimba, is a mountain along the border of Ivory Coast and Guinea in West Africa. The highest peak for both countries and the Nimba Range is at 1,752 m. The mountain is a part of the Guinea Highlands, which straddles the borders between the two countries and Liberia.