World & Physical Geography MCQs

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The Coral Triangle is a geographical marine area located in the western Pacific Ocean. Coral Triangle is a six million square kilometre area covers the parts or entirety of waters of six countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Solomon Islands. This area is divided into two regions:- Indonesian-Philippines Region and the Far Southwestern Pacific Region. Coral Triangle houses 76% of the world’s coral species, the highest coral diversity in the world. The epicentre of that coral diversity is found in the Bird’s Head Peninsula of Indonesian Papua. Within the Bird’s Head Peninsula, the Raja Ampat archipelago is the world’s coral diversity bull’s eye. It occupies just 1.5% of the world’s total ocean area but represents 30% of the world’s coral reefs. The coral triangle has more coral reef fish diversity than anywhere else in the world. It houses 37% of the world’s coral reef fish species and 56% of the coral reef fishes in the Indo-Pacific region. This area houses six of the world’s seven marine turtle species.

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Tanning materials are perhaps the most important products of gathering activity in the temperate and sub-tropical latitudes. Quebracho tree growing in the Gran Chaco region of South America is a principle source of tannin.

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Commercial Grain Farming – Under this system, large production is obtained by bringing under plough large areas with the help of machinery.
– Yield per hectare is generally low but the yield per worker is very high due to a high degree of farm mechanisation.
– Agriculture in North American Plains is of this type.
– it is typical type of the farming in areas of a low population density.

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Fencing of land has played an important role in the transition from open-ranch to the organised ranch in US.
While, on the one hand, it puts a check on interlopers from grazing extra cattle on the ranch, on the other, it also prevents the herds from wandering and inter-breeding with poor animals.

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Plantation agriculture is a form of commercial agriculture. The plantations have a large area and they are usually found in areas of low density of population.
They employ large number of people, most of them unskilled low paid labourers.
Plantation farming is capital intensive.
It has been an agricultural practice primarily in tropical and subtropical regions.

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Lake Kulul is a lake located in Eritrea which forms part of the Afar Depression of Eritrea. It is located in the Northern Red Sea region.

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Ethiopia and Sudan form the basin countries of the Atbarah River. This river is also known as the Black Nile. After rising from northwest Ethiopia, this river flows to Sudan to meet the Nile River at Atbarah city, which forms the last tributary of the Nile River before reaching the Mediterranean Sea. This river houses several dams such as Khashm el-Girba Dam; Rumela and Burdana Dams.

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The Didi Abuli Mountain is located in Georgia. Didi Abuli, which forms part of the Abul-Samsari Range, is one of the highest peaks of the Lesser Caucasus Mountains in the nation of Georgia. The mountain is located in the Abul-Samsari Range at an elevation of 3,300 m above sea level. Didi Abuli is an extinct stratovolcano.

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Ghana houses the largest artificial reservoir in the world based on the surface area, “Lake Volta”. Lake Volta, the largest artificial reservoir in the world based on the surface area and is contained behind the Akosombo Dam which generates a substantial amount of Ghana’s electricity. It is completely within the country of Ghana.

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South America is the continent that houses the country Guyana. Guyana is a country on the northern mainland of South America. It is considered part of the Caribbean region because of its strong cultural, historical, and political ties with other Caribbean countries and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Guyana is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Brazil to the south and southwest, Venezuela to the west, and Suriname to the east.