World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Western Europe, Asia and North America are the leading regions in terms of their share in the exports of manufactured commodities.
At the level of the individual countries, the largest share in the world exports of manufactures are accounted for by US (14.0%), Germany (9.9%), Japan (9.7%), France (5.3%) and UK (5%).

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Muni River, also known as Noya River, is a Ramsar Wetland located in Equatorial Guinea. The estuary of this river forms the border with Gabon. This river forms the major basin of Rio Muni continental region of Equatorial Guinea.

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The Gulf of Finland, a significant arm of the Baltic Sea, is sandwiched between Finland to the north, and Estonia to the south. It additionally borders Russia and forms the coastline for these three countries, known as its basin countries. Helsinki, the most populous city in Finland, forms part of this coastline. Finland’s western and southwestern coastal line is marked by the Gulf of Bothnia, another Baltic Sea partition, wedged between Finland and Sweden. The Euro is the official currency of Finland, and “Eduskunta Riksdagen” refers to its unicameral legislative assembly.

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The Isthmus of Corinth is the narrow land bridge which connects the Peloponnese peninsula with the rest of the mainland of Greece, near the city of Corinth. The Isthmus was known in the ancient world as the landmark separating the Peloponnese from mainland Greece.

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Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, Belize and the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Honduras to the east, El Salvador to the southeast and the Pacific Ocean to the south.

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The Atlantic Ocean forms the coastline of the Shell Beach of Guyana. Shell Beach, located on the Atlantic coast of Guyana in the Barima-Waini Region, near the Venezuelan border, is a nesting site for four of the eight sea turtle species – the Green, Hawksbill turtle, Leatherback and the Olive Ridley. Shell Beach extends for approximately 120 km.

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The Dominican Republic is the only country that shares a land border with “Haiti”. Haiti is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, to the east of Cuba and Jamaica and south of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island which it shares with the Dominican Republic.

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The Shinano river is the longest and widest river in Japan. It is also known by the name of Chikuma river. It is located in northeastern Honshu.

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The Sehlabathebe National Park is located in the Maloti mountain ranges in Qacha’s Nek district of Lesotho. It is a part of Maloti Drakensberg World Heritage Site.

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At the equator, 1o of latitude or longitude represents approximately 111 km (approximately 70 miles). A degree of longitude is widest at the equator at 69.172 miles (111.321 km) and gradually shrinks to zero at the poles. At 40° north or south the distance between a degree of longitude is 53 miles (85 km).