World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Hvannadalshnukur is a pyramidal peak on the northwestern rim of the summit crater of the Oaefajokull volcano in Vatnajokull National Park, Iceland. Its summit is the highest point in the country Iceland.

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Iceland houses the “Borgarfjordur fjord”. Borgarfjordur is a fjord in the west of Iceland. Although the waters of Borgarfjordur appear calm, the fjord has significant undercurrents and shallows. The many flat islands lying in the fjord are for the most part uninhabited. The land around the fjord has been inhabited since the time of Icelandic settlement. Events in the Icelandic sagas such as that of Egill Skallagrimsson are situated here.

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The Jabal um ad Dami is the highest mountain peak of Jordan. It is about 1854 meters high above the mean sea level. It is situated near the border of Saudi Arabia.

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Sea of Japan lies in the east of the Korean peninsula, it separates Korea from Japan. Yellow sea lies in the west and South China sea in South-West.

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Sideways form of erosion is called lateral erosion. In lateral erosion, the river erodes away at its banks and widens the river channel. Together, vertical and lateral erosion create the distinctive V-shaped valley that is found in rivers in their upper course. As the river gets closer to the sea, there is more lateral erosion than vertical erosion and the V flattens out into a much wider shape.

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Stratosphere is almost free from clouds and associated weather phenomenon, making conditions most ideal for flying aeroplanes.

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Continental drift is the movement of the Earth’s continents relative to each other, thus appearing to “drift” across the ocean bed. The concept was independently and fully developed by Alfred Wegener in 1912. The idea of continental drift has been subsumed by the theory of plate tectonics, which explains how the continents move.

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The term “smog” was first used in London during the early 1900’s to describe the combination of smoke and fog. What we typically call “smog” today is a mixture of pollutants but is primarily made up of ground-level ozone.

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The Chinook winds are known as snow eater. Along the eastern slopes of the Rockies, they are warm, dry winds that provide a welcome respite from the long winter chill. The hot winds melt and dry the winter snow making grazing possible throughout the winter. Chinook is associated with warm weather; it does not lead to rainfall in the Prairies.

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The Great Victoria Desert is the largest desert in Australia. There are several national parks and reserves in the area, including the Great Victoria Desert Nature Reserve, Nullarbor National Park, and the Flora and Fauna Conservation Park.