World & Physical Geography MCQs

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The Principality of Liechtenstein is located in the European continent. It shares its longest border with Switzerland which is about 41.1 km long.

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Luxembourg is a landlocked country located in Eastern Europe. It is officially known as Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The lowest situated place of the country is Moselle river which is about 133 meter above mean sea level.

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The country, Mongolia is situated in the east Asia. It is a landlocked country. It is home to the world’s fifth largest desert called Gobi desert.

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The world heritage site of Durmitor National Park is located in the Zibljak municipality of Montenegro. It was designated as world heritage site by UNESCO in 1980.

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The longest river of the Republic of Mozambique is Zambezi. It is about 820 kilometer long. The river Zambezi is also the fourth longest river of the African continent. It ends its journey in the Indian Ocean.

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A solar eclipse occurs when the moon gets between Earth and the sun, and the moon casts a shadow over Earth. A solar eclipse can only take place at the phase of new moon, when the moon passes directly between the sun and Earth and its shadows fall upon Earth’s surface.

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As the river approaches the sea, the speed of the flowing water decreases, and the river begins to break up into several streams known as distributaries. Then a time comes when the river becomes very slow and it begins to deposit its load. Each distributary forms its own mouth. The collection of sediments from all the mouths forms a delta, which is a triangular landmass.

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The largest water reservoir is the ocean, containing 97.3% of all water on Earth. Only 2.8 % of all the water on Planet Earth is fresh water. Three-quarters of all fresh water on Earth is frozen in glacier ice. So glacier ice is the second largest reservoir of water on Earth and the largest reservoir of fresh water on Earth.

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The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system, located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia. It is located off north-eastern Australia and runs more or less parallel to the coastline of the state of Queensland. It is a distinct feature of the East Australian Cordillera division.

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Occupying most of the Iberian Peninsula’s land area. Spain is the third largest country in Europe and 45% is covered by the Meseta Plateau. The plateau is rarely flat, and is in reality a mostly hilly highland area divided by the Cordillera Central (mountains), and then ringed by additional mountain ranges, north, east and south. In the west the Meseta slopes gently down into neighboring Portugal.