World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Iceland houses the “Kleifarvatn Lake”. Kleifarvatn is the largest lake on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland, situated in the southern part of the peninsula. It is located in the fissure zone of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The lake has no visible water coming in or going out as most of its water comes and leaves underground.

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Japan is an island country in the north west Pacific ocean and Russia lies in the north of Japan.

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The Algharabolli National is situated in the Tripoli district of Tripolitania region of northwestern Libya. It was established in the year of 1992. It covers an area of about 8,000 hectares.

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The longest river of United Mexican States is river Rio Grande. The river begins its journey from Colorado in USA and flows into Gulf of Mexico. Its total length is about 3051 km.

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Asia is generally divided into South Asia, South East Asia, East Asia and West Asia. China and Japan are part of East Asia. The People’s Republic of China, which was established in 1949 is the largest country in East Asia. It is also the fourth largest country in the world. It has the largest population in the world. It shares its border with 14 nations in Asia.

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The Limpopo River cuts through the Tropic of Capricorn twice. It rises in Transvaal and flows through South Africa, Botswana and Mozambique to the Indian Ocean. The Limpopo is the second largest river in Africa that drains to the Indian Ocean, after the Zambezi River.

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Llanos is a vast tropical grassland plain situated to the east of the Andes in Colombia and Venezuela, in northwestern South America. It also refers to the flatland area encompassing the Chilean Central Valley between Valdivia and Osorno.

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Precipitation patterns across Australia are seasonal in nature. In northern Australia, most of the year’s rain falls in the summer months, while the winter months are dry. In the southern part of Australia, rain tends to fall more in the winter than in the summer. Precipitation gradually decreases from north to south and becomes more seasonal due to the reduced influence of the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) and greater exposure to monsoon rainfall variability.

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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.

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Austria in Central Europe is a landlocked country. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west.