World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Lake Paijanne is the second largest lake in Finland. This lake drains into the Gulf of Finland via the Kymi River. One of the largest islands of this lake is Virmailansaari. This lake is famous boating, canoeing, and sailing attraction. This lake houses an underground aqueduct, Paijanne Water Tunnel, which connects the lake to Vantaa, a city of Finland, providing the Greater Helsinki area with water. The deepest point in any lake in Finland is located in Paijanne.

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Cantabrian Sea is a coastal sea that forms part of the Atlantic Ocean located between the northern coast of Spain and the southwest coast of France. This sea represents the south area of the Bay of Biscay.

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Saint Barthelemy is an overseas collectivity of France in the West Indies region of the Caribbean Sea. It is also known as “St.Barths” or “St.Barts”. This island is located south-east of Sint Maarten and north-east of the Dutch islands of Saba, Sint Eustatius, and the independent country of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Saint Barthelemy was for many years a French commune forming part of Guadeloupe, which is an overseas region and department of France. In 2003, the island voted in favor of secession from Guadeloupe in order to form a separate overseas collectivity of France.

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Guyana is the only South American nation in which English is the official language. The majority of the population, however, speak Guyanese Creole, an English-based creole language, as a first language. Guyana is part of the Anglophone Caribbean.

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The highest peak of the Lao people Democratic Republic is Phou Bia. It is about 2819 meter high above mean sea level.

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The largest lake of Lebanese Republic is Lake Qaraoun which is a reservoir located in Beqaa valley. It has a total area of about 1190 hectares.

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The longest river of the Republic of Moldova is the river Dniester. It originates in Ukraine and flows through Moldova and it ends its journey in the Black sea after again flowing through Ukraine.

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The Himalayan mountains have come out of a great geosyncline called the Tethys Sea. About 120 million years ago, there were only two big continents in the world- in the north was Laurasia or Angara land and in the southern hemisphere was Gondwanaland. In between Laurasia and Gondwanaland, there was a long, narrow and shallow sea called Tethys Sea. Sediments were brought by the rivers from these landmasses and deposited in the bed of the sea. the Himalayas was formed by the compression and crushing of these sediments.

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A topographic map is a type of map characterized by large-scale detail and quantitative representation of relief, usually using contour lines in modern mapping, but historically using a variety of methods. A topographic map is typically published as a map series, made up of two or more map sheets that combine to form the whole map.

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Yosemite Falls is the highest measured waterfall in North America. Located in Yosemite National Park in the Sierra Nevada of California in the United States, it is a major attraction in the park, especially in late spring when the water flow is at its peak.