World & Physical Geography MCQs

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The Ogooue (or Ogowe), also known as the Nazareth river, some 1,200 kilometres long, is the principal river of Gabon in west-central Africa and the fourth largest river in Africa by volume of discharge, trailing only the Congo, Niger and Zambezi. Its watershed drains nearly the entire country of Gabon, with some tributaries reaching into the Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, and Equatorial Guinea.

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Mount Parnassus is a mountain of limestone in central Greece that towers above Delphi, north of the Gulf of Corinth, and offers scenic views of the surrounding olive groves and countryside.

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The Valley of Sula is the largest alluvial valley of Honduras. It is located in the northwest of the country, and within it lie several of Honduras’s most important cities. This area has two of the most important basins of Honduras: the basins of the Ulua and Chamelecon rivers, leaving the area vulnerable to flooding, mainly in the rainy season. The valley’s ecosystem is mainly composed of tropical dry forests.

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Java Island houses the capital city of Indonesia “Jakarta”. Java is an island of Indonesia, bordered by the Indian Ocean on the south and the Java Sea on the north. Java constitutes 56.1 per cent of the Indonesian population and is the world’s most populous island. The Indonesian capital city, Jakarta, is on its northwestern coast.

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The longest river of Kingdom of Lesotho is Orange river. It is about 2200 kilometer long and it has its origin in the Drakensberg mountains.

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Lake Piso is the one and only lake found in Republic of Liberia. It is also known as Lake Pisu and Fishermen’s Lake. Its total area is about 103 sq. km.

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The longest river of Republic of Namibia is Oranje river. It originates in the Drakensberg mountains of Lesotho. The total length of the river is about 2200 km.

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The rocks having broad upper part and narrow base resembling an umbrella or mushroom are called mushroom rocks or pedestal rocks. These undercut, mushroom-shaped rocks are formed due to abrasive works of wind.

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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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Magnetosphere is the region above the Earth’s surface in which charged particles are affected by the Earth’s magnetic field. The exosphere is now considered as part of the magnetosphere. The outer boundary of the magnetosphere or the final boundary between the Earth and outer space is known its magnetopause.