World & Physical Geography MCQs

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The Azraq wetlands of Jordan is a Ramsar site which was designated in 1977. It is situated in the town of Azraq in eastern desert of Jordan.

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The longest river of Republic of Malawi is Shire river. It flows into Zambezi river in Mosambique. Its total length in Malawi is about 402 km.

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The highest point of the Netherlands is Vaalserberg. It is situated in the province of limburg at the south eastern most point of the country. It is about 322 meter high above mean sea level.

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The highest peak of the Kingdom of Netherlands is Vaalserberg. The highest situated place of the country is Vaals which is situated in the hills of Vaalserberg.

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The highest peak of the Kingdom of New Zealand is Mount Cook. The total length of the Mount Cook is about 3,724 meter high above mean sea level. The peak is situated in the Southern Alps ranges.

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Endogenic forces sometimes produce sudden movements and at the other times produce slow movements. Sudden movements like earthquakes and volcanoes cause mass destruction over the surface of the earth.

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A total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a Blood Moon, because of the reddish tinge the Full Moon takes on when fully eclipsed. A “blood moon” happens when Earth’s moon is in a total lunar eclipse. While it has no special astronomical significance, the view in the sky is striking as the usually whiteish moon becomes red or ruddy-brown.

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Sandstone can be turned into a metamorphic rock by being either heated up to a point where it undergoes a significant change or subjected to high pressures, or subjected to chemically active fluids, or some combination thereof. A common result of the metamorphosis of sandstone is the creation of quartzite.

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A meander, in general, is a bend in a sinuous watercourse or river. A meander forms when moving water in a river erodes the outer banks and widens its valley. Meandering rivers erode sediment from the outer curve of each meander bend and deposit it on an inner curve further downstream. When a meander gets cut off from the main stream, an oxbow lake forms.

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Barren Island is an island located in the Andaman Sea, dominated by Barren Volcano, the only confirmed active volcano in South Asia, and the only active volcano along a chain of volcanoes from Sumatra to Myanmar. Along with the rest of the Andaman Islands, it is a part of the Indian Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.