World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Tropical forests have been the source of a number of forest products since early days. Rubber gathering has been an important activity in the past in extensive areas of tropical forests of South America and western Africa.

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Annobon Island is part of Equatorial Guinea, a nation on Africa’s west coast. Equatorial Guinea is divided into an Insular region, including Annobon and the capital city’s home, Bioko Island, and the Mainland “Rio Muni”. The island country Sao Tome and Principe is between Bioko Island and Annobon Island, all located within the Cameroon Line. Equatorial Guinea is uniquely the only African state where Spanish is an official language, and plans are in progress to relocate its capital from Malabo in Bioko to Ciudad de la Paz in Rio Muni.

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Reunion Islands is an overseas department and region of France, which is located in the Indian Ocean. Reunion Islands is one of the 18 regions of France and is an integral part of the French Republic with the same status as Metropolitan France. Reunion Island shares maritime boundaries with Madagascar and Mauritius. Reunion Islands is located to the east of Madagascar and south-west of Mauritius. Reunion Islands form part of the Mascarene Islands or Mascarenhas Archipelago, which is a group of islands located in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar consisting of the islands of Mauritius and the French overseas region Reunion Island.

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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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“Thjorsa River” is Iceland’s longest river at 230 kilometres. It is in the south of the island. It is a glacier river and has its source on the glacier Hofsjokull. It flows out through narrow gorges in the highlands of Iceland.

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Iceland is the basin country of the “Hvita River”. Hvita is a river in Iceland that begins at the Hvitarvatn glacier lake on the Langjokull glacier in the highlands of Iceland. The river flows for 40 kilometres before dropping down into a narrow gorge at the Gullfoss waterfall. Because of the danger of flooding, especially in the winter, it has the reputation of being the most dangerous river in Iceland.

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Malaysia is an island country which is located in the south east Asia. Malaysia shares its largest maritime border with Indonesia. It is about 1,782 km long.

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The Wakhan corridor created in 1893 by an agreement between British Empire and Afghanistan separates Pakistan from Tajikistan. The two nations are only 16km apart from each other. It is a narrow strip that extends from northeastern Afghanistan to China.

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Fossa Magna is a great rift lowland of Japan that traverses the widest portion of Honshu from the Sea of Japan to the Pacific. It is partially occupied by mountains and volcanoes of the southern part of the East Japan Volcanic Belt. It is the most notable physiographic feature of Honshu region.

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In 2020, the Red Snow phenomenon occurred in Antarctica due to Chlamydomonas algae blooms, accelerating ice melting.