World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Aquaculture is the “farming and husbandary of economically important aquatic animals and plants under controlled conditions”.
Salient Characteristics:
High Productivity
Integrated Farming
Recycling
Rural Development
Intensive Fish Culture
Earning Foreign Exchange

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Muni River, also known as Noya River, is a Ramsar Wetland located in Equatorial Guinea. The estuary of this river forms the border with Gabon. This river forms the major basin of Rio Muni continental region of Equatorial Guinea.

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Iceland houses the glacial lake “Jokulsarlon”. Jokulsarlon, also known as “glacial river lagoon”, is a large glacial lake in the southern part of Vatnajokull National Park, Iceland. Situated at the head of the Breidamerkurjokull glacier, it developed into a lake after the glacier started receding from the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. The lake has grown since then at varying rates because of the melting of the glaciers.

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The Val Grande National Park is situated in the city of Piedmont in Italy. It was recognized as a National Park in 1991.

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Paraguay is a landlocked country in South America. It is located in the center of the continent and thus referred to as the ‘heart of South America’. The Paraguay river divides the country from North to South.

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A natural celestial object is visible in the sky such as a star, planet, natural satellite, asteroid, comet, the Moon or the Sun. A constellation is a group of stars that appears to form a pattern or picture. For example: Orion the Great Hunter, Leo the Lion, or Taurus the Bull. Asteroids are small, rocky objects that orbit the sun. A meteoroid is a small rocky or metallic body in outer space.

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Willow is a species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Willow wood is also used in the manufacture of boxes, brooms, cricket bats (grown from certain strains of white willow), cradle boards, etc.

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The type of map which shows the natural features of the Earth is known as relief map or physical map. It is a kind of map which focuses on the geography of a certain area and will most likely show a shaded portion to show a specific area’s landform such as deserts, valleys, plains and mountains.

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A river delta is a landform created by deposition of sediment that is carried by a river as the flow leaves its mouth and enters slower-moving or stagnant water. This occurs where a river enters an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, reservoir, or (more rarely) another river that cannot carry away the supplied sediment.

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Uranium reserves are reserves of recoverable uranium. Australia has largest share in world’s known uranium resources. Kazakhstan is currently the largest producer.