World & Physical Geography MCQs

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South Sudan does not share the border with Eritrea. Eritrea is a country located in the Eastern Africa which forms part of Horn of Africa, along with Djibouti, Ethiopia and Somalia. Eritrea is bordered by Ethiopia to the south, Sudan to the west and Djibouti to the south-east. The Red Sea forms the coastline of Eritrea to the east. The capital of Eritrea is Asmara. Asmara is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the sixth-highest capital city in the world by altitude. The official currency of Eritrea is Eritrean Nakfa, which is issued by the Bank of Eritrea.

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Kolkheti National Park is an IUCN category II national park located in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti and Guria in the historical region of Colchis in western Georgia. The wetlands of Central Kolkheti are a Wetland of International Importance, a Ramsar Site. It lies on a coastal plain on the Black Sea. The park was established during 1998 and 1999 as part of Georgia’s Integrated Coastal Management Project, which was backed financially by the World Bank (WB) and the Global Environmental Facility (GEF). Kolkheti National Park covers protected wetland areas incorporating the land of the former Kolkheti State Nature Reserve, which had been established in 1947, and its surrounding wetlands, including the lake Paliastomi.

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The Mount St. Catherine Forest Reserve is the second largest declared terrestrial protected area in Grenada after the Grand Etang and Annandale Forest Reserves. Its headwaters drain across seven of the largest watersheds on the island and supply important catchment basins for water distribution to Grenadians and agrarian landscapes downstream. The forest reserve encompasses the principal peak of the Mount Saint Catherine massif—the highest point on the island.

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The “Amazon-Orinoco-Southern Caribbean mangroves” is an important ecoregion of continent South America. The Amazon-Orinoco-Southern Caribbean mangroves is a neotropical mangrove ecoregion along the coasts of Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Brazil.

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The Kiritimati island which is also known by the name of Christmas island is the largest coral atoll of the world (area wise).

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The highest point of Republic of Maldives is situated in the Vilingili island of Maldives. It is only 2.3 meters high above the mean sea level.

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The Republic of Malta is an island country located in the southern part of European continent. It is an island and shares no land borders. It is surrounded by Mediterranean sea.

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The troposphere is the lowest portion of Earth’s atmosphere. It contains approximately 80% of the atmosphere’s mass and 99% of its water vapor and aerosols. The average depth of the troposphere is approximately 17 km in the middle latitudes. It is deeper in the tropics, up to 20 km, and shallower near the Polar Regions, at 7 km in summer, and indistinct in winter. Most of the phenomena we associate with day-to-day weather occur in the troposphere..

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The eye is a region of mostly calm weather at the center of strong cyclones. The eye of a storm is a roughly circular area, typically 30–65 km in diameter. It is surrounded by the eyewall, a ring of towering thunderstorms where the most severe weather and highest winds occur.

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Norway’s extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea, is laced with fjords, a renowned part of its landscape. Many people consider fjords the very symbol of Norway.