World & Physical Geography MCQs

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The main criteria of dividing major natural regions of the world are Temperature, rainfall and vegetation. They play a major role as they vary with the latitude and they became the main criteria.

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Europa, or Jupiter II is the smallest of the four Galilean moons orbiting Jupiter. It is the sixth-closest to the planet of all the 79 known moons of Jupiter. It is the sixth-largest moon in the Solar System and is smaller than earth’s moon.

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England’s official weather service is known by the name of Met Office. It was founded in 1854. It is the world leading weather services for the public.

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Kazakhstan is the world’s largest uranium producer. In 2022, Kazakhstan produced 21,227 metric tons of uranium, which accounted for 43% of the world’s uranium supply. Kazakhstan has been a major uranium producer for over 50 years.  Other top uranium producers include:

• Canada, which produced 7,351 metric tons of uranium in 2022
• Namibia, which produced 11% of the world’s uranium in 2022
• Uzbekistan, which produced about 3,300 metric tons of uranium in 2022

Kazakhstan has 12% of the world’s uranium deposits. The Chu-Sarysu basin in central Kazakhstan accounts for over half of the country’s known uranium resources.

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Andes is the world’s longest above-water mountain range, spanning over 4,300 miles. It’s located on the South American continent and crosses the borders of seven countries:
Venezuela, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina.
The Andes stretches from Tierra del Fuego in the south to the continent’s northernmost coast on the Caribbean Sea. It’s also known for its volcanoes.
The longest mountain range on Earth is the mid-sea edge, which spans over 40,389 miles. Around 90% of the mid-sea edge framework is under the sea. The mid-ocean ridge system is part of every ocean in the world and marks the boundaries of the oceanic plates. It rises to 6,600 feet above the deepest part of the ocean basin.

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Chinook is basically warm winds originally meant a warming wind from the ocean into the interior regions of the Pacific Northwest of the USA. Foehn is a type of dry, warm, down-slope wind that occurs in the lee (downwind side) of a mountain range. Harmattan is a dry and dusty north-easterly trade wind which blows from the Sahara Desert over the West African. Mistral is a strong, cold, north-westerly wind that blows from southern France into the Gulf of Lion in the northern Mediterranean. Sirocco is a Mediterranean wind that comes from the Sahara and can reach hurricane speeds in North Africa and Southern Europe.

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Damodar is a east flowing river with rift valley due to down warping. Down warp denotes a segment of the earth’s crust that is broadly bent downward.

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The Coral Triangle is also called the “Amazon of the Seas”. It is a triangular area of the tropical marine waters of Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste. It is a global centre of marine Biodiversity.

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The Fedchenko Glacier is the longest glacier in the world which is outside of the polar regions. It is about 77 km long glacier in the Yazgulem Range of Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan.

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Siachen glacier is the largest glacier in Asia. It is located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayas. It is, sometimes, also referred to as the Third Pole. It is 70 km long .