World & Physical Geography MCQs

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The Pasion River is a river located in the northern lowlands region of Guatemala. The river is fed by a number of upstream tributaries whose sources lie in the hills of Alta Verapaz. The Pasion river basin is recognized as an archaeological region or zone and contains a number of archaeological sites of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, which to an extent shared some commonalities in Maya architectural style, political history and glyphic conventions.

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Sierra del Merendon is a mountain range extending on the eastern border of Guatemala and Honduras. Its south-western border is marked by the Lempa River valley, its northern border by the Motagua River valley. The mountain range has several different biomes and habitats, including cloud forests.

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The Atlantic Ocean forms the coastline of the “Bissagos Islands”. The Bissagos Islands are a group of about 88 islands and islets located in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the African nation of Guinea-Bissau. The archipelago was formed from the ancient delta of the Rio Geba and the Rio Grande. There is a high diversity of ecosystems: mangroves with intertidal zones, palm forests, dry and semi-dry forests, secondary and degraded forests, coastal savanna, sandbanks and aquatic zones. The archipelago was declared in 1996 a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve—Bolama Bissagos Biosphere Reserve, known for animals including marine turtles, hippopotamus and the southern islands are today a nature reserve.

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The “Courantyne River” forms the international border between Suriname and Guyana. The Courantyne River is a river in northern South America in Suriname. It is the longest river in the country and creates the border between Suriname and the East Berbice-Corentyne region of Guyana. Its tributaries include Kutari River, Coeroeni River, New River, and Zombie Creek. In Suriname, it includes the Kabalebo River, Lucie River, Sipaliwini River, Kutari River.

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The Canje River, located in northeastern Guyana, is the main tributary of the Berbice River. It runs roughly parallel to the Atlantic Ocean coast. The Dutch established an outpost, Concordia Post, on the river. In 1763 a slave revolt began on two plantations on the Canje River.

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The largest lake of Republic of Malawi is Malawi lake. It is about 1/5th of the total area of the country. It has a total area of about 29,600 sq. km. This lake is also known as the calendar lake due to its dimensions being 365 miles long and 52 miles wide.

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The length of a year on any given planet is determined by how long it takes for that planet to make one revolution around the sun. As Neptune is the farthest planet, it takes Neptune 60,190.03 earth days to go around the sun.

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Cotopaxi is an active stratovolcano in the Andes Mountains, located in the Latacunga canton of Cotopaxi Province, south of Quitoand northeast of the city of Latacunga, Ecuador, in South America.It is the second highest summit in Ecuador, reaching a height of 5,897 m. It is one of the world’s highest volcanoes.

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Nigeria is the most populous and oil rich country in Africa.

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Australia is the world’s largest producer of bauxite, with production amounting to an estimated 110 million metric tons in 2021.