hydrosphere & oceanography section 2 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

Answer: (d)

The Blue Nile is a river originating at Lake Tana in Ethiopia with the white Nile, the river becomes one of the two major tributaries of the Nile.

Answer: (c)

The Sunda Trench, earlier known as the Java Trench, is the deepest point in the Indian Ocean. It is located in the northeastern Indian Ocean, with a length of 3,200 kilometres.

The trench is considered to be part of the Pacific Ring of Fire as well as one of a ring of oceanic trenches around the northern edges of the Australian Plate.

Answer: (c)

Spring tides occur when the sun and moon are directly in line with the earth and their gravitational pulls reinforce each other, consequently a great flood or rush as of emotion.

Answer: (b)

The Kuroshio is a north-flowing warm ocean current on the west side of the North Pacific Ocean. It is similar to the Gulf Stream in the North Atlantic, transporting warm, tropical water northward towards the polar region and is part of the North Pacific ocean gyre.

Answer: (d)