world physical geography section 4 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

Patagonian desert is a temperature desert.

The Patagonian Desert, also known as the Patagonia Desert or the Patagonian Steppe, is the largest desert in Argentina and is the 8th largest desert in the world by area, occupying 673,000 square kilometres.

Answer: (d)

The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez.

The canal offers watercraft a shorter journey between the North Atlantic and northern Indian Oceans via the Mediterranean and Red seas by avoiding the South Atlantic and southern Indian oceans, in turn reducing the journey by approximately 7,000 kilometres.

Answer: (c)

Bulgaria does not border mediterranean sea, shares the boundary with Black-sea.

Answer: (b)

The Niger River is the principal river of western Africa, extending about 4,180 km. Its drainage basin is 2,117,700 km² in area.

Its source is in the Guinea Highlands in southeastern Guinea. The Orange River, Gariep River, Groote River or Senqu River is the longest river in South Africa. It rises in the Drakensberg mountains in Lesotho, flowing westwards through South Africa to the Atlantic Ocean.

Answer: (a)

Turkey’s smaller part is in Southeastern Europe and its larger part in Western Asia which is located between Black Sea and Mediterranean

Answer: (d)