world physical geography section 6 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

Answer: (d)

Downs – grassy plains called downs are located in New Zealand’s South Island and southeast Australia. Pampas – South America’s largest grassland, called pampas, which means plain, covers most eastcentral areas of Argentina.

Answer: (a)

A dike or dyke in geology is a type of sheet intrusion referring to any geologic body that cuts discordantly across: planar wall rock structures, such as bedding or foliation; and massive rock formations, like igneous/ magmatic intrusions and salt diapirs. Today, approximately 27 per cent of the Netherlands is actually below sea level.

This area is home to over 60 per cent of the country’s population of 15.8 million people. The Netherlands, which is approximately the size of the U.S. states Connecticut and Massachusetts combined, has an approximate average elevation of 11 meters. With the help of dikes, the Netherlands (also known as Holland) was able to reclaim land for settlement and also control flooding.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (d)

The Sunda Strait is the strait between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra. It connects the Java Sea to the Indian Ocean.

The name comes from the Indonesian term Pasundan, meaning 'West Java. It also comes from the name of the Sundanese people the native people of West Java with the Javanese people being found mostly in Central and East Java.

Answer: (b)

Africa is the only continent through which all the main latitude lines; Equator, Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, pass. The Prime Meridian (a line of longitude) also passes through Africa.