world physical geography section 6 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

Lake Victoria acts as the international boundary between Tanzania and Uganda. It is the largest lake in Africa and second widest fresh water body in the world.

Answer: (b)

The main causes of total clearance are agriculture and in drier areas, fuelwood collection. The main cause of forest degradation is logging. Mining, industrial development and large dams also have a serious impact.

Tourism is becoming a larger threat to the forests. The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation estimates that ‘1.5 billion of the 2 billion people worldwide who rely on fuelwood for cooking and heating are overcutting forests’. This problem is worst in drier regions of the tropics.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (b)

Monsoon type climate is found in Pacific Coast of Columbia.

Answer: (d)

The Blind valley is found in the karst region. Karst topography is a geological formation shaped by the dissolution of a layer or layers of soluble bedrock, usually carbonate rock such as limestone or dolomite, but also in gypsum.

Answer: (b)

Sundarbans is the world’s largest delta formed by the rivers Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna.