geomorphology & earth landforms section 2 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Answer: (c)

Answer: (c)

Geostrophic wind results from an exact balance between the choleric force and generated due to earth’s rotation and the pressure gradient.

Answer: (d)

The Limpopo River cuts through the Tropic of Capricorn twice. It rises in Transvaal and flows through South Africa, Botswana and Mozambique to the Indian Ocean.

The Limpopo is the second largest river in Africa that drains to the Indian Ocean, after the Zambezi River.

Answer: (c)

Mount Everest is the highest peak of the Himalayas and is the world’s highest peak with an elevation of 29,035 feet (8,850 meters).

K2 is the second-highest peak of the Himalayan mountain range and also the second-highest peak on earth with an elevation of 28,251 feet (8,611 meters).

Other famous peaks include Kailash, Kanchenjunga, Nanga Parbat, Annapurna, and Manasklu. The Himalayas includes more than 110 peaks rising to elevations of 24,000 feet (7,300 meters) or more above sea level.

Answer: (d)

The correct chronological of the following is

1. Miocene,
2. Piliocene,
3. Pleistocene and
4. Holocene.