World Physical Geography Section 2 Practice Questions Answers Test With Solutions & More Shortcuts

Answer: (a)

Mellanesia region consists of the four countries of Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Fiji and Guinea. It is a sub-region of Oceania extending from the western end of the Pacific Ocean to the Arafura Sea, and eastward to Fiji.

Besides these independent countries, Melanesia also includes New Caledonia, Maluku Islands and West Papua.

Answer: (d)

Lake Nasser was created by the construction of the Aswan High Dam in Southern Egypt across the waters of the Nile between 1958 and 1971. The largest man-made lake in the world, Lake Nasser has a major role in Egypt’s fishing industry.

Answer: (b)

Venice is known as queen of the Adriatic.

Answer: (d)

The Danube is a river in Central Europe, the continent’s second-longest after the Volga. Classified as an international waterway, it originates in the town of Donaueschingen which is in the Black Forest of Germany at the confluence of the rivers Brigach and Breg.

The Danube then flows southeast for 2,872 km (1,785 mi), passing through four Central European capitals before emptying into the Black Sea via the Danube Delta in Romania and Ukraine.

Once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire, the river passes through or touches the borders of ten countries:

1. Romania (29.0% of basin area),
2. Hungary (11.6%),
3. Serbia (10.2%),
4. Austria (10.0%),
5. Germany (7.0%),
6. Slovakia (5.9%),
7. Bulgaria (5.9%),
8. Croatia (4.4%),
9. Ukraine (3.8%), and
10. Moldova (1.6%),

more than any other. Its drainage basin extends into nine more.

Answer: (a)

Mellanesia region consists of the four countries of Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Fiji and Guinea. It is a sub-region of Oceania extending from the western end of the Pacific Ocean to the Arafura Sea, and eastward to Fiji. Besides these independent countries, Melanesia also includes New Caledonia, Maluku Islands and West Papua.