world physical geography section 6 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Answer: (a)

The Pampas are fertile South American lowlands, covering more than 750,000 km2 that include the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos and Córdoba, Chubut, most of Uruguay, and the southernmost Brazilian state, Rio Grande do Sul.

This area is also one of the distinct physiography provinces of the larger Paraná-Paraguay Plain division. These plains contain unique wildlife because of the different terrains around them.

Answer: (a)

1. The Gobi Desert is a large desert region in Asia. It covers parts of northern and northwestern China, and of southern Mongolia.
2. The Kalahari Desert is a large semi-arid sandy savannah in Southern Africa extending 900,000 square kilometres, covering much of Botswana, parts of Namibia, and regions of South Africa.
3. The Great Sandy Desert, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the North West of Western Australia straddling the Pilbara and southern Kimberley regions.
4. The Atacama Desert is a plateau in South America, covering a 1,000-kilometre strip of land on the Pacific coast, west of the Andes Mountains. It is the driest non-polar desert in the world.

Answer: (a)

Answer: (a)

Both statements are correct but statement II is not the correct explanation of statement I.

Answer: (b)