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World Geographical Records

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World geographical records encompass the extremes of physical geography, including the largest lakes, islands, oceans, and trenches. These factual questions test knowledge of global superlatives and major geographical features. This topic is a staple in general studies sections of UPSC, state PSC, and SSC exams.

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World Geographical Records Questions

Multiple choice geography hydrologic cycle the atmosphere elements of weather and climate :humidity hydrologic cycle and its components elements of weather and climate : temperature

The place receiving the highest amount of rainfall in the world is _________________.

  1. Cherrapunji

  2. Mt.Waialeale

  3. Mt Cameroon

  4. Mawsynram
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
  • Mawsynram located in Meghalaya, India receives 11871 mm of annual rainfall which is highest in the world thus option D is the correct answer.
  • Cherrapunjee is located only  15 km away from Mawsynram is in second place in terms of the amount of rainfall.
Multiple choice geography australia - location, political divisions and physical features australia australia australia - geographical features

Murray and Darling rivers fall in ________.

  1. The gulf of Carpentaria

  2. Pacific ocean

  3. Encounter Bay

  4. Indian ocean
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Encounter Bay

The Murray–Darling Basin is the catchment for Australia's largest river system. The Murray and the Darling rivers are Australia's longest rivers.

The Basin covers an area of more than 1 million square kilometres, which is equal to 14% of mainland Australia. The Basin includes 75% of New South Wales, more than 50% of Victoria, 15% of Queensland, 8% of South Australia, and all of the Australian Capital Territory. The Basin area is the 20th largest river catchment in the world.
The Basin is bounded by the Great Dividing Range, including the Australia Alps, where snow lies for several months every winter. The north and west of the Basin is flat and semi-arid, taking in environments such as saltbush shrublands and mulga lands.
Most rivers rise in the Great Dividing Range but most of the river system is spread across riverine plains of low elevation and very low gradients. Compared with other rivers of the world, the rivers of the Basin have carved winding courses across the landscape and are slow flowing, in areas that are very dry, hot and receive little rainfall. The Basin is one of the flattest catchments in the world.

Multiple choice geography australia - location, political divisions and physical features australia australia australia - geographical features

Where the Great Barrier Reef is situated?

  1. North-eastern coast of Australia

  2. North-Western coast of Australia

  3. Western coast

  4. Southern coast
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Great Barrier Reef is in the Coral Sea, on Australia's north-eastern coast. It stretches more than 2,300km along the state of Queensland's north- coastline, beginning at the tip of Cape York Peninsula in the north and extending down to Bundaberg in the south.

Multiple choice geography north america - geographical features economic resources location and expansion - north america north america - economic features

Which is the longest river of North America?

  1. Missouri

  2. Mississippi

  3. Rio Grande

  4. Colorado
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Missouri River is the longest river in North America, often considered the primary tributary of the Mississippi system, but in terms of total length, it exceeds the Mississippi main stem.

Multiple choice geography north america - geographical features economic resources location and expansion - north america north america - economic features

The Mississippi Ohio waterway connects the interior parts of the USA with _______.

  1. Gulf of Mexico in the South

  2. Sargosa sea in South east

  3. Gulf of California in South West

  4. Pacific Ocean in the West
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Ohio River is a 981-mile (1,579 km) long river in the United States.

It is located in the midwestern United States, flowing southwesterly from western Pennsylvania south of Lake Erie to its mouth on the Mississippi River at the southern tip of Illinois. The Ohio River drains to the Mississippi River which flows to the Gulf of Mexico on the Atlantic Ocean.