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Multiple choice geography europe - location, political divisions and physical features mediterranean climatic region location, political and physical divisions of europe environmental regions

The highest peak of the Alps Mountains is the ______.

  1. Mont Blanc

  2. Dufourspitze

  3. Zugspitze

  4. Mount Elbrus
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The highest peak of the Alps Mountains is Mont Blanc.
Mont Blanc spans the French–Italian border, and at 4,810 m (15,781 ft) is the highest mountain in the Alps.

Multiple choice geography europe - location, political divisions and physical features mediterranean climatic region location, political and physical divisions of europe environmental regions

Sea of Azov is located between two countries of the world. Identify those countries.

  1. Ukraine and Turkey

  2. Ukraine and Russia

  3. Turkey and Georgia

  4. Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The sea is considered an internal sea of Russia and Ukraine, and its use is governed by an agreement between these countries ratified in 2003. ... The Sea of Azov is an internal sea with passage to the Atlantic Ocean going through the Black, Marmara, Aegean and Mediterranean seas.

Multiple choice geography europe - location, political divisions and physical features mediterranean climatic region location, political and physical divisions of europe environmental regions

The topography of an area could refer to the surface shapes and features themselves, Europe show _________.

  1. Rolling topography

  2. Mountain topography

  3. Karst topography

  4. All of these
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D Correct answer
Explanation
Rolling topography,
Topography means the specific arrangement of natural and artificial physical features of an area.Rolling topography is a further division in topography. Rolling topography is any land formation that is not high enough to be considered a mountain. Rolling topography is formed by erosion or some other force in nature like glaciers. Rolling topography can also be formed by the eruption of volcanoes over time.

Mountain topography,
The formation of the highly weathered mountain range began with mountain building in the Proterozoic Era that continued in the Paleozoic Era through Permian Period (between about 1 billion and 265 million years ago). Uplift renewed during the Cenozoic Era about 65 million years ago, and the modern landscape began to form. The range now consists of gneiss and schist bedrock formed from the re-crystallization of sedimentary, volcanic, and igneous material. Over time, the geology of the region has become a dissected landscape of rounded peaks and wide concave valleys defined on the east by a steep escarpment rising 1,800 feet over the neighboring section. The ranges consist of low (<2,300 feet), moderate (2,300 – 4,000 feet), and high (4,000 – 6,560 feet) peaks. The range has 82 peaks greater than 5,000 feet and 43 peaks greater than 6,000 feet. Mid-elevation soils are deep, well-drained, and acidic, and are classified as “infertile sandy” or “gravelly loam,” while high-elevation soils typically have high organic content.

Karst topography,
Karst is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum. It is characterized by underground drainage systems with sinkholes and caves.
Multiple choice geography europe - location, political divisions and physical features mediterranean climatic region location, political and physical divisions of europe environmental regions

___________ drains into the Bay of Biscay.

  1. River Garonne

  2. River Loire

  3. Both a and b

  4. River Rhone
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C Correct answer
Explanation

River Garonne and River Loire,

Located in the Celtic Sea, a gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean is called the Bay of Biscay. It is located in the northern coast of Spain and the western coast of France and is named after the Spanish province of Biscay. The average depth of the bay is 1745 meters and the maximum depth is 2790 meters and parts of the continental shelf extend into the bay those results into fairly shallow water at places.

Some of the fiercest weather conditions of the Atlantic Ocean can be witnessed in the Biscay Bay. The area is home to large storms during the winter months and there have been countless ships wrecks reported from the area as a result of the gruesome weather. The late spring and the early summer in the area are cool and cloudy and large fog triangles fill the south-western part of the inlet.

The weather in the Bay of Biscay is the most vital thing to be worried and talked about. As winters begin, the weather turns harsh and severe. Depressions are formed and enter the bay from the west. They eventually dry out and are born again in form of thunderstorms. They also bring in constant rain in the region often bringing thunderstorm that look like hurricane and crash at the bay. One such example can be the Klaus Strom.

Multiple choice geography europe - location, political divisions and physical features mediterranean climatic region location, political and physical divisions of europe environmental regions

Finland has __________  lakes.

  1. 5,00,000

  2. 1,10,010

  3. 3,00,000

  4. 1,87,888
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D Correct answer
Explanation
187,888 lakes
If lake is defined to be a body of standing water larger than 500 square metres, then there are 187,888 lakes in Finland. On average, there are 40 lakes per 100 square kilometres in the district.
Multiple choice geography europe - location, political divisions and physical features mediterranean climatic region location, political and physical divisions of europe environmental regions

Which is the river that originates from Black Forest and falls in Black sea?

  1. Rhine

  2. Oder

  3. Danube

  4. Don
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C Correct answer
Explanation
Danube River
Created with Sketch. The river rises in the Black Forest Mountains of Germany and flows eastward into the Black Sea. The Danube River is an important international waterway, flowing through or forming a part of the borders of ten countries and through major cities such as Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, and Belgrade.
Multiple choice geography europe - location, political divisions and physical features mediterranean climatic region location, political and physical divisions of europe environmental regions

River Rhine flowing through some of the major cities of Europe and Empties into the ________.

  1. Mediterranean Sea

  2. North Sea

  3. Red Sea

  4. Baltic Sea
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B Correct answer
Explanation

North sea,

The Rhine is one of the longest and most important river in Europe. It runs for over 1,232 km (766 mi) from its source in the in the Swiss Alps (in Switzerland), issuing from the Rheinwaldhorn Glacier 3,353m above sea level.

The Rhine flows through six countries -Switzerland, Principality of Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, France and the Netherlands before flowing into the North Sea at Rotterdam.

The Rhine begins as a small stream in the Swiss Alps but soon gathers speed and volume on its way to Lake Constance, a source of drinking water for large parts of southern Germany. As it continues on its way to the North sea, the Rhine flows over the famous Rhine Falls at Schaffhausen and through the industrial town of Basel. There it becomes is a major transport route through Europe; transporting goods and raw materials by ship. It is now a wide river.

As the Rhine enters Germany it becomes the border between Germany and France. Through the Rhine Gourge the landscape changes again as the river narrows to form a steep sided-valley filled with vineyards and castles overlooking the river. Finally the Rhine reaches the Netherlands , a completely flat country, where it joins several other rivers on its final journey to Rotterdam and the sea.

Multiple choice geography europe - location, political divisions and physical features mediterranean climatic region location, political and physical divisions of europe environmental regions

Fjords are formed by the action of __________.

  1. water

  2. glacier

  3. wind

  4. sea waves
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Glacier
A fjord is formed when a glacier retreats, after carving its typical U-shaped valley, and the sea fills the resulting valley floor. This forms a narrow, steep sided inlet (sometimes deeper than 1300 metres) connected to the sea. The terminal moraine pushed down the valley by the glacier is left underwater at the fjord’s entrance, causing the water at the neck of the fjord to be shallower than the main body of the fjord behind it.

Multiple choice geography europe - location, political divisions and physical features mediterranean climatic region location, political and physical divisions of europe environmental regions

The Meseta of Spain is a ___________.

  1. mountain

  2. volcano

  3. plateau

  4. river valley
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C Correct answer
Explanation
Spain is the second most mountainous country in Europe, but it isn’t only its mountains that impress.  About 40% of Spain’s land mass is made up of a high central plateau (Meseta) ranging from 400 to 1000 metres in height. 

Covering Castilla-León, Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura, and chunks of Aragón and La Rioja, the Meseta is bordered on the north by the Cordillera Cantábrica, split near the middle into northern and southern halves by the Sierra de Guadarrama and the Sierra de Gredos, and rimmed to the south by the Sierra Morena.  
Multiple choice geography europe - location, political divisions and physical features mediterranean climatic region location, political and physical divisions of europe environmental regions

Glacier action which led to the formation of long and narrow inlets of the sea, with steep land on three side is called ______________.

  1. estuaries

  2. u-shaped valley

  3. fjords

  4. straits
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Fjords,

A true fjord is formed when a glacier cuts a U-shaped valley by ice segregation and abrasion of the surrounding bedrock. According to the standard model, glaciers formed in pre-glacial valleys with a gently sloping valley floor. The work of the glacier then left an overdeepened U-shaped valley that ends abruptly at a valley or trough end. Such valleys are fjords when flooded by the ocean. Thresholds above sea level create freshwater lakes. Glacial melting is accompanied by the rebounding of Earth's crust as the ice load and eroded sediment is removed (also called isostasy or glacial rebound). In some cases this rebound is faster than sea level rise. Most fjords are deeper than the adjacent sea; Sognefjord, Norway, reaches as much as 1,300 m (4,265 ft) below sea level. Fjords generally have a sill or shoal (bedrock) at their mouth caused by the previous glacier's reduced erosion rate and terminal moraine. In many cases this sill causes extreme currents and large saltwater rapids (see skookumchuck). Saltstraumen in Norway is often described as the world's strongest tidal current. These characteristics distinguish fjords from rias (e.g. the Bay of Kotor), which are drowned valleys flooded by the rising sea. Drammensfjorden is cut almost in two by the Svelvik "ridge", a sandy moraine that during the ice cover was under sea level but after the post-glacial rebound reaches 60 m (200 ft) above the fjord.