Geography | 20 Minute‐Test 1

The Bharachukki Falls is situated at a distance of about 130 km from Bangalore. This waterfall is actually a part of the Shivanasamudram Falls.

The Almatti Dam is a dam project on the Krishna River in North Karnataka, India which was completed in 2005.

With around 160 Lakh tons of production, India is the third largest salt producing country in the world. Gujarat, Rajasthan , Andhra Pradesh and Tamilnadu are 4 largest salt producing states in India. In Orissa too, salt is produced in coastal districts of Ganjam, Puri and Balasore and around 30 thousand tons of Salt is produced here.

Winter rains in Chennai are caused by north-east trade winds.

Dampier-Hodges line is an imaginary line drawn in 1829-1830 to mark the northern boundary of Sundarbans delta. It passes through 24 Parganas South and North districts of West Bengal.

A skerry is a small rocky island, usually defined to be too small for human habitation; it may simply be a rocky reef. A skerry can also be called a low sea stack.

Ablation refers to loss of snow from glaciers by means of vaporization, melting, wind or other processes.

Thar Desert is World’s 10th largest desert and covers 61% of Geographical area of Rajasthan.

The Indo-Gangetic belt is the world’s most extensive expanse of uninterrupted alluvium formed by the deposition of silt by the numerous rivers. The Bangar belt consists of older alluvium and forms the alluvial terrace of the flood plains. In the Gangetic plains, it has a low upland covered by laterite deposits. The Khadar belt lies in lowland areas after the Bangar belt. It is made up of fresh newer alluvium which is deposited by the rivers flowing down the plain.

Lying entirely in the northern hemisphere, the mainland extends between latitudes 8°4’ and 37°6’ north, longitudes 68°7’ and 97°25’ east and measures about 3,214 km from north to south between the extreme latitudes and about 2,933 km from east to west between the extreme longitudes. It has a land frontier of about 15,200 km. The total length of the coastline of the mainland, Lakshadweep Islands and Andaman and Nicobar Islands is 7,516.6 km. [India Year Book-2017]

Lake Titicaca is a large, deep lake in the Andes on the border of Bolivia and Peru. By volume of water and by surface area, it is the largest lake in South America.

Spain is a sovereign state located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. The country’s mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar. Hungary, Kosovo and Czech Republic are land locked countries in Central Europe.

Lake Winnipeg is a very large, but relatively shallow lake located in province of Manitoba in Canada. The lake is elongated and is 416 km (258 mi) from north to south, with remote sandy beaches, large limestone cliffs, and many bat caves in some areas.

Dasht-e Margo is a desert region in the southern provinces of Helmand and Nimruz in Afghanistan. It is the world’s 20th largest desert, and consists mainly of sand masses and rocky-clayish plains with solonchaks, takirs, and rarely oases.

Puna grassland ecoregion is found in the central Andes Mountains of South America. The term Puna encompasses diverse ecosystems of the high Central Andes above 3200–3400 m. It is found above the tree line at 3200–3500 m elevation, and below the permanent snow line above 4500–5000 m elevation.

The buran wind blows across eastern Asia, specifically Xinjiang, Siberia, and Kazakhstan. The buran takes two forms: in summer, it is a hot, dry wind, whipping up sandstorms; in winter, it is bitterly cold and often accompanied by blizzards.

Beagle strait is located in Tierra del Fuego Archipelago on the extreme southern tip of South America partly in Chile and partly in Argentina. The channel’s eastern area forms part of the border between Chile and Argentina and the western area is entirely within Chile.

Bedabahal is located in Sundargarh district of Odisha. There is a planned UMPP there which has so far not seen the light of the day due to various problems including those of land, coal etc.

ECOWAS was recently making news for sending peacekeeping troops to Gambia in January 2017. It is a 15 member community of western African countries that makes efforts towards not only economic integration but also peace keeping during times of political unrest.

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Malwa Plateau is spread in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat.

India shares a 1,643 km land border with Myanmar and the states that share this border include Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram.

Ganga River originates in India and is also longest river of India.

The third statement is not correct. Lushai hills is an alternative name of Mizo Hills. Rest two statements are memorable points.

Kachin Hills are located at the extreme northeastern area of the Kachin State of Myanmar and they make a boundary between India and Myanmar.

India’s southern mainland and islands share a maritime border with Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia.

India is located entirely north of the equator between 8°4′ to 37°6′ north latitude and 68°7′ to 97°25′ east longitude.

Debi river/Devi river is the one of the main distributaries of Mahanadi River. It flows through Odisha and joins Bay of Bengal. It also serves as nesting ground for Olive Ridley turtles.

Bina Refinery is located in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, it was set up and is operated by Bharat Oman Refineries Ltd (BORL).

An isohyet may be defined as a line joining points of equal rainfall. In other words, a line drawn on a map connecting points that receive equal amounts of rainfall is known as Isohyte.

The Mediterranean Sea is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the Strait of Gibraltar in the west and to the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea, by the Dardanelles and the Bosporus respectively, in the east.

The Black Sea is an inland sea located between far-southeastern Europe and the far-western edges of the continent of Asia and the country of Turkey. It’s bordered by Turkey, and by Bulgaria, Romania,Ukraine, Russia and Georgia.

Venus was the first planet beyond Earth visited by a spacecraft (Mariner 2 in 1962), and the first to be successfully landed on (by Venera 7 in 1970).

Second statement is incorrect because Venus is the second brightest object in our night sky after Moon.

Venus was the first planet to have its motions plotted across the sky, as early as the second millennium BC.

Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN) is a space probe developed & designed by NASA to study the atmosphere of Mars. It was launched on November 18, 2013, and entered orbit around Mars on around Mars on September 21, 2014.

The northernmost point of India lies in the state of Jammu and Kashmir and it is known as Indira Col. The Indira Col (altitude 5,764 metres) is a mountain pass located on the Indira Ridge in the Siachen Muztagh in the Karakoram Range.

Sierra is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Basin and Range Province. It runs 400 miles (640 km) north-to-south, and is approximately 70 miles (110 km) across east-to-west.

The Katanga Plateau Africa is known for rich deposits of Copper and Uranium. The region is also good for farming and ranching. It is located at an altitude of 1220m and the altitude makes it cooler than the surrounding area.