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100 Geography Facts |
100 Geography Facts That Will Actually Make Your Life Better.
- THE SHAKING OF THE GROUND CAUSED BY THE SUDDEN BREAKING
AND SHIFTING OF LARGE AND SMALL BOTH SECTIONS OF EARTH'S ROCKY OUTER SHELL
2. List the four types of mountains?
- THE FOUR TYPES OF MOUNTAIN ARE-
1. RESIDUAL MOUNTAIN
2. VOLCANIC MOUNTAIN
3. BLOCK MOUNTAIN
4. FOLD MOUNTAINS
3. Define beaufort scale?
- THE WIND SPEED MEASURED THAT RELIES ON OSERVED INDICATORS SUCH AS
THE HEIGHT OF WAVES
4. What is an ocean ridge?
- ALONG THE SEAFLOORS, A SERIES OF VOLCANIC MOUNTAINS FORMING 50,000
MILE CHAIN
5. Name europe's longest river?
- DANUBE
6. Which is known as india's silicon valley?
- BANGALORE
7. What is the new name of cochin?
- KOCHI
8. Which is the largest city of spain?
- MADRID
9. Which is the largest wall in the world?
- THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA
10. Whcih country is the largest producer of tea?
- INDIA
11. Which is the largest country in the world?
- RUSSIA
12. Which mineral is related with haematite and magnetite?
- IRON ORE
13. Which is the largest sugar producing country in the world?
- BRAZIL
14. Name the highest mountain in turkey rising nearly 1645 feet?
- MOUNT ARARAT
15. What is glacier?
- THE HUGE ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND AFTER MELTING
IT MOVES SLOWLY AND FORM A RIVER
16. What is the area of water surface of the earth?
- THE ARE OF WATER SURFACE OF THE EARTH IS 301149700 SQ. KM
17. Where is the zebra found?
- AFRICA
18. Which country is now known as myanmar?
- BURMA
19. Name the land of cakes?
- SCOTLAND
20. Name the city know as th city of light?
- PARIS IN FRANCE
21. Which is the largest city of syria?
- DAMASCUS
22. Which is the write city?
- BELGRADE, YUGOSLAVIA
23. Why brazil is fomous for?
- COFFEE
24. Where will you find barbary apes?
- ON ROCK OF GIBRALTOR
25. Which city serves as italy's main port?
- GENOA
26. Name the largest island in the west-indies?
- CUBA
27. Which is known as the land of the rising sun?
- JAPAN
28. Where is the secretariat of the SAARC?
- KATHMANDU
29. Where is the yellow river?
- IN CHINA(HWANG HO)
30. Name the only english island country?
- ISLE OF WIGHT
31. Which is the largest single feature on the earth's crust?
- OCEAN RIDGE
32. Which is the brightest planet?
- VENUS
33. Which lake is the deepest in the world?
- BAIKAL IN SIBERIA
34. Which is the largest island in the world?
- GREENLAND
35. Which is the bigest desert in the world?
- SAHARA DESERT
36. What is iceberg?
- A LARGE MASS OF ICE DETACHED FROM A GLACIER AND FLOATING IN THE SEA
IS CALLED ICEBERG
37. Name of uppermost layer of the earth's surface?
- BIOSPHERE
38. How many layers are found in the atmosphere?
- FOUR LAYERS
39. What is the another name of the falkland island?
- MALIVNAS
40. What are the doldrums?
- THE EQUATORIAL BELT OF CALM
41. How many islands makes up philipines?
- 7107 ISLANDS
42. Which is the windy city?
- CHICAGO, U.S.A
43. Which is the largest continent in the world?
- ASIA
44. Which is the smallest continent in the world?
- AUSTRALIA
45. The inner core of the earth is a?
- METALLIC ZONE OF VERY HOT AND DENSE MATERIAL
46. Define shape of the earth?
- AN OBLATE SPHERE
47. The distance between the sun and earth is?
- 149, 597, 900
48. Name the first planet?
- MERCURY
49. Name the last planet?
- PLUTO
50. Name all the planets?
- MERCURY, VENUS, EARTH , MARS, JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS, NEPTUNE AND PLUTO
51. Earths lies between two planets, name it?
- VENUS AND MARS
52. Name two major mountains in the world?
- MOUNT EVEREST AND KNCHENJUNGA
53. Which is the highest plateau in the world?
- TIBET
54. What is the cicumference of the earth on the equator?
- 24,962 MILES
55. Name the salt lakes?
- SAMBHAR LAKE IN RAJASTHAN
56. What is the new name of dutch?
- SURINAM
57. Which country is the largest producer of wool?
- AUSTRALIA
58. Which is known as the morning star?
- VENUS
59. Name of the currency of the bangla desh?
- TAKA
60. Name of the currency of japan?
- YEN
61. Name of the currency of italy?
- LIRA
62. Name of the currency of mayanmar?
- KAYT
63. Name of the currency of indonesia?
- RUPIAH
64. What is the duration of the day at the equator?
- 12 HRS
65. What is the difference between indian standard time and Green-which time?
- 5 AND HALF HRS
66. I.S.T stand for?
- INDIAN STANDARD TIME
67. Which country is the large producer of manganese?
- INDIA
68. Which country is the large producer of carpets?
- IRAN, INDIA
69. Name the largest airport in the world?
- KING KHALID INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 223 SQ KM OUTSIDE RIYADH(SAUDI ARABIA)
70. Name the largest bird?
- OSTRICH
71. Name the largest island?
- GREENLAND
72. Name the largest library?
- MODERN LIBRARY
73. Longest day in the northern hemisphere?
- JUNE 21ST
74. Shortest day in the northern hemisphere?
- DEC 22ND
75. Largest diamond in the world?
- THE CULLIAN (OVER 1 AND 1/2 LB)
76. Which is the world's longest dam?
- HIRAKUND
77. What is the show line?
- THIS IS LINE BEYOND WHICH SHOWS MELTS, AND IT VARIES WITH ALTITUDE
78. In which country did the sauna originate?
- FINLAND
79. What is the atmospheric pressure?
- ABOVE THE EARTH'S SURFACE, THE WEIGHT OF AIR CREATES PRESSURE ON IT
80. What are the horse latitudes?
- THE TROPICAL BELT OF CALM
81. Name the african country shaped as horn?
- SOMALIA
82. What was the former name of U.S.A?
- UNITED COLONIES
83. which is the largest delta in the world?
- SUNDERBAN
84. Which is the land of white elephants?
- THAILAND
85. Which is known as the red planet?
- MARS
86. Which is the lowest point on the earth?
- DEAD SEA
87. Which is the coldest place on the earth?
- BERKOYANSK IN SIBERIA
88. The tropic of cancer passes from which state of india?
- GUJRAT
89. What is the duration of the day at the poles?
- SIX MONTHS
90. What is north pole?
- NORTHEN END OF THE EARTH'S AXIS
91. In the world, which river carries maximum quantity of water into the sea?
- MISSISSIPPI
92. Where the duration of the sunshine equal at all times on the earth?
- EQUATOR
93. Name the national emblem of india?
- LION CAPITAL
94. Name the national emblem of pakistan?
- CRESCENT
95. Name of the parliament of india?
- LOKHSABHA AND RAJYA SABHA
96. What was the former name of kanpur?
- CAWNPORE
97. What was the former name of varanasi?
- BANARAS
98. Name the tallest building of the world?
- PETRONAS TWIN TOWERS , KUALA LUMPUR(MALAYSIA)
99. In which sea the volga river falls?
- CASPIAN SEA
100. Which country is the largest producer of tabacco?
- CHINA
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