100 Geography Facts

 

100 Geography Facts That Will Actually Make Your Life Better.

1. What is an earthquake?

-  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