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  • A. Russia
  • B. Spain
  • C. Poland
  • D. Ukraine

Explanation: The North European Plain is the vast lowland running from northern France eastward across Germany and Poland into Russia.

Correct answer: Russia
  • A. The Yangtze River
  • B. The Yellow River (Huang He)
  • C. The Pearl River
  • D. The Liao River

Explanation: The North China Plain is the alluvial plain of the lower Yellow River, one of the most densely farmed regions on Earth.

Correct answer: The Yellow River (Huang He)
  • A. France
  • B. Romania
  • C. Italy
  • D. Spain

Explanation: The Po Plain, drained by the Po River, is the great agricultural lowland of northern Italy.

Correct answer: Italy
  • A. The Tigris and Euphrates
  • B. The Nile and the Euphrates
  • C. The Amu Darya and Syr Darya
  • D. The Indus and the Jhelum

Explanation: The Mesopotamian Plain is the fertile lowland between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Iraq.

Correct answer: The Tigris and Euphrates
  • A. Kazakhstan
  • B. Russia
  • C. China
  • D. Mongolia

Explanation: The West Siberian Plain, one of the world's largest flatlands, covers western Siberia in Russia.

Correct answer: Russia
  • A. Kazakhstan
  • B. Argentina
  • C. Australia
  • D. South Africa

Explanation: The Nullarbor Plain is the vast, nearly treeless limestone plain of southern Australia.

Correct answer: Australia
  • A. New Zealand
  • B. The United Kingdom
  • C. Australia
  • D. Canada

Explanation: The Canterbury Plains form the broad agricultural lowland of New Zealand's South Island.

Correct answer: New Zealand
  • A. The Pannonian (Carpathian) Basin
  • B. The Vienna Basin
  • C. The Danube Delta Basin
  • D. The Transylvanian Basin

Explanation: The Great Hungarian Plain occupies the central part of the Pannonian Basin in Hungary.

Correct answer: The Pannonian (Carpathian) Basin
  • A. Brazil
  • B. Argentina
  • C. Uruguay
  • D. Peru

Explanation: The Gran Chaco lowland is shared mainly by Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina, with a small part in Brazil.

Correct answer: Argentina
  • A. The Amazon
  • B. The Magdalena
  • C. The Orinoco
  • D. The Parana

Explanation: The Llanos are the tropical grassland plains of Venezuela and Colombia, drained by the Orinoco River system.

Correct answer: The Orinoco
  • A. China
  • B. Mongolia
  • C. Russia
  • D. North Korea

Explanation: The Manchurian or Northeast Plain is the fertile lowland of northeastern China.

Correct answer: China
  • A. The Osaka Plain; Osaka
  • B. The Kanto Plain; Tokyo
  • C. The Sendai Plain; Sendai
  • D. The Nobi Plain; Nagoya

Explanation: The Kanto Plain is Japan's largest lowland, and Tokyo stands on its shores.

Correct answer: The Kanto Plain; Tokyo
  • A. The Danube River
  • B. The Don River
  • C. The Dnieper River
  • D. The Dniester River

Explanation: The Dnieper is the great river of Ukraine, flowing south through Kyiv into the Black Sea.

Correct answer: The Dnieper River
  • A. The Persian Gulf
  • B. The Arabian Sea
  • C. The Mediterranean Sea
  • D. The Red Sea

Explanation: The Red Sea separates the Arabian Peninsula from northeastern Africa (Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea).

Correct answer: The Red Sea
  • A. The Red Sea
  • B. The Mediterranean Sea
  • C. The Adriatic Sea
  • D. The Black Sea

Explanation: The Mediterranean Sea forms the boundary between southern Europe and North Africa.

Correct answer: The Mediterranean Sea
  • A. The Aegean Sea
  • B. The Caspian Sea
  • C. The Black Sea
  • D. The Sea of Azov

Explanation: The Black Sea is enclosed by six countries: Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Russia and Georgia.

Correct answer: The Black Sea
  • A. The East China Sea
  • B. The Yellow Sea
  • C. The Sea of Okhotsk
  • D. The Sea of Japan

Explanation: The Sea of Japan separates the Japanese archipelago from the Korean Peninsula and the Russian mainland.

Correct answer: The Sea of Japan
  • A. The Arabian Sea
  • B. The Bay of Bengal
  • C. The Persian Gulf
  • D. The Red Sea

Explanation: Pakistan's entire coastline, including Karachi and Gwadar, lies on the Arabian Sea.

Correct answer: The Arabian Sea
  • A. The Gulf of Kutch
  • B. The Gulf of Mannar
  • C. The Bay of Bengal
  • D. The Arabian Sea

Explanation: The Bay of Bengal is the great bay of the northeastern Indian Ocean, bordered by India, Bangladesh and Myanmar.

Correct answer: The Bay of Bengal
  • A. The South China Sea
  • B. The Java Sea
  • C. The Sulu Sea
  • D. The Andaman Sea

Explanation: The Andaman Sea lies east of the Andaman Islands, between Myanmar, Thailand and the island chain.

Correct answer: The Andaman Sea