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- A. Chitrakote Falls
- B. Jog Falls
- C. Nohkalikai Falls
- D. Dudhsagar Falls
Explanation: Chitrakote Falls on the Indravati is India's widest waterfall, nicknamed the Niagara of India.
Correct answer: Chitrakote Falls- A. Nagaland
- B. Meghalaya
- C. Assam
- D. Arunachal Pradesh
Explanation: Nohkalikai Falls near Cherrapunji in Meghalaya is among India's tallest waterfalls.
Correct answer: Meghalaya- A. Dettifoss
- B. Seljalandsfoss
- C. Gullfoss
- D. Skógafoss
Explanation: Gullfoss ("Golden Falls") thunders over the Hvitá River in south-west Iceland.
Correct answer: Gullfoss- A. Goðafoss
- B. Svartifoss
- C. Dettifoss
- D. Gullfoss
Explanation: Dettifoss in north-east Iceland is considered Europe's most powerful waterfall by volume.
Correct answer: Dettifoss- A. Austria
- B. France
- C. Germany
- D. Switzerland
Explanation: The Rhine Falls near Schaffhausen in Switzerland are Europe's largest plain waterfalls.
Correct answer: Switzerland- A. The Mekong River (in Laos)
- B. The Irrawaddy River
- C. The Salween River
- D. The Chao Phraya River
Explanation: The Khone Falls on the Mekong in southern Laos are among the world's widest waterfalls.
Correct answer: The Mekong River (in Laos)- A. The Kasai River
- B. The Congo River (upper course) in DR Congo
- C. The Lualaba River
- D. The Ubangi River
Explanation: The Boyoma Falls (ex-Stanley Falls) are rapids on the upper Congo in DR Congo.
Correct answer: The Congo River (upper course) in DR Congo- A. Rwanda
- B. Kenya
- C. Uganda
- D. Tanzania
Explanation: Murchison Falls, where the Victoria Nile squeezes through a gorge, is in Uganda.
Correct answer: Uganda- A. Ethiopia
- B. Sudan
- C. Egypt
- D. South Sudan
Explanation: The Blue Nile Falls (Tis Issat) are in north-west Ethiopia.
Correct answer: Ethiopia- A. By glaciers melting suddenly
- B. By running water eroding soft rock beneath a layer of resistant hard rock, creating a vertical drop
- C. By volcanic eruptions damming rivers
- D. By earthquakes cracking riverbeds
Explanation: Waterfalls typically form where a river erodes soft rock under a hard caprock, undercutting it into a drop.
Correct answer: By running water eroding soft rock beneath a layer of resistant hard rock, creating a vertical drop2651. What is a glacier?
- A. An iceberg floating at sea
- B. A frozen lake
- C. A large, slowly moving mass of ice formed from compacted snow
- D. A snowstorm in the mountains
Explanation: Glaciers are slow rivers of ice built up from snow compacted over many years.
Correct answer: A large, slowly moving mass of ice formed from compacted snow- A. Wind pushing the ice
- B. Ocean currents
- C. Earth's rotation
- D. Gravity acting on the ice's own weight
Explanation: Glaciers flow downhill under gravity, deforming under their own immense weight.
Correct answer: Gravity acting on the ice's own weight- A. A glacier that flows down a mountain valley
- B. A glacier floating on the sea
- C. A glacier in a desert
- D. A glacier covering a continent
Explanation: Valley glaciers are tongues of ice flowing down mountain valleys.
Correct answer: A glacier that flows down a mountain valley- A. Sea ice around Antarctica
- B. A vast glacier covering a large land area, over 50,000 sq km
- C. A glacier in a mountain valley
- D. A frozen waterfall
Explanation: Ice sheets like Antarctica's and Greenland's are continent-scale glaciers.
Correct answer: A vast glacier covering a large land area, over 50,000 sq km- A. A glacier inside a volcano
- B. A glacier under the sea
- C. A glacier that spreads out at the foot of a mountain range
- D. A glacier on a plateau
Explanation: Piedmont glaciers fan out where valley glaciers reach flat lowlands.
Correct answer: A glacier that spreads out at the foot of a mountain range2656. What is the snow line?
- A. The altitude above which snow remains all year
- B. The boundary of the Arctic
- C. The edge of a glacier
- D. The line of maximum snowfall
Explanation: Above the snow line, snow survives summer melt and feeds glaciers.
Correct answer: The altitude above which snow remains all year2657. What is firn (névé)?
- A. Wind-blown ice crystals
- B. Compacted, granular snow in the stage between fresh snow and glacier ice
- C. Fresh powder snow
- D. Melted glacier water
Explanation: Firn is old snow compacted into dense granules, on its way to becoming glacier ice.
Correct answer: Compacted, granular snow in the stage between fresh snow and glacier ice2658. What is a crevasse?
- A. A glacier's meltwater stream
- B. A mountain pass
- C. A deep crack in a glacier's surface
- D. A type of moraine
Explanation: Crevasses are deep fractures where glacier ice is stretched.
Correct answer: A deep crack in a glacier's surface2659. What is a moraine?
- A. A crack in glacier ice
- B. A type of iceberg
- C. A glacier's meltwater lake
- D. Rock debris carried and deposited by a glacier
Explanation: Moraines are the rock debris glaciers transport and dump.
Correct answer: Rock debris carried and deposited by a glacier- A. The glacier's source area
- B. Debris along a glacier's side
- C. A lake inside a glacier
- D. A ridge of debris deposited at the end (snout) of a glacier
Explanation: Terminal moraines mark the farthest advance of a glacier.
Correct answer: A ridge of debris deposited at the end (snout) of a glacier