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- A. Laos
- B. Vietnam
- C. Myanmar
- D. China
Explanation: The Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau is the limestone highland region of southwestern China.
Correct answer: China- A. The Ethiopian Highlands
- B. The East African Plateau
- C. The Jos Plateau
- D. The Katanga Plateau
Explanation: The East African Plateau stretches across Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, carrying lakes such as Victoria.
Correct answer: The East African Plateau- A. Glacial deposits
- B. Wind-blown sand accumulation
- C. Massive basalt lava flows from volcanic eruptions
- D. Folded sedimentary rock layers
Explanation: The Deccan Traps are the vast stair-like basalt formations left by enormous volcanic eruptions about 66 million years ago.
Correct answer: Massive basalt lava flows from volcanic eruptions- A. The West Siberian Plain
- B. The North China Plain
- C. The Indo-Gangetic Plain
- D. The Mesopotamian Plain
Explanation: The Indo-Gangetic Plain is the great alluvial lowland built by the Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra river systems.
Correct answer: The Indo-Gangetic Plain- A. The Appalachians
- B. The Sierra Nevada
- C. The Cascades
- D. The Rocky Mountains
Explanation: The Great Plains spread eastward from the foot of the Rocky Mountains across the interior of North America.
Correct answer: The Rocky Mountains3446. What is the Terai?
- A. A marshy, damp belt at the foot of the Himalayan foothills
- B. A desert in western Rajasthan
- C. A plateau in central India
- D. A delta at the mouth of the Ganga
Explanation: The Terai is the low, marshy strip of grassland and forest along the base of the Himalayan foothills in Nepal and northern India.
Correct answer: A marshy, damp belt at the foot of the Himalayan foothills- A. Volcanic ash
- B. Pebbles and boulders
- C. Fine silt and clay
- D. Wind-blown sand
Explanation: The Bhabar is the porous belt of coarse pebbles and boulders at the Himalayan foothills where streams sink underground.
Correct answer: Pebbles and boulders- A. Bangar
- B. Bhur
- C. Khadar
- D. Reh
Explanation: Khadar is the newer, more fertile alluvium deposited in the floodplains, renewed by annual floods.
Correct answer: Khadar- A. Bangar
- B. Terai
- C. Khadar
- D. Bhabar
Explanation: Bangar is the older alluvium lying above the flood level, less fertile than the newer khadar.
Correct answer: Bangar- A. A river island
- B. The land between two rivers
- C. The land of five rivers
- D. The mouth of a river
Explanation: A doab is the tract of land lying between two converging rivers, such as the Ganga–Yamuna doab.
Correct answer: The land between two rivers- A. The land of the lion
- B. The fertile crescent
- C. The land of five rivers
- D. The gateway of India
Explanation: Punjab comes from the Persian "panj" (five) and "ab" (water), meaning the land of the five rivers.
Correct answer: The land of five rivers- A. The Chenab River
- B. The Ravi River
- C. The Jhelum River
- D. The Indus River
Explanation: The Sindh plain is the lower Indus valley plain, built by the deposits of the Indus River.
Correct answer: The Indus River- 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