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प्रश्न
Give geographical reasons:
The river Nile flows through a desert and yet has water throughout the year.
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उत्तर
River Nile has water throughout the year because its source is Lake Victoria which lies in the rainy equatorial region.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Identify who I am:
I am the longest river in Africa
Choose the correct answer.
A region well-known for olives, oleander, and orange trees:
On a blank outline map of Africa, mark the following:
- The Cape of Good Hope
- The Drakensberg Mountains
- The Victoria Falls
- The Atlas Mountains
- The Nile River
- The Libyan Desert
- The Suez Canal
How has the wildlife of the tundra adapted to the climate?
On a blank outline map of Africa
(a) Mark with brown lines the Atlas and the Drakensberg Mountains.
(b) Shade with yellow and label the Sahara Desert and the Kalahari Desert.
(c) Shade with light brown the plateau region of Africa, the Ethiopian and Adamawa Highlands.
(d) Colour with blue and label neatly all the surrounding water bodies, oceans, seas, bays, gulfs, and straits.
Write True or False. Correct the false statement.
The cold Canaries Current washes the north-west coast of Africa?
In the outline map of Africa, mark the features, and answer the questions.
- Colour dark green the area where equatorial forests are found. What difficulties were faced by the explorers because of rivers and natural vegetation of the region?
- Mark the area that is called an ‘open-air zoo’. Name the vegetation of this region.
- Mark the Sahara Desert. Name a plant that best survives in the climate of this region. What are the characteristic features of this plant that help it survive?
- Mark the area north of the Atlas Mountains where the Mediterranean climate is found. Which crops does this climate support?
What kind of climate is experienced in the region shown in the picture?
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Australia is located between latitudes ____ and ____ and, between longitudes ____ and ____. So, this Island continent lies wholly in the ______ hemisphere. Australia is the _____ largest country in the world but is the smallest continent. The name Australia comes from the Latin word _______ meaning Southern. The official name is the ___________ of Australia. Some other popular names are the ‘Land of ______’ and the ‘_____ Continent’.
Why are most of the underground water not suitable for human consumption agriculture?
