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Question
Why are the Eastern Highlands called the Great Dividing Range?
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Solution
The Eastern Highlands are also called the Great Dividing Range because the mountains form the main watershed of Australia. A number of Australia’s principal rivers originate here. The Snowy River flows down the steep eastern slope while the Darling, Lachlan, and Murrumbidgee Rivers flow down the western slope and join the Murray River.
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- Name of the river
- Countries through which it flows
- Important town/cities situated on its banks.
Give geographical reasons:
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Write them in the appropriate Columns given below.
Pine, Oak, Lynx, lichen, myrtle, olive, squirrel, seal, moss, spruce, beech, laurel, penguin, short grass.
| Climatic Regions | Wildlife | Vegetation |
| Arctic and sub-Arctic | ||
| Maritime Climate or west European Climate | ||
| Central European climate or temperate interior | ||
| Eastern European or continental climate | ||
| Mediterranean Climate | ||
| Desert Climate |
On the blank outline map of Europe do as directed.
- Use different colours to show the various climatic regions of Europe.
- Mark the areas that have (i) Steppes and (ii) Mediterranean forests.
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| 1. Egypt | (i) Accra |
| 2. Kenya | (ii) Tripoli |
| 3. South Africa | (iii) Addis Ababa |
| 4. Ethiopia | (iv) Cairo |
| 5. Ghana | (v) Nairobi |
| 6. Libya | (vi) Pretoria |
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The grasses of the savannah and the veldt are different.
Give geographical reasons:
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Name a cold and a warm current that affects the climate of Africa.
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