Geography Online Quiz Test

Kazakhstan produces the largest share of uranium from mines (approx 42% of world supply), followed by Canada (13%) and Australia (12%).

Greenland is the world's largest island, located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark.

Mica is common in igneous and metamorphic rock and is occasionally found as small flakes in sedimentary rock. It is abundant in many rocks, e.g., shale, slate, phyllite, schist, gneiss, and granite.

In general, the surface temperature decreases with increasing distance from the sun. Venus is an exception because its dense atmosphere acts as a greenhouse and heats the surface to above the melting point of lead, about 471 degrees Celsius.

Westerlies are called anti-trade wind. The westerlies are prevailing winds from the west toward the east in the middle latitudes between 30 and 60 degrees latitude. They originate from the high-pressure areas in the horse latitudes and trend towards the poles and steer extratropical cyclones in this general manner.

Mongoloids people are concentrated in the nearby areas of the Himalayas, e.g. Ladakh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and other areas of the north-eastern India.

About 80 percent of the current water use is drawn by agriculture. Irrigated area accounts for nearly 49 percent of agricultural land in India. India's irrigation is mostly groundwater well based. At 39 million hectares (67% of its total irrigation), India has the world's largest groundwater well-equipped irrigation system.

Ocean currents do not have influence over the climate in India. Ocean currents act much like a conveyer belt, transporting warm water and precipitation from the equator toward the poles and cold water from the poles back to the tropics.

The Seven Sister States is a popular term for the contiguous states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura prior to inclusion of the state of Sikkim into the North Eastern Region of India.

The Indus Waters Treaty is a water-distribution treaty between India and Pakistan, brokered by the World Bank, to use the water available in the Indus River and its tributaries. It was signed in Karachi on 19 September 1960 by Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistani President Ayub Khan. Treaty gives control over the waters of the three “eastern rivers” — the Beas, Ravi and Sutlej — to India, while control over the waters of the three “western rivers” — the Indus, Chenab and Jhelum — to Pakistan.