Question

D. Answer the
1. Name the geographical features that border Asia in the nor
2. What do you understand by the term 'archipelago? Give two examples from the Pacific Oce
3. Name the rivers of the Great Siberian Plain
4. What kind of plateau is the Plateau of Tibet?
5. In which country of Asia are the Mesopotamian plains situated?
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Answer 1

$\large \mathfrak{ \purple{ \underline{Question \: 1}}}$

Name the geographical features that border Asia in the north.

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To the West of Asia are Ural mountains and the Caspian Sea. To the South-West are the Caucasus Mountains. To the North of Asia lies Arctic Ocean. To East lies the Pacific Ocean and to the south of Asia is Indian Ocean.

$\large \mathfrak{ \red{ \underline{Question \: 2}}}$

What do you understand by the term 'archipelago' ? Give two examples from the Pacific Ocean.

$\large \mathfrak{ \red{ \underline{Answer}}}$

(a) Archipelago means a group of islands.

(b) Two examples in the Pacific Ocean are Japan and Philippines.

$\large \mathfrak{ \blue{ \underline{Question \: 3}}}$

Name the rivers of the Great Siberian Plain.

$\large \mathfrak{ \blue{ \underline{Answer}}}$

Since the three great Siberian rivers, the Ob, the Yenisei and the Lena all flow into the Arctic Ocean, the aim was to find parts or branches of these rivers that flow approximately east-west and find short portages between them.

$\large \mathfrak{ \orange{ \underline{Question \: 4}}}$

What kind of plateau is the Plateau of Tibet ?

$\large \mathfrak{ \orange{ \underline{Answer}}}$

The Tibetan Plateau

$\large \mathfrak{ \pink{ \underline{Question \: 5}}}$

In which country of Asia are the Mesopotamian plains situated ?

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The Mesopotamian plains are situated in Iraq.