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प्रश्न
Name three great explorers connected with the African continent.
उत्तर
David Livingstone, who discovered Victoria Falls in 1855. Mungo Park followed the course of the river Niger. Henry Morton Stanley traced the course of the river Congo from Lake Tanganyika to its mouth.
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Briefly describe the location of Europe in relation to the other continents. What special advantage has Europe enjoyed due to its location?
On the outline map of Europe, use different colours to mark and label the following:
- Oceans—Arctic, Atlantic
- Seas—Mediterranean, Baltic, North Sea
- Straits—Dover, Gibraltar
- Plateau—Central Massif, Meseta
- Mountains—Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathians
- Rivers—Danube, Rhine, Volga
- Lakes—Ladoga, Onega, Vanern
- Capitals—Paris, Moscow, Berl
Mixed forests consist of grass, moss, softwood trees, hardwood trees, and thorny vegetation.
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.
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.
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The Kalahari Desert is located in North Africa.
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