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471.

Giant circular storm system, for which storm's winds must surpass 119 kilometres per hour, is known as:

A.	Cyclone	B.	Thunder storm
C.	Hurricane	D.	Wild storm

472.

What is termed the barrier that blocks the flow of water and produces lake?

A.	Channel	B.	Delta
C.	Reservoir	D.	Dam

473.

When does December solstice occur?

A.	Earth goes for most away from the sun	B.	Earth's axis is titled away from the sun
C.	Earth's axis is tilted towards from the sun	D.	Earth becomes nearest point to sun

474.

Which of the following is phenomenon under which the forests are cleared or destroyed?

A.	Deforestation	B.	Forestation
C.	Desertification	D.	Forest-destruction

475.

A triangular or fan-shaped deposit of sediment that forms at a river's mouth where that river flows into an ocean, lake or slower river is called:

A.	Island	B.	Shelf
C.	Bay	D.	Delta

476.

What are called those lands which lie at the margins of deserts are degraded and become deserts themselves?

A.	Deforestation	B.	Delta
C.	Desertification	D.	Loro-desert

477.

Which process is known as Desiccation?

A.	Losing of productivity	B.	Losing of water or moisture
C.	Losing of minerals	D.	Losing of upper layer of soil

478.

What is called a stream that flows through the deposits of a delta at the mouth of a river?

A.	Canal	B.	Delta-mouth
C.	Lake	D.	Distributary

479.

How is termed the system, which consists of all the bodies of water, through which water from rain or melting snow flows?

A.	Distributary	B.	River
C.	Canal	D.	Drainage

480.

Long dry period with little or no precipitation is known as:

A.	Draught	B.	Dry-spell
C.	Desertification	D.	Dry season