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581.

How is known the long deep valley bounded by normal faults?

A.	Fault lone	B.	Rift valley
C.	Great Rift valley	D.	None of these

582.

Which of the follwing phrases is used for a large natural stream that drains a large area of land and eventually flows into another river, lake or ocean?

A.	River system	B.	Riverine
C.	Basin	D.	Canal system

583.

What is commonly known a grassland with scattered trees and shrubs?

A.	Salt marsh	B.	Frairic
C.	Savannah	D.	Marsh

584.

Name the body of salt water which is more or less land locked?

A.	Sea	B.	Ocean
C.	Island	D.	Strait

585.

The average level of the surface of the ocean is called:

A.	Sea level	B.	Dead level
C.	Surface level	D.	Average level

586.

When sun appears directly over the equator then both poles of the earth are at equal distance from the sun. At this time day and night are equal in length all over the world. What this phenomenon is called?

A.	June equinox	B.	September equinox
C.	December Equinox	D.	January Equinox

587.

Name the land which borders a body of water?

A.	Beach	B.	Shore
C.	Both of them	D.	None of them

588.

The term "silt" refers to:

A.	Kind of sediment carried by river water	B.	Kind of sediment carried by sea water
C.	Kind of sediment carried by lake water	D.	Kind of sediment carried in dams

589.

What is called a source of groundwater flowing naturally from soil to rock?

A.	Geyser	B.	Spring
C.	Magma	D.	Lava

590.

Name the tide which occurs when sun, moon and earth are in a straight line and gravitational forces of sun and moon are combined?

A.	High tide	B.	Winter tide
C.	Tide wave	D.	Spring tide