Inland waters of Eurasia belong to …

A) internal drainage

B) Atlantic Ocean

C) Pacific Ocean

D) Indian Ocean

E)& internal and external drainage

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The territories of internal drainage of Eurasia occupy …

A) 55% of the continent

B) 20% of the continent

C) 65% of the continent

D)& 30% of the continent

E) 15% of the continent

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Feed, regime of the Eurasian rivers depend on …

A) slope of the mountains, precipitation, temperature

B) evaporation, evaporability, seasons

C) cloudiness, wind

D)& orography, climate, season of the year

E) human activity, the nature of the soil

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Modern hydrographic network of Eurasia took final shape in … period.

A) Paleozoic

B) Paleogene

C) Mesozoic

D)& Quaternary

E) Jurassic

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The share of winter runoff on the rivers of West Asia is …

A) 10 %

B) 5 %

C)& 85-90 %

D) 40 %

E) 100 %

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Rivers of the Atlantic Ocean’s catchment basin of Eurasia:

A)& Don

B) Volga

C) Mezen

D) Tavda

E) Shilka

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The rivers of the east, south, south-east Asia have this type of regime

A) water rise in winter

B) water rise in spring

C)& summer rise

D) water rise in autumn

E) all the year round

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The lakes of Fennoscandia are mainly of …

A) glacial origin

B)& glacial-tectonic origin

C) tectonic, dammed origin

D) volcanic, liman origin

E) karst, subsidence origin

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… characteristic for the limestone areas of Eurasia

A)& Lakes of karst genesis

B) Lakes of thermokarst genesis

C) “Wandering” lakes

D) Lakes of glacial genesis

E) Lakes of dammed genesis

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An Eurasian river which belongs to the catchment basin of the Pacific Ocean

A)& Argun

B) Kolyma

C) Tom

D) Sutlej

E) Rioni.

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This lake is located on the rift zones of Eurasia

A)& Hubsugul

B) Van

C) Lobnor

D) Caspian

E) Geneva

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It spreads on the northern coast of Eurasia and adjacent islands

A) Arctic desert

B)& tundra

C) taiga

D) savanna

E) pampas

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The soils of tundra:

A) krasnozems, yellow soils

B) podzolic

C)& gley

D) brown

E) gray-brown

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Natural zone located in high northern latitudes of Eurasia:

A) steppe

B) forest

C)& taiga

D) desert

E) monsoon forests

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… are in the eastern, seashore areas in the temperate zone of Eurasia

A)& deciduous forests

B) deserts

C) steppes

D) savanna

E) moist equatorial forest

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Xerophytic thickets of trees and shrubs of Mediterranean Eurasia are referred to as …

A) dry savanna

B)& phrygana

C) mali-skreb

D) monsoon forests

E) prairie

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Vegetation of subequatorial and equatorial zones of Eurasia is located within …

A)& Hindustan and Indochina

B) Asia Minor

C) Tarim Basin

D) Loess Plateau

E) Arabian Peninsula

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Soils under seasonal-moist forests of Eurasia:

A) gray-brown

B) podzolic

C) black soil

D) gley

E)& red lateritic

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This river belongs to the areas of internal drainage in Eurasia:

A)& Volga

B) Lena

C) Ganges

D) Tiger

E) Northern Dvina

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An extended period of low temperatures, permafrost, vast marshland are typical for this type of natural zone:

A)& tundra

B) steppes

C) moist monsoon forests

D) pampa

E) savanna

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Dry climate and landscape areas of Eurasia increases to the:

A) seashore sector

B) the northern coast

C)& inland regions

D) West Europe

E) north-east of Eurasia

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Flora of the humid equatorial forests of Eurasia is represented by plants:

A) feather, ephedra, cactus

B) oak, ash, chestnut

C) pine, larch, cedar

D)& ferns, orchids, palms

E) baobab tree, teak, beard grass

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Animals typical for the steppes of Eurasia:

A)& marmots, jerboa, voles

B) tigers, lions, hippos

C) crocodiles, giraffes, rhinos

D) Arctic foxes, deer, bears

E) monkeys, bison, peccary

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The structure of Central Asia includes:

A)& Gobi, Taklamakan, Tian Shan

B) Hindustan, Indochina

C) Mesopotamia

D) Asia Minor Plateau

E) West Siberian Plain

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The structure of East Asia includes:

A)& North China Plain

B) Mediterranean region

C) Iranian Plateau

D) Central Siberian Plateau

E) Dzungaria

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The westernmost point of North America:

A) St. Charles

B) Punta Mariato

C)& Prince of Wales

D) Murchison

E) Dezhnev

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The area of North America:

A) 17,8 million кm²

B)& 24,25 million кm²

C) 30,3 million кm²

D) 54,8 million кm²

E) 10,8 million кm²

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Canadian Shield of North America corresponds to:

A) Appalachian

B) Great Plains

C)& Laurentian Upland

D) Mexican lowlands

E) Alaska Peninsula

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Appalachian Mountains were formed during the period:

A)& Paleozoic

B) Mesozoic

C) Cenozoic

D) Archaean

E) Proterozoic

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