GK
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Latitude
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Longitude
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Mountain barriers
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Position on continent
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Detailed explanation-1: -This is determined by its geographical location: between the Andes mountain range, which blocks the humid air of the Amazons, and the Coastal mountain range, which interjects between the air currents that come from the Pacific Ocean.
Detailed explanation-2: -The combined effects of the Peru Current and the central Andes rain shadow have created what is possibly the world’s driest desert, the Atacama of northern Chile.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which geographic factor was most responsible for increasing migration to the United States and Canada during the seventeenth century? ANS: Available land for farming. The United States and Canada are home to many multinational corporations, which employ people in a variety of jobs.