Geography Questions and Answers

Great Britain and Germany belong to the europian continent. To be more precise they belong to the Western part of Europe.

Block mountains are formed as a result of faulting. Faulting is a geological process where the Earth's crust breaks apart due to tectonic forces. This can result in large blocks of land being uplifted to form mountains.

Initial temperature = 40oC
Final temperature = ?
According to lapse rate
1000m ascent = 6.5oC decrease in temp.
4000m =x
4000 = 6.5 x 4=26.0oC
Final temp. = (40o -26o)C=14oC

The population density of a country is calculated by dividing the total population by the total land area. Therefore, for a country with a total population of 140,000,000 and a total land area of 500,000 km2, the population density would be 140,000,000 / 500,000 = 280 persons per km2.

A rift valley is a linear shaped lowland between several highlands or mountain ranges created by the action of a geologic rift or fault. This process of valley formation is known as parallel faulting. A rift valley is formed on a divergent plate boundary, a crustal extension, a spreading apart of the surface, which is subsequently further deepened by the forces of erosion. When the tensional forces are strong enough to cause a plate to split apart, it does so along a rift zone.