Physical landscapes in Middle and Far East: Practice Questions

• a.The Plateau of Tibet
• b.The Zagros Mountains
• c.The Arabian Peninsula
• d.The North China Plain

• a.The mountains are a volcanic range that blocks the path of the Indus River system.
• b.The mountains provide the source of many streams that feed into the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
• c.The mountains act as a drainage divide, preventing any water from reaching the Persian Gulf.
• d.The mountains are located entirely in the Far East and have no impact on Middle Eastern rivers.

• a.D: It is a major tributary of the Yangtze River located in the Hengduan Mountains.
• b.A: It originates in the Gobi Desert and flows east into the Yellow Sea.
• c.C: It originates in the Tibetan Plateau and flows through Pakistan to the Arabian Sea.
• d.B: It flows primarily through the lowland plains of Iraq into the Persian Gulf.

• a.C: Large-scale volcanic eruptions along a constructive plate margin in the Indian Ocean.
• b.A: The subduction of the Philippine Plate beneath the Eurasian Plate at a destructive margin.
• c.B: The collision between the Indian continental plate and the Eurasian continental plate.
• d.D: The shearing movement of the Pacific Plate along the coast of China.

Write your answer out first, then check it against the worked solution.

Write your answer out first, then check it against the worked solution.

Write your answer out first, then check it against the worked solution.