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Thursday, April 12 2012, 10:28 PM
Map Set 1
1. Lake Titicaca: Largest lake in the world located on PeruBolivia border.
2. Mount Aconcauga: Highest peak outside Asia located in Chile.
3. Bay of Fundy: Highest tidal range in the world located on east coast of Canada below Gulf of Lawrence.
4. Mount Etna: Highest volcano of Europe located in Sicily.
5. Tierra del Fuego: The region has fiord coastline (glaciated).
Map Set 2
1. North Anatolian Fault: Below Black sea in N part of Turkey.
2. San Andrea Fault: Runs along California.
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1. Nazca plate, Cocos plate, Caribbean plate, Filipino plate: Movement of S American plate against Nazca
plate, movement of caribbean plate against Cocos plate, movement of Pacific plate against N American
plate, movement of Pacific plate against the Filipino plate and the Australian plate cause earthquakes
and volcanoes on the ring of fire.
Tectonic Plates
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Ring of Fire
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Mapset 3
1. Leeuwin current: It runs counter to west Australian current and weakens during AlNino condition.
2. Irminger current: It is an extension of north Atlantic drift towards the west coast of Iceland.
3. Antilles Current: It passes through the Atlantic side of Caribbean.
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