The longest straight stretch of railway line in the world, across the Nullarbor Plain, lies in which country?
- A.Canada
- B.Russia
- C.Australia
- D.Argentina
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The correct answer is C, Australia. The Australian Trans-Continental Railway runs for about 4,000 km from Perth on the west coast to Sydney on the east, and on its way it crosses the Nullarbor Plain, a flat treeless limestone surface in the south of the continent. Across this plain the track runs dead straight for roughly 478 km without a single curve, the longest such stretch anywhere in the world, and the line also serves the gold-mining town of Kalgoorlie and the port of Port Augusta. A, Canada has the Trans-Canadian Railway, which must wind through the Rocky Mountains. B, Russia has the Trans-Siberian, the longest line in the world but not the straightest. D, Argentina is linked to Chile by the Trans-Andean Railway, which climbs through a high mountain pass.
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Practice Questions
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- A.Andhra Pradesh
- B.Tamil Nadu
- C.Kerala
- D.Telangana
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- A.Trans-Canadian Railway
- B.Trans-Siberian Railway
- C.Union and Pacific Railway
- D.Australian Trans-Continental Railway
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Read the full explanation →The eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway is
- A.Irkutsk
- B.Khabarovsk
- C.Vladivostok
- D.Novosibirsk
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Read the full explanation →The Suez Canal connects which two water bodies?
- A.The Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea
- B.The Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean
- C.The North Sea and the Baltic Sea
- D.The Black Sea and the Aegean Sea
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Read the full explanation →Which of the following canals is a lock canal?
- A.Suez Canal
- B.Panama Canal
- C.Kiel Canal
- D.Soo Canal
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