Waec Geography Past Questions

Question 11

Which of the following is not a method by which rivers transport their eroded materials?

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  • A. suspension
  • B. traction
  • C. attrition
  • D. solution
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Question 12

Which of the following features are associated with a river capture? I. Misfit river II. River terrances III. Elbow of capture IV. Wind gap

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  • A. I,III and IV
  • B. I,II,III and IV
  • C. I,II and IV
  • D. II,III and IV
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Question 13

All the following farming practices result in soil erosion except

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  • A. ploughing of land up and down slope
  • B. persistant cultivation of crops in regions of inadequate rainfall
  • C. over-cropping
  • D. mixed cropping
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Question 14

The most important action in the A horizon of a soil profile is

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  • A. eluvation
  • B. deposition
  • C. weathering
  • D. illuviation
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Question 15

A continental shelf is economically important because it

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  • A. is a good fishing ground
  • B. is good for irrigation
  • C. is very deep
  • D. constains little salt
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