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UPSC Prelims · General Studies

Geography

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Map and location knowledge: world by region

Map: the Americas

Practise 4 PYQs

Concepts to cover

  1. Canada-USA border (longest), Alaska (Nome, Bering Strait), Great Lakes, Hudson Bay, Greenland (Denmark), Mexico and the Rio Grande
  2. Panama Canal, Yucatan, Cuba, Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic), Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles, Gulf of Mexico
  3. Andes countries (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina); Amazon basin countries; Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana
  4. Lithium triangle (Chile, Bolivia, Argentina), Atacama copper, Galapagos (Ecuador), Tungurahua and Cotopaxi (Ecuador), Titicaca (Peru and Bolivia)
  5. Southern South America: Rio de la Plata (Argentina, Uruguay), Patos Lagoon (Brazil, south of the equator), Pampas, Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, Strait of Magellan, Drake Passage, Falklands
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