10 Questions
What is the estimated length of the Mekong River?
4,909 km
Where are the headwaters of the Mekong River located?
Tibetan Plateau
What is the drainage area of the Mekong River?
307,000 sq mi
What does 'មេ' mean in Khmer, the language from which the Mekong gets its English name?
Mother
What causes navigation difficulty along the Mekong River?
Extreme seasonal variations in flow
In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined criterion in common, such as location, race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. What is the etymological origin of the word 'population'?
Derived from the Late Latin word populationem
In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species who inhabit the same particular geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. What is the main characteristic of a sexual population area?
It is the area where inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the population
What does the term 'population' refer to in the field of genetics?
A group of organisms of the same species capable of interbreeding
What does the term 'population' encompass besides human beings?
Animals, microorganisms, and plants
What is the purpose of a government conducting a census?
To quantify the size of a resident population within a given jurisdiction
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