Africa

**Option A is incorrect:** The Abyssinian plateau is in Ethiopia (in Africa). **Option B is correct:** The Atlas Mountains are a mountain range in the Maghreb. It stretches around 2,500 km (1,600 mi) through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. The range's highest peak is Toubkal, with an elevation of 4,167 metres (13,671 ft) in southwestern Morocco. It separates the Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines from the Sahara Desert. **Option C is incorrect:** Guiana Highland is in South America. **Option D is incorrect:** Okavango basin/swamp in the Southern part of Africa.

**Pair 1 is correctly matched.** Anatolia is the peninsula of land that today constitutes the Asian portion of Turkey. Because of its location at the point where the continents of Asia and Europe meet, Anatolia was, from the beginnings of civilization, a crossroads for numerous peoples migrating or conquering from either continent.  **Pair 2 is correctly matched.** The Amhara Region is located in the northwestern part of Ethiopia. It is the homeland of Amharapeople. Amhara is the site of the largest inland body of water in Ethiopia, Lake Tana. Amhara region is often mentioned in the news due to historical conflicts among Oromo, Amhara, and Tigrayan groups of Ethiopia.  **Pair 3 is not correctly matched.** Cabo Delgado is the northernmost province of Mozambique. It was in news because Mozambique's Al-Shabab extremist group has been carrying out attacks in the country's most northern province, Cabo Delgado, since 2017.  **Pair 4 is not correctly matched.** Catalonia occupies a triangular area in the northeastern corner of Spain. It is bordered by France and Andorra to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the east, the autonomous community of Valencia to the south, and the autonomous community of Aragon to the west. Recently, mass protests broke out across Spain's Catalonia region after its former separatist leader Carles Puigdemont was arrested.  So, only two pairs (Anatolia Turkey and Amhara Ethiopia) are correctly matched.

* The Congo Basin is a vast region in Central Africa that encompasses several countries. It is the sedimentary basin of the Congo River and is located in a region known as West Equatorial Africa.  * The Congo Basin spans across mainly six countries Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. **Thus, Option A is correct.**

❌ **Statement I: Incorrect** *Lake Tanganyika lies **south of the Equator**, in Tanzania, DRC, Burundi, and Zambia.* ❌ **Statement II: Incorrect** *Lake Tonlé Sap is in **Cambodia**, well **north of the Equator**.* ❌ **Statement III: Incorrect** *Patos Lagoon is in **southern Brazil**, **far south of the Equator**.* **Correct Answer: (D) None** The Equator does **not** pass through any of the three water bodies listed.