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Suez Canal

July 1, 2023November 28, 2023 pcsclasses

Suez Canal The Suez Canal is one of the most important waterways. It is located at the crossroads of Asia, Europe, and Africa. The Canal is owned and operated by Egypt and the main part of that country is separated by it on the west bank from the Sinai Peninsula on the east bank. Suez Canal opened in 1869, the Sea level artificial waterway crosses the narrow Isthumus of Suez, joining Africa, and Asia. It is connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the isthmus of Suez. The…

Koeppens’s Scheme of Classification of Climate:

April 1, 2023December 28, 2023 pcsclasses

Koeppens’s Scheme of Classification of Climate: The empirical climate classification scheme was developed by Koeppen in 1918. Koeppen’s scheme is the most widely used classification of climate. Koeppen identified a close relationship between the distribution of vegetation and climate. Koeppen selected certain values of temperature and precipitation and related them to the distribution of vegetation and used these values for classifying the climates. Koeppens’s Scheme of Classification of Climate/this empirical classification is based on mean annual and mean monthly temperature and precipitation data. Koeppen introduced the use of capital and small…

The Origin and Evolution of Earth

March 24, 2023December 21, 2023 pcsclasses

The Origin and Evolution of Earth When the solar system settled into its current layout about 4.5 billion years ago, Earth formed when gravity pulled swirling gas and dust in to become the third planet from the Sun. Earth has a central core, a rocky mantle, and a solid crust. (definition from NASA) The Earth is our home planet the third planet from the Sun, and the only planet we of so far that’s inhabited by living. The origin of the earth was a mystery for several years. Many scholars…

Solar Radiation, Heat Balance, and Temperature

January 14, 2023October 5, 2023 pcsclasses

Spatial distribution of insolation at the surface of earth

Solar Radiation, Heat Balance, and Temperature Solar Radiation Our earth receives almost all its energy from the sun in short wavelengths that are radiated back to space by the earth. As a result, the earth neither warms up nor does it get cooled over a period of time. The amount of heat received by different parts of the earth is not equal, so there are pressure differences in the atmosphere, which leads to the transfer of heat from one region to another by the wind. As the Earth is a geoid…

Agricultural systems in the world: A brief introduction

October 17, 2022December 17, 2022 pcsclasses

Agricultural systems in the world: A brief introduction of agricultural systems definition of Agriculture: Farming or agriculture is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. It played a very important role in the development of human civilization. The development of agriculture enabled the human population to grow many times larger than could be sustained by hunting and gathering. A brief of the main agricultural systems in the world: There are various agricultural systems in the world, practiced under multiple combinations of physical and socioeconomic conditions. On the basis of methods…

Human geography: Nature and scope

September 17, 2022August 5, 2023 pcsclasses

Human geography: Nature and scope Human geography deals with the relationship between the physical/natural and the human worlds, the spatial distribution of human phenomena and how they come about, and the social and economic differences between different parts of the world. What is spatial distribution? Spatial distribution in statistics is the arrangement of the phenomenon across the Earth’s surface and the graphical display of such an arrangement is an important tool in geographical and environmental statistics. Definitions of Human geography: Human geography is the synthetic study of the relationship between…

Continent Africa

August 27, 2022July 20, 2023 pcsclasses

Africa physical map with desrts highlands

Continent Africa Continent Africa is the second largest continent in terms of area after Asia. It covers an area of 30,065,000 sq. km. It is also the second most populous continent after Asia. It covers 6% of Earth’s total area and 20% of its land area. The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Isthmus of Suez, and the Red Sea to the Northeast. The Indian Ocean to the Southeast and the Atlantic Ocean to the west of Africa. Africa is separated from Asia by the…

List of Highest Mountain Peaks in Indian States

June 7, 2022June 7, 2022 pcsclasses

Important peaks of Indian states (High mountain peaks)

List of Highest Mountain Peaks in the Indian States Peak (Height wise) State Region/Range Kanchenjunga 8,586 m The third highest mountain in the world. Sikkim Sikkim is a state in north-eastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Province No. 1 of Nepal in the west, and West Bengal in the south. Eastern Himalaya The Eastern Himalayas extend from eastern Nepal across Northeast India, Bhutan, and the Tibet Autonomous Region to Yunnan in China and northern Myanmar Nanda Devi…

Grasslands in the World

June 2, 2022November 15, 2022 pcsclasses

Grasslands in the World Grasslands are found in areas with not enough rainfall for the growth of a forest, but it is adequate to support the growth of grasses. The grasslands can be said as a connecting link between deserts and forests. Grassland can be defined as an area where vegetation is dominated by grasses. These are found on all continents except Antarctica. The grasslands are one of the largest biomes on earth. It supports a variety of species. For example, African Savana feeds animals including zebras, wildebeest, gazelles, and…