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 Read more…
States and Capitals in India India, a union of states, is a Sovereign, Secular, Democratic Republic with a Parliamentary system of Government. There are 28 states and 8 Union territories in the country. The table contains the States and Capitals In India and related important facts: State Capital Date of Read more…
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 Read more…
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. Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…