Glaciers
Glaciers are a bulk of ice moving under its weight. It forms in areas where the amassing of snow goes beyond its ablation over many years.
Interlinking of Rivers
India faces scarcity of water in different regions due to erratic rainfall and variations in monsoon. Thus the river interlinking project aims to solve the problems associated with water scarcity.…
Physiography of India -Part II
India is a country of great physical diversity. On basis of the varied physiographic features, India is divided into six divisions of Physiography of India:
Indian Drainage System (Rivers of India)
The drainage system flowing into the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal is separated by a water divide along the Western Ghats, the Aravalli and the Yamuna Sutlej. There…
Mangroves | मैंग्रोव
मैंग्रोव (Mangroves) सामान्य रूप से सदाबहार वनों से युक्त वेलांचली वन पारिस्थितिकी तंत्र का प्रतिनिधित्व करते हैं जो उष्णकटिबंधीय और उपोष्णकटिबंधीय क्षेत्रों के निचले इलाकों में उगते हैं। वे बृहत्…
World Climatic Types
The world has several climatic zones but geographer defined the climatic region is based on maximum and minimum temperatures and the temperature range as well as the total and seasonal…
Important Grasslands of the World
Grasslands- घासभूमि या विहारभूमि या चमनज़ार ऐसे विस्तृत क्षेत्र को कहते हैं जहाँ दूर-दूर तक घास और छोटे झाड़ फैले हुए हों। ऐसी जगहों पर जहाँ-तहाँ वृक्ष भी हो सकते…
Earth Atmosphere and Origin
The Earth Atmospheric pressure is the name given to this force. The primary climatic factor is atmospheric pressure. At sea level, there are 1034 grams of air pressure per square…
Landforms: Types of Mountains, Plateaus, and Plains
A landform is a feature on the Earth’s surface that is part of the terrain. Endogenic forces and exogenic forces can create a lot of landforms. Mountains, hills, plateaus, and…
Continental Drift and Tectonics Plates
The theory of continental drift is most associated with the scientist Alfred Wegener. In the early 20th century, Wegener published a paper explaining his theory that the continental landmasses were…
Rocks: Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic
The most prevalent minerals in rocks are quartz and feldspar. Petrology is the name given to the study of rocks in science. Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks are the three…
Interior of the Earth: Core, Mantle and Crust
The interior of the earth can be divided in one of two ways: mechanically or chemically. Mechanically (or rheologically), meaning the study of liquid states,
Domains of the Earth: Lithosphere, Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere
Major domains of the earth are a basic concept in geography. The earth’s surface is a complex zone in which the three major components of the environment meet, overlap, and…
Earth, Structure, Latitudes, and Longitudes
Earth is not a perfect circle it is an oblate spheroid, it is like a sphere, but the distance from pole to pole is less than the distance around the…
Earthquakes and Volcanoes
The theory of tectonics can explain both earthquakes and volcanoes. The earth's crust consists of a series of plates.
Top Mineral Producer in India (State-wise) and Other Countries
Top Mineral Producer in India Further, there are three major mineral belts in India namely − 1. The North-Eastern Plateau Region, 2. The South-Western Plateau Region, and 3. The North-Western…
El-Nino and La-Nina (अल नीनो और ला नीना)
El Nino and La Nina are complex weather patterns resulting from variations in ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific Region. They are opposite phases of what is known as the…
ब्रह्माण्ड और हमारा सौरमंडल (Universe and Our Solar System)
So basically the Solar system is a system of the Sun, 8 planets, dwarf planets, asteroids, meteors, and comets under the gravitational influence of the Sun.
Forest-Based Industries in India
India is one among fast-growing forest-based industries within the world. The growing knowledge domain including the synergistic contribution from the flagship schemes
Origin of The Earth Scientific Concepts | पृथ्वी की उत्पत्ति के बारे में वैज्ञानिक अवधारणाओं
Scientific concepts about the origin of the earth | पृथ्वी की उत्पत्ति और आयु के संबन्ध में समय-समय पर विभिन्न विद्वानों एवं संस्थाओं ने अपने विचार प्रस्तुत किए। प्रारंभ में…