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Geography |
India Physical Environment |
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Pradesh, which is good for the crops. Majuli (Assam), are also vulnerable to occasional floods. It has the largest riverine island in the world, is... |
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Geography |
India Physical Environment |
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Barmer from the Indian desert that receive less an area has more than 30 per cent of its gross that 90 mm average annual rainfall. cropped area und... |
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| Class XI |
Geography |
India Physical Environment |
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it more effective. Landslides Have you ever read about the blocking of roads to Srinagar or disruption of rail services by stones falling on the Ko... |
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| Class XI |
Geography |
India Physical Environment |
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has been divided into form of aquifers, transfer of river water from a number of zones. the surplus to the deficit areas, and Landslide Vulnerabili... |
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| Class XI |
Geography |
India Physical Environment |
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such as roads and dams, limiting Aravali, rain shadow areas in the Western and agriculture to valleys and areas with moderate slopes, and control o... |
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| Class XI |
Geography |
India Physical Environment |
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ENVIRONMENT (i) Pre-disaster management involves Disaster Management Bill, 2005 generating data and information about the disasters, preparing vuln... |
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Geography |
India Physical Environment |
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following states of India experiences floods frequently? (a) Bihar (c) Assam (b) West Bengal (d) Uttar Pradesh (ii) In which one of the following d... |
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| Class XI |
Geography |
India Physical Environment |
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fine rock material brought down by a river. Archipelago : A group of islands that lie in fairly close proximity. Arid : Denoting any climate or reg... |
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| Class XI |
Geography |
India Physical Environment |
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calcium secreting marine polyp that occurs in colonies, mainly in warm shallow sea water. It forms the coral reefs. Depression : In meteorology; it... |
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Geography |
India Physical Environment |
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seasons. National Park : A National park is an area which is strictly reserved for the protection of the wildlife and where activities such as fore... |
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Geography |
India Physical Environment |
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area recorded as forest but not included in reserved or protected forest category. Ownership status of such forests varies from state to state. 202... |
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Geography |
Fundamental of Physical Geo... |
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U NIT IV C LIMATE This unit deals with • Atmosphere — compositions and structure; elements of weather and climate • Insolation — angle of incidence... |
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Geography |
Fundamental of Physical Geo... |
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of the atmosphere found the earth’s mass and 99 per cent of the total between 10 and 50 km above the earth’s mass of the atmosphere is confined to ... |
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Geography |
Fundamental of Physical Geo... |
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One important feature of the small solid particles, which may originate from different sources and include sea salts, fine stratosphere is that it ... |
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Geography |
Fundamental of Physical Geo... |
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convectional currents. This layer contains dust particles and water vapour. All changes in climate and weather take place in this layer. The temper... |
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Geography |
Fundamental of Physical Geo... |
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Nitrogen (d) Carbon dioxide 2. Answer the following questions in about 30 words. (i) What do you understand by atmosphere? (ii) What are the elemen... |
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Geography |
Fundamental of Physical Geo... |
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C H A P T E R S OLAR R ADIATION , H EAT B ALANCE AND T EMPERATURE o you feel air around you? Do you The solar output received at the top of the kno... |
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Geography |
Fundamental of Physical Geo... |
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the Variability of Insolation at the Surface of the Earth atmosphere and the resultant temperature distribution over the earth’s surface. The amoun... |
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Geography |
Fundamental of Physical Geo... |
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middle and higher latitudes receive less received per unit area decreases. Moreover, radiation than in summer. the slant rays are required to pass ... |
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Geography |
Fundamental of Physical Geo... |
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are caused colour of the sky are the result of scattering by advection alone. In tropical regions of light within the atmosphere. particularly in n... |
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Geography |
Fundamental of Physical Geo... |
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Budget of the Planet Earth through convection and turbulence and 19 units through latent heat of condensation). Figure 9.2 depicts the heat budget ... |
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Geography |
Fundamental of Physical Geo... |
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the atmosphere system. The figure shows that The altitude : The atmosphere is indirectly there is a surplus of net radiation balance heated by terr... |
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Geography |
Fundamental of Physical Geo... |
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temperature than the places located on the coast where the cold currents flow. measurement in degrees of how hot (or cold) a thing (or a place) is.... |
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Geography |
Fundamental of Physical Geo... |
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the latitudes and pronounced. In January the isotherms the variation in temperature is more gradual deviate to the north over the ocean and to than... |
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Geography |
Fundamental of Physical Geo... |
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of temperature, 3°C, is found mountains due to air drainage. Cold air at the between 20° S and 15° N. hills and mountains, produced during night, f... |
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