India Physical Geography

Context: According to the Council on Energy, Environment and Water(CEEW) report the cyclone frequency has doubled after 2005 in India. Micro Climatic Changes are contributing to this change. Key Findings of the report: In the last 50 years, India has recorded a 12-fold increase in the number of cyclonic events such as extreme rainfall, floods, sea-level …

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Impacts of Desert Dust Particles on Indian Summer Monsoon: Strong winds carry the dust particles from the Middle East into the atmosphere. Dust particles absorb solar radiation and become extremely hot. This causes heating of the atmosphere. Heat decreases the air pressure and changes wind circulation patterns. Further, it increases the moisture transport capacity of …

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Context: Parts of Uttarakhand witnessed massive flooding due to Glacial Lake outburst. What are Glaciers? Glaciers are made up of fallen snow. It compresses into large, thickened ice masses over a period of time. They are formed when snow remains in one location long enough to transform into ice. Where are Glaciers found? Glaciers are found …

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Recent Cyclones: Cyclone Nivar Cyclone Amphan Cyclone Nisarga Cyclone Forecasting The IMD has considerably increased its efforts in recent years in the areas of Tropical Cyclone forecasting and verification. Many facilities have been developed to enable a detailed assessment of the global model’s performance in the forecasting of TCs as well as operational TC forecast …

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 Why in news? Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare held a meeting with World Bank representatives to bring large Ravines of Gwalior–Chambal region under agriculture. What are Ravines? Badland topography is a major feature of the Chambal valley is characterized by an undulating floodplain, gullies and ravines. Ravines are a type of fluvial erosional …

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Mahanadi River: Mahanadi is major river in East Central India. It drains an area of around 141,600 square kilometres and has total course of 858 kilometres. It flows through Chhattisgarh and Odisha. It originates from highlands of Chhattisgarh through collection of array of streams and reaches Bay of Bengal. It left bank tributaries are Shivnath, Mand, …

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In recent years it is observed that the arrival of frequency of the western disturbances has increased over the Indian subcontinent. What do you understand by western disturbances? Explain their origins, causes of increased frequencies and their effect on India. (200 Words) Western Disturbances are low-pressure areas embedded in the Westerlies, the planetary winds that …

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Discuss why India‘s Western Ghats is considered as one of the world‘s biodiversity hotspots, the threats it is facing and recent measures taken to protect this biodiversity. (200 Words) Western Ghats which spans over 1600 kilometers comprises more than 30 percent of the plants, mammal, birds and amphibian species found all over India. According to …

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Facts: Nearly 30 per cent per cent of the country’s total geographical area is undergoing degradation (ISRO report) The main culprit is water erosion (26 per cent) India has committed itself to the U.N. Convention on Combating Desertification that it would fully stop land degradation by 2030   Which factors cause soil erosion, especially in …

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