Geography Flashcards
Tropic of Cancer passes through which states in india?
The Tropic of Cancer passes through eight states in India: Gujarat (Jasdan), Rajasthan (Kalinjarh), Madhya Pradesh (Shajapur), Chhattisgarh (Sonhat), Jharkhand (Lohardaga), West Bengal (Krishnanagar), Tripura (Udaipur) and Mizoram (Champhai).
Mahi River is the only river in India that cuts the Tropic of Cancer twice, first in Madhya Pradesh from where it flows towards Rajasthan and enters Gujarat where it cuts for the second time.
Tropic of Cancer passes through Mizo hills, Chota Nagpur Plateau, Bhagelkhand and Rann of kachchh.
……. is a warm and dry wind blowing from north-east and east to west in the Eastern parts of the Sahara desert.
Harmattan
….. is a cold wind which blows in France, Spain from north-west to south-east direction.
Mistral
…. is a warm and dry wind more common during the spring and autumn in Switzerland.
Foehn
….. is the top ocean layer closest to the coastline and above the continental shelf.
The neritic zone
It’s the second largest lake in Iraq and is part of a wide valley that includes the lakes of Habbaniyah, Tharthar and Bahr al-Najaf. It was constructed as a measure to control floods in the Euphrates river. It is located between Iraq’s governorates of Anbar and Karbala. In recent years, it has been affected by the water shortage, drought and increased evaporation during Iraq’s hot summers. This is the most likely description of
Razazza lake
…… is an intense burst of radiation that comes from the release of magnetic energy linked with the sunspots. On the other hand, massive clouds of particles that are pushed out into space from the Sun’s atmosphere are called Coronal mass ejections or CMEs.
A solar flare
Some of the important diamond mines in…. are Aikhal, Udachny and Nyurba.
Russia
West coasts of the continents in tropical and subtropical latitudes (except close to the equator) are bordered by …
cool waters.
West coasts of the continents in the middle and higher latitudes are bordered by
warm waters
……are formally defined by the India Meteorological Department as “cyclonic circulation/trough in the mid and lower tropospheric levels or as a low-pressure area on the surface, which occurs in middle latitude westerlies and originates over the Mediterranean Sea, Caspian Sea and the Black Sea and moves eastwards across north India”.
Western disturbances (WDs)
A…..is an intense local storm associated with large, dense cumulonimbus clouds in which there is a very strong updraft of air. They differ from cyclones in that the latter is almost circular wherein winds blow from outside towards the centre while the former is characterised by a strong updraft of air, a special type of convective mechanism.
thunderstorm
Which of the following regions is considered as the earliest continental landmass to emerge from oceans?
(a) Singhbhum region
Consider the following statements regarding a state in India:
- It lies in two biogeographic zones of India
- Red sand hills locally known as “Teri” are found here.
- Tropical deciduous and thorn forests account for nearly 60% of the total forests.
Which of the following states is being described in the statements given above?
a) Tamil Nadu
One of the seven national parks in the state of Assam, it is considered the only stronghold of rhinoceros on the northern bank of River Brahmaputra. Recently the government has notified its expansion to add sandbars and islands across the Brahmaputra river inhabited by Tigers and Rhinos. It has been considered that this expansion would lead to scientific management of islands as corridors for transient animals between Kaziranga and this National park.
Identify the National park from the passage given above.
Orang National Park
