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About A glacier is a large, perennial accumulation of crystalline ice, snow, rock, sediment, and water that originates on land and moves down...
15 Feb 2021 Geographical Features and their Location
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NDMA Guidelines to Tackle Glacial Bursts
Why in News A Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) is suspected to have caused the flash floods in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. In October...
10 Feb 2021 Geographical Features and their Location
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Mapping Seismic Hazard of Eastern Himalaya
Why in News Recently, scientists have found the first geological evidence of an earthquake on the border of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, documented...
09 Feb 2021 Geographical Features and their Location
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Why in News Recently, a glacial break in the Tapovan-Reni area of Chamoli District of Uttarakhand led to massive Flash Flood in Dhauli Ganga and...
08 Feb 2021 Geographical Features and their Location
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The Ring of Fire, also referred to as the Circum-Pacific Belt, is a path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes and frequent...
08 Feb 2021 Geographical Features and their Location
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Tectonic Plates A tectonic plate (also called lithospheric plate) is a massive, irregularly-shaped slab of solid rock, generally composed of both...
01 Feb 2021 Geographical Features and their Location
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Why in News Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt have recently agreed to resume negotiations to resolve their decade-long complex dispute over the Grand...
06 Jan 2021 Geographical Features and their Location
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Why in News The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) is making efforts to get recognition of a geopark for Visakhapatnam...
18 Nov 2020 Geographical Features and their Location
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Tectonically Active Zone of Himalayas
Why in News Recently, a group of scientists from the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), Dehradun have found that the Indus-Tsangpo Suture...
28 Oct 2020 Geographical Features and their Location
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Why in News The Prime Minister has inaugurated the Atal Tunnel in Himachal Pradesh’s Rohtang, which connects Solang Valley near Manali to...
03 Oct 2020 Geographical Features and their Location
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Why in News According to a new study, the fire regimes in the Arctic are changing rapidly, with ‘zombie fires’ becoming more frequent in...
01 Oct 2020 Geographical Features and their Location
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African Elephant dying due to Cyanobacteria
Why in News Neuro-toxins in water produced by cyanobacteria killed more than 300 African elephants in the Okavango delta region, Botswana (country...
22 Sep 2020 Geographical Features and their Location
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Why in News China and Nepal are soon expected to announce Mount Everest’s latest official height. In 2019, both countries agreed to...
16 Sep 2020 Geographical Features and their Location
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Methane Hydrates in Krishna-Godavari Basin
Why in News Recently, a study on biogenic methane hydrate in the Krishna-Godavari (KG) Basin was conducted by the researchers at the Agharkar...
15 Sep 2020 Geographical Features and their Location
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Indian Physiography Every year several questions have been asked from different physiographic locations of India. The scope of questions that can be...
21 Jul 2020 Geographical Features and their Location
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This article is based on “Evolve an integrated response to floods” which was published in The Hindustan Times on 06/07/2020. It talks...
09 Jul 2020 Geographical Features and their Location
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Olms in Postojna Cave of Slovenia
Why in News Recently, three Olms have been put on display in Slovenia’s Postojna Cave, where they hatched in 2016 in a rare successful...
18 Jun 2020 Geographical Features and their Location
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Delta is a “depositional feature of a river formed at the mouth of the river. These are wetlands that form as rivers empty their water and...
01 Jun 2020 Geographical Features and their Location
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Chinese Trawlers in South China Sea
Why in News The Chinese fishing fleets have been seen raiding the rich waters of the South China Sea that are internationally recognised as...
01 Apr 2020 Geographical Features and their Location
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Zoji La is a high mountain pass located in the Kargil district of Ladakh. The pass links Leh and Srinagar and provides an important link between...
16 Mar 2020 Geographical Features and their Location
