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Landforms Part-II

What is the Landform Made by Wind? Wind is a geomorphic agent in all terrestrial environments. It is more active in arid regions with...

17 May 2022 Geography

Cyclone Asani

For Prelims: Cyclone Asani, IMD, Cyclone nomenclature. For Mains: Cyclone Formation, Tropical Cyclone. Why in News? The India Meteorological...

09 May 2022 Geography

Landforms of the Earth

What are Landforms? A landform is a feature on the Earth's surface that is part of the terrain. Each landform has its own physical shape, size,...

05 May 2022 Geography

Seafloor Spreading

For Prelims: Seafloor Spreading, tectonic plates, Ring of Fire, Pangea For Mains: Seafloor Spreading concept and associated geographic...

25 Apr 2022 Geography

Western Disturbances

For Prelims: Western Disturbances, Caspian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, India Meteorological Department, Flash Floods, landslides, Cold Wave For Mains:...

23 Apr 2022 Geography

Pre-Eruption Warning Signals at Volcanoes

For Prelims: Volcanoes, Whakaari Volcano, Ruapehu Volcano, Displacement Seismic Amplitude Ratio, Seismic Waves. For Mains: Volcanoes. Why in...

21 Apr 2022 Geography

India to Receive Normal Monsoon: IMD

For Prelims: IMD, Southwest Monsoon, Long Range Forecast, El Nino, La Nina, Drought. For Mains: Monsoon and its importance, Changing pattern of...

15 Apr 2022 Geography

Mullaperiyar Dam Issue

For Prelims: Mullaperiyar Dam, Supreme Court, NDSA, Periyar River, Western Ghats. For Mains: Mullaperiyar Dam Issue and dam safety act, Water...

11 Apr 2022 Geography

Flood Plain Zoning

For Prelims: Flood Plain Zoning, Floods, India’s Vulnerability to Floods. For Mains: Disaster Management, Significance and Challenges to the...

15 Mar 2022 Geography

Tapi-Par-Narmada Link Project

For Prelims: Tapi-Par-Narmada Link Project, Ken-Betwa. For Mains: Inter-Linking of Rivers Programme and related challenges, Water...

12 Mar 2022 Geography

Ocean currents

What are Ocean Currents? Ocean currents are the continuous, predictable, directional movement of seawater. It is a massive movement of ocean water...

21 Feb 2022 Geography

Tectonic Evolution of Greater Maldive Ridge

For Prelims: Greater Maldive Ridge, Tectonic Plate, Moho Discontinuity, Isostasy, Transform Fault, seismic waves. For Mains: Important Geophysical...

18 Feb 2022 Geography

Warming of High Altitude Himalayas

For Prelims: Himalayas, Precipitable Water Vapour (PWV), Aerosols, Greenhouse gas, Radiation budget, Troposphere, For Mains: Geographical Features...

11 Feb 2022 Geography

Coastal Vulnerability Index

For Prelims: Coastal Vulnerability, CVI, Sea Level Rise, INCOIS, Coastal Multi-Hazard Vulnerability Mapping. For Mains: Disaster Management,...

10 Feb 2022 Geography

Climatic Regions of World: Part-I

About Climate is the average weather conditions in a place over a long period of time—30 years or more. And as you probably already know,...

28 Jan 2022 Geography

Unusually Colder and Wetter Winter

For Prelims: Western Disturbances, La Nina. For Mains: Weather Patterns such as La Nina and their impact on India’s weather. Why in...

28 Jan 2022 Geography

Pacific Ring of Fire

For Prelims: Pacific Ring of Fire, Volcano, Earthquakes, Tectonic Plates, Subduction. For Mains: Features and Causes of Frequent Earthquakes in...

20 Jan 2022 Geography

Indonesia Relocating its Capital

For Prelims: Indonesia’s new capital, Rising Sea Levels and responsible factors For Mains: Reasons of Rising Sea Levels and its...

19 Jan 2022 Geography

Rare Earth Metals

For Prelims: Rare Earth Metals and its significance For Mains: Rare Earth Metals, Need to develop capabilities to increase its production in India...

17 Jan 2022 Geography

Western Ghats

Introduction The Western Ghats, also known as the Sahyadri Hills, are well known for their rich and unique assemblage of flora and fauna. The...

08 Jan 2022 Geography