Indian Geography

World Climate

Organizing data and converting the available information in small units to understand, describe, and analyse data easily can be one of the ways of studying the world climate.  The 3 best methods for classifying climate are given below: Applied Classification: Classification done with specific purposes. Genetic Classification: Organizing climates as per their causes is done

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Indian Geography, UPSC

Work of Groundwater

The surface water flows smoothly on rocks that are perforated, settled in a small bed, and are very compact and cracked. After sinking to a certain depth, groundwater flows horizontally through the bedding undulations or objects themselves. Mechanical removal of groundwater is not essential to improving soil formation and therefore the effects of groundwater activity

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Indian Geography, UPSC

What Is Tide

INTRODUCTION When there is a gravitational pull of celestial bodies on the planet, the ocean leads to the formation of something called tides. It is, essentially, the recurrent ascent and fall of the ocean level, which happens principally because of the force of attraction between the sun and the moon. The topic of tides is

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Indian Geography, UPSC

Water in the Atmosphere

Three states of water namely gas, liquid, and solid are present in the atmosphere. Through the process of evaporation, water bodies transfer moisture in the atmosphere and plants through transpiration. Evaporation, transpiration, condensation, and precipitation are the processes that keep on taking place continuously along the atmosphere, the oceans, and the continents. Humidity: Humidity is

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Indian Geography, UPSC