Physical Geography

Tropical Monsoon Climate

Climate is classified into smaller units called climatic regions for easy understanding. V Köppen classified the most commonly used climatic regions. The classification is based on the distribution of vegetation and climate. Rudolf Geiger later added changes to the classification, leading to the system often being called Köppen-Geiger classification. In this classification system, the world’s

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Physical Geography, UPSC

Theory Of Plate Tectonics: Plate interactions

Introduction The theory of plate tectonics was introduced in the 1960s. According to the theory of plate tectonics, Earth has an outer layer, called the lithosphere, which is almost about 60 miles (100kms) thick and overlays a semi-solid molten layer known as the Asthenosphere. The lithosphere is divided into seven large plates of continents and

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Physical Geography, UPSC

Theories related to the formation of the Universe

cientists and astronomers are undecided about our solar system’s origin story despite the numerous striking findings humans have brought about the cosmos. And have been emerging with different modern theories. But, one of the best-authorized theories related to the formation of the Universe is still the big bang. The concept was formulated on the supervision that other

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Physical Geography, UPSC