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Major land-forms of the world: Mountains

Mountains Mountains are great elevated land surfaces resulting from intense action of internal forces. They have steep slopes and show […]

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Geographic Information System (GIS)

A geographic information system (GIS) is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of spatial or […]

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Rocks of the earth: Igneous, Sedimentary rocks

The earth crust consists of rocks. A rock is any mineral material of the earth. It may be a combination […]

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Internal Structure Of The Earth

The internal structure of the earth is made up of three concentric layers which are (a) The crust (Lithosphere) (b) […]

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Structure of the Earth

The structure of the earth is grouped into two zones: The outer structure and the internal structure. THE OUTER STRUCTURE […]

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Calculation Of Distances And Local Time

Calculation of distance using lines of latitude Procedures: locate the two places involved find the latitude difference between the two […]

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Latitude and Longitudes

MEANING OF LATITUDE Latitude is an angular distance of a point on earth’s surface measured in degrees from the centre […]

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Earth as a planet

The shape of the earth The earth has a spherical shape. Its shape can also be described as GEOID. Though […]

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The solar system

Solar system is the description of the position of the earth and other planets in  relation to the sun. The […]

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Introduction to geography: meaning, scope and value

Meaning of geography The word Geography is derived from the Greek word ‘Geo’ meaning the earth, and ‘graph’ which means […]