Geography

Evolution of Earth’s Atmosph

Evolution of Earth’s Atmosphere

The current atmosphere (with nitrogen and oxygen) has undergone three stages:   Initial...

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West Flowing Rivers

West Flowing Rivers

The Sabarmati is the name given to the combined streams the Sabar and Hathmati. Sabarmati originates...

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Landforms in Deserts

Landforms in Deserts

WIND EROSION   o Rock pedestals or mushroom rocks o The sand-blasting effect of winds again...

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Landforms of Highland Glaciati

Landforms of Highland Glaciation

CORRIE, CIRQUE OR CWM The downslope movement of a glacier from its snow-covered valley-head an...

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Weathering Process

Weathering Process

Weathering is the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on Earth’s surface. Water,...

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Convection Current Theory

Convection Current Theory

Though Alfred Wegener’s Continental Drift was being rejected, Arthur Holmes elaborated one of ...

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Amarkantak Plateau Rivers

Amarkantak Plateau Rivers

RIVER NARMADA The Narmada originates on the western flank of the Amarkantak plateau at a heigh...

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Important Passes in India

Important Passes in India

o Jelep La Pass - This pass passes through the Chumbi valley. It connects Sikkim with Lhasa, the cap...

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Denudation

Denudation

The process of wearing away the earth causes a general lowering and leveling out of the surface. &n...

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Plate Tectonic Theory

Plate Tectonic Theory

A plate is a rigid lithospheric slab in the earth surface. If two tectonic plates collide, they form...

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Metamorphic Rocks

Metamorphic Rocks

The word metamorphic means ‘change of form’. These rocks form under the action of Pressu...

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Gradation

Gradation

The phenomenon of wearing down of relief variations of the surface of the earth through erosion is k...

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