🌍 Lake Natron & Climate Change: A Silent Crisis
🔥 Tanzania’s Lake Natron—a unique, alkaline lake vital for flamingo breeding—is under threat! Rising temperatures, reduced rainfall, and human activities are altering its delicate ecosystem.
🦩 Why It Matters?
Home to 75% of the world’s lesser flamingo population.
Climate change is increasing water evaporation, making the lake even more saline.
Industrial projects pose a risk to biodiversity and local communities.
🔥 Tanzania’s Lake Natron—a unique, alkaline lake vital for flamingo breeding—is under threat! Rising temperatures, reduced rainfall, and human activities are altering its delicate ecosystem.
🦩 Why It Matters?
Home to 75% of the world’s lesser flamingo population.
Climate change is increasing water evaporation, making the lake even more saline.
Industrial projects pose a risk to biodiversity and local communities.
🔆Anamudi Shola National Park:
✅It is located in the Western Ghats region of the Kerala.
✅It is surrounded by Eravikulam National park, Pampadum Shola National park, Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary and Mathikettan Shola Park.
✅Its tallest peak is Anamudi.
📍Vegetation:
✅It consists of southern subtropical hill forests, southern montane wet temperate forests and moist deciduous forests.
✅The unique thing in the dense shola woods that houses a dense patch of stunted trees will be the luxurious presence of lichen, mosses, and climbers.
✅Flora:The place is home to around 174 species of herbs and shrubs, 62 species of trees and around 40 species of climbers of which quite a few of them are endemic..
✅Fauna: It is home to Leopards, civet cats, wolves, Indian bison, wild boars, elephants, tigers, Panther, and sloth bears etc.
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✅It is located in the Western Ghats region of the Kerala.
✅It is surrounded by Eravikulam National park, Pampadum Shola National park, Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary and Mathikettan Shola Park.
✅Its tallest peak is Anamudi.
📍Vegetation:
✅It consists of southern subtropical hill forests, southern montane wet temperate forests and moist deciduous forests.
✅The unique thing in the dense shola woods that houses a dense patch of stunted trees will be the luxurious presence of lichen, mosses, and climbers.
✅Flora:The place is home to around 174 species of herbs and shrubs, 62 species of trees and around 40 species of climbers of which quite a few of them are endemic..
✅Fauna: It is home to Leopards, civet cats, wolves, Indian bison, wild boars, elephants, tigers, Panther, and sloth bears etc.
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Consider the following countries:
1. Sudan
2. Eritrea
3. Djibouti
4. Egypt
5. Saudi Arabia
6. Yemen
1. Sudan
2. Eritrea
3. Djibouti
4. Egypt
5. Saudi Arabia
6. Yemen
How many of the above are Red sea bordering countries?
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9%
Only three
20%
Only four
36%
Only five
34%
All six
Both rivers given above are confluence with which one of the following canals ?
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37%
Bhakra Nangal project
20%
Beas project
10%
Chambal project
33%
Indira Gandhi canal
🔆 Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary
📍 Key Highlights
✅ Red Panda Sighting – A Red Panda was recently captured on camera in Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (EWS), Arunachal Pradesh.
✅ Location – Situated in the Himalayan foothills of West Kameng District.
✅ Bordering Areas –
• Northeast – Sessa Orchid Sanctuary 🌿
• East – Pakhui Tiger Reserve 🐅
📍 Key Highlights
✅ Red Panda Sighting – A Red Panda was recently captured on camera in Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (EWS), Arunachal Pradesh.
✅ Location – Situated in the Himalayan foothills of West Kameng District.
✅ Bordering Areas –
• Northeast – Sessa Orchid Sanctuary 🌿
• East – Pakhui Tiger Reserve 🐅
Consider the following statements with respect to Eco-Sensitive Zones :
1. They act as shock absorbers for the specialised ecosystem, such as in protected areas
2. They are identified by state government
3. They are notified by the central government
1. They act as shock absorbers for the specialised ecosystem, such as in protected areas
2. They are identified by state government
3. They are notified by the central government
How many of the statements given above are correct?
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10%
Only one
56%
Only two
30%
All three
4%
None
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Madhav National Park in Madhya Pradesh becomes India’s 58th Tiger Reserve
✅Madhav National park is situated near Shivpuri town in Madhya Pradesh. It is a part of the upper Vindhyan hills.
✅It got the status of a National Park in 1958.
✅The Park was the hunting ground of Mughal emperors and Maharaja of Gwalior.
✅The Park is a combination of dry deciduous & dry thorn forests that make home for different varieties of antelopes like Nilgai, Chinkara and Deer.
✅The park is home to Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG)s like Saharia.
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✅Madhav National park is situated near Shivpuri town in Madhya Pradesh. It is a part of the upper Vindhyan hills.
✅It got the status of a National Park in 1958.
✅The Park was the hunting ground of Mughal emperors and Maharaja of Gwalior.
✅The Park is a combination of dry deciduous & dry thorn forests that make home for different varieties of antelopes like Nilgai, Chinkara and Deer.
✅The park is home to Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG)s like Saharia.
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🔆 Tizu & Zungki Rivers: Key Facts
📍 Significance & Development
✅ Harnessing Tizu & Zungki rivers for Nagaland's development under National Waterways 101 is a government priority.
📍 Tizu River
✅ Origin: Near Longkhim, Nagaland.
✅ Flows into: Chinwin River (Ningthi River), Myanmar, a major tributary of the Irrawaddy River.
📍 Zungki River
✅ Tributary of Tizu River, located within Nagaland.
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📍 Significance & Development
✅ Harnessing Tizu & Zungki rivers for Nagaland's development under National Waterways 101 is a government priority.
📍 Tizu River
✅ Origin: Near Longkhim, Nagaland.
✅ Flows into: Chinwin River (Ningthi River), Myanmar, a major tributary of the Irrawaddy River.
📍 Zungki River
✅ Tributary of Tizu River, located within Nagaland.
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🔆Dnipro River:
✅The Dnipro (Dnieper) River is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe.
✅It is the fourth-longest river in Europe (after the Volga, the Danube, and the Ural).
✅Located in Eastern Europe, the Dnieper River and its many tributaries drain much of Belarus and Ukraine.
✅Historically, the river was an important barrier dividing Ukraine into right and left banks.
Course:
✅It originates in Russia, in the low Valdai Hills, west of Moscow.
✅It runs a total length of 1,368 miles through western Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine before emptying into the Black Sea.
✅Approximately 300 miles of the waterway is located in Russia, 430 miles are in Belarus, and 680 miles are within Ukraine.
✅The Dnipro is a typical river of the plains, sloping gently and flowing slowly. The water level varies considerably, and the riverbed is unstable.
✅The Dnipro Basin covers 504,000 sq.km of which 289,000 sq.km. are within Ukraine (48 percent of its area).
✅It passes through numerous urban centers such as the Russian cities of Smolensk and Dorogobuzh, as well as Mogilev in Belarus and Kiev, Cherkasy, Dnipro, and Zaporizhia in Ukraine.
✅It is an important navigable waterway for the economy of Ukraine and is connected by the Dnieper–Bug Canal to other waterways in Europe.
✅Tributaries: It has as many as 32,000 tributaries, including the Sozh, Desna, Trubizh, Bilozerka, Drut, Berezina, and Prypiat.
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✅The Dnipro (Dnieper) River is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe.
✅It is the fourth-longest river in Europe (after the Volga, the Danube, and the Ural).
✅Located in Eastern Europe, the Dnieper River and its many tributaries drain much of Belarus and Ukraine.
✅Historically, the river was an important barrier dividing Ukraine into right and left banks.
Course:
✅It originates in Russia, in the low Valdai Hills, west of Moscow.
✅It runs a total length of 1,368 miles through western Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine before emptying into the Black Sea.
✅Approximately 300 miles of the waterway is located in Russia, 430 miles are in Belarus, and 680 miles are within Ukraine.
✅The Dnipro is a typical river of the plains, sloping gently and flowing slowly. The water level varies considerably, and the riverbed is unstable.
✅The Dnipro Basin covers 504,000 sq.km of which 289,000 sq.km. are within Ukraine (48 percent of its area).
✅It passes through numerous urban centers such as the Russian cities of Smolensk and Dorogobuzh, as well as Mogilev in Belarus and Kiev, Cherkasy, Dnipro, and Zaporizhia in Ukraine.
✅It is an important navigable waterway for the economy of Ukraine and is connected by the Dnieper–Bug Canal to other waterways in Europe.
✅Tributaries: It has as many as 32,000 tributaries, including the Sozh, Desna, Trubizh, Bilozerka, Drut, Berezina, and Prypiat.
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🔆 Koyna-Warna Deep Drilling Project
📍 Location: Koyna-Warna region, Maharashtra
📍 Objective:
✅ India plans to drill a 6-km deep hole to study earthquakes and the Earth's crust.
✅ This initiative aims to enhance seismological research and improve earthquake prediction capabilities.
📍 Why Koyna-Warna?
🔹 The region is seismically active due to reservoir-induced seismicity from the Koyna Dam.
🔹 It provides a natural laboratory to study earthquake mechanisms deep within the Earth's crust.
📍 Location: Koyna-Warna region, Maharashtra
📍 Objective:
✅ India plans to drill a 6-km deep hole to study earthquakes and the Earth's crust.
✅ This initiative aims to enhance seismological research and improve earthquake prediction capabilities.
📍 Why Koyna-Warna?
🔹 The region is seismically active due to reservoir-induced seismicity from the Koyna Dam.
🔹 It provides a natural laboratory to study earthquake mechanisms deep within the Earth's crust.