Pearl Delta in news
Don't neglect it plzz
Upsc asking such kind of Q randomly
U can see 2023 Q about congo basin
& in pyq also ask about Amazon basin
Don't neglect it plzz
Upsc asking such kind of Q randomly
U can see 2023 Q about congo basin
& in pyq also ask about Amazon basin
Forwarded from CSE EXAM ( UPSC prelims mains)
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For Prelims 2024
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🔆कैनरी द्वीप खबरों में
✅यह अटलांटिक महासागर में स्थित एक द्वीपसमूह है
यह मुख्य भूमि स्पेन से लगभग 1300 किमी दक्षिण और अफ्रीकी तट (मोरक्को) से 115 किमी पश्चिम में है।
कैनरी द्वीपसमूह में लास पालमास और सांता क्रूज़ डे टेनेरिफ़ के स्पेनिश प्रांत शामिल हैं।
ये द्वीप लाखों साल पहले ज्वालामुखी विस्फोट से बने थे।
✅जलवायु परिस्थितियाँ: यहाँ की जलवायु उपोष्णकटिबंधीय है। तापमान गर्म रहता है और मौसमी बदलाव कम होता है।
✅इसमें समृद्ध ज्वालामुखीय मिट्टी और हल्के तापमान हैं जो विभिन्न प्रकार की वनस्पति का समर्थन करते हैं जो आमतौर पर ऊंचाई के आधार पर एक क्षेत्रीय व्यवस्था का पालन करते हैं।
✅यह अटलांटिक महासागर में स्थित एक द्वीपसमूह है
यह मुख्य भूमि स्पेन से लगभग 1300 किमी दक्षिण और अफ्रीकी तट (मोरक्को) से 115 किमी पश्चिम में है।
कैनरी द्वीपसमूह में लास पालमास और सांता क्रूज़ डे टेनेरिफ़ के स्पेनिश प्रांत शामिल हैं।
ये द्वीप लाखों साल पहले ज्वालामुखी विस्फोट से बने थे।
✅जलवायु परिस्थितियाँ: यहाँ की जलवायु उपोष्णकटिबंधीय है। तापमान गर्म रहता है और मौसमी बदलाव कम होता है।
✅इसमें समृद्ध ज्वालामुखीय मिट्टी और हल्के तापमान हैं जो विभिन्न प्रकार की वनस्पति का समर्थन करते हैं जो आमतौर पर ऊंचाई के आधार पर एक क्षेत्रीय व्यवस्था का पालन करते हैं।
Atacama desert in news
Why!?
A new research has unveiled a rich microbial 'biosphere' thriving 13 ft beneath the desolate expanse of Chile's Atacama Desert. This remarkable discovery sheds light on an enigmatic world of bacteria, nestled within the arid soils of the Yungay Valley.
#geography
#mapping
Why!?
A new research has unveiled a rich microbial 'biosphere' thriving 13 ft beneath the desolate expanse of Chile's Atacama Desert. This remarkable discovery sheds light on an enigmatic world of bacteria, nestled within the arid soils of the Yungay Valley.
#geography
#mapping
Forwarded from CSE EXAM ( UPSC prelims mains)
🔆Nilgiri tahr:-
✅The Nilgiri tahr is the only mountain ungulate in southern India amongst the 12 species present in India.
✅It is also the state animal of Tamil Nadu.
✅Habitat: open montane grassland habitat of the South Western Ghats montane rain forests eco-region.
✅Distribution: It is endemic to the Nilgiri Hills and the southern portion of the Western Ghats in the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
✅Eravikulam National Park is home to the largest population of this Tahr.
✅It has become locally extinct in around 14% of its traditional shola forest-grassland habitat.
✅Unique feature: The Adult males of Nilgiri Tahr species develop a light grey area or “saddle” on their backs and are hence called “Saddlebacks”
Cultural significance:-
✅The species is locally known as Varaiaadu.
✅There are multiple references to the Nilgiri Tahr in Tamil Sangam literature dating back to 2,000 years.
✅The late Mesolithic (10,000-4,000 BC) paintings highlight the significance of the Tahr in folklore, culture, and life.
Population decrease:
✅The Nilgiri tahr, which used to be found along the entire stretch of the Western Ghats.
✅It is presently found only in small fragmented pockets.
✅A large part of its population has been wiped out from its historical range.
Threats:
✅Habitat loss
✅Hunting
✅Poaching
✅Climate Change
✅Invasive plants such as wattles, pines, and eucalyptus.
Conservation Status:-
✅IUCN: Endangered
✅Wildlife (Protection) Act of India, 1972: Schedule I
✅The Nilgiri tahr is the only mountain ungulate in southern India amongst the 12 species present in India.
✅It is also the state animal of Tamil Nadu.
✅Habitat: open montane grassland habitat of the South Western Ghats montane rain forests eco-region.
✅Distribution: It is endemic to the Nilgiri Hills and the southern portion of the Western Ghats in the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
✅Eravikulam National Park is home to the largest population of this Tahr.
✅It has become locally extinct in around 14% of its traditional shola forest-grassland habitat.
✅Unique feature: The Adult males of Nilgiri Tahr species develop a light grey area or “saddle” on their backs and are hence called “Saddlebacks”
Cultural significance:-
✅The species is locally known as Varaiaadu.
✅There are multiple references to the Nilgiri Tahr in Tamil Sangam literature dating back to 2,000 years.
✅The late Mesolithic (10,000-4,000 BC) paintings highlight the significance of the Tahr in folklore, culture, and life.
Population decrease:
✅The Nilgiri tahr, which used to be found along the entire stretch of the Western Ghats.
✅It is presently found only in small fragmented pockets.
✅A large part of its population has been wiped out from its historical range.
Threats:
✅Habitat loss
✅Hunting
✅Poaching
✅Climate Change
✅Invasive plants such as wattles, pines, and eucalyptus.
Conservation Status:-
✅IUCN: Endangered
✅Wildlife (Protection) Act of India, 1972: Schedule I
Controversy over Nepal-India border
✅Nepal has asserted its claim based on the Sugauli Treaty of 1816, signed between the East India Company and Guru Gajraj Mishra.
✅Under the Treaty, the Kali River was marked as Nepal’s western boundary with India.
✅According to Nepal the east of the Kali river should begin at the source of the river which is in the mountains near Limpiyadhura.
✅While India claims the border begins at Kalapani, where the river begins.
✅The Kali River has changed direction over the years, causing confusion in defining the border.
✅Nepal has asserted its claim based on the Sugauli Treaty of 1816, signed between the East India Company and Guru Gajraj Mishra.
✅Under the Treaty, the Kali River was marked as Nepal’s western boundary with India.
✅According to Nepal the east of the Kali river should begin at the source of the river which is in the mountains near Limpiyadhura.
✅While India claims the border begins at Kalapani, where the river begins.
✅The Kali River has changed direction over the years, causing confusion in defining the border.
Forwarded from CSE EXAM ( UPSC prelims mains)
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Official answer keys (CSE-2023)
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🔆Shinkun La Tunnel:
✅It is an upcoming motorable tunnel under the 16,580 feet high Shinku-La pass between Himachal’s Lahaul valley and Ladakh’s Zanskar valley.
✅It is located on the Nimu-Padam-Darcha Road link. After completion, the Shinku-la tunnel will be the longest high altitude highway tunnel in the world.
✅It will provide all-weather road connectivity to Ladakh, and this will be the shortest route to the border areas of Ladakh. The Border Roads Organization (BRO) will construct the tunnel.
✅It is expected to streamline the transportation of heavy machinery to strategic locations such as Kargil, Siachen, and the Line of Control (LOC), reducing travel distances by approximately 100 km.
✅The traffic movement in the tunnel will not be vulnerable to long-range artillery shelling or missile firings, either by China or Pakistan.
✅It is an upcoming motorable tunnel under the 16,580 feet high Shinku-La pass between Himachal’s Lahaul valley and Ladakh’s Zanskar valley.
✅It is located on the Nimu-Padam-Darcha Road link. After completion, the Shinku-la tunnel will be the longest high altitude highway tunnel in the world.
✅It will provide all-weather road connectivity to Ladakh, and this will be the shortest route to the border areas of Ladakh. The Border Roads Organization (BRO) will construct the tunnel.
✅It is expected to streamline the transportation of heavy machinery to strategic locations such as Kargil, Siachen, and the Line of Control (LOC), reducing travel distances by approximately 100 km.
✅The traffic movement in the tunnel will not be vulnerable to long-range artillery shelling or missile firings, either by China or Pakistan.
Moldova
✅ why in news : India and Moldova signed an agreement on visa waiver for diplomatic and official passports.
✅Moldova, is a landlocked country lying in the northeastern corner of the Balkan region of Europe.
✅ It is bordered by Ukraine and Romania.
✅Rivers: Prut river, Dniester river, Danube River etc.
✅It lies to the east of the great arc of the Carpathian Mountains.
✅ why in news : India and Moldova signed an agreement on visa waiver for diplomatic and official passports.
✅Moldova, is a landlocked country lying in the northeastern corner of the Balkan region of Europe.
✅ It is bordered by Ukraine and Romania.
✅Rivers: Prut river, Dniester river, Danube River etc.
✅It lies to the east of the great arc of the Carpathian Mountains.
Which of the following statements correctly describes the term river regime?
Anonymous Quiz
8%
(a) It is the dividing area between two rivers.
43%
(b) It is the pattern of flow of water in a river channel over a year.
44%
(c) It is a raised landform formed by a river near its banks due to deposition of sediments.
5%
(d) It refers to the origination or source of a river.
NOTO pennisula of Japan recently seen in news due to seismic activity in this area
#mapping
#Places_in_news
@upsc_prep_squad
#mapping
#Places_in_news
@upsc_prep_squad
Q.: “Khan Yonis” is a place popularly seen in news is located at?
Anonymous Quiz
27%
Israel
29%
Egypt
29%
Saudi Arabia
15%
Iran
Q.: Murray and Darling River; popularly seen in news is located in?
Anonymous Quiz
22%
Germany
63%
Australia
11%
USA
4%
Zambia
🔆 जिब्राल्टर जलडमरूमध्य:
यह एक संकीर्ण जलमार्ग है जो यूरोप को अफ्रीका से अलग करता है और भूमध्य सागर को अटलांटिक महासागर से जोड़ता है।
✅ स्थान: मोरक्को के पॉइंट साइरस और स्पेन के पॉइंट मार्रोकी के बीच इसका सबसे संकरा बिंदु। इसकी गहराई 300 से 900 मीटर तक है और यह स्पेन के ऊंचे पठार और उत्तरी अफ्रीका के एटलस पर्वत के बीच एक महत्वपूर्ण अंतर बनाती है।
✅ गठन: भूवैज्ञानिक अध्ययनों से पता चला है कि अफ्रीकी प्लेट के यूरोपीय प्लेट की ओर उत्तर की ओर बढ़ने के कारण जलडमरूमध्य का निर्माण हुआ था।
✅ जल प्रवाह: अटलांटिक महासागर और भूमध्य सागर में लवणता का स्तर अलग-अलग है और इसलिए भूमध्य सागर से अत्यधिक खारा पानी अटलांटिक महासागर से धाराओं के बाहर और नीचे बहता है, जबकि कम खारा अटलांटिक जल भूमध्य सागर की धारा के अंदर और ऊपर बहता है।
✅यह भूमध्य सागर में आने-जाने वाले जहाजों के लिए चोकपॉइंट के रूप में कार्य करता है
यह एक संकीर्ण जलमार्ग है जो यूरोप को अफ्रीका से अलग करता है और भूमध्य सागर को अटलांटिक महासागर से जोड़ता है।
✅ स्थान: मोरक्को के पॉइंट साइरस और स्पेन के पॉइंट मार्रोकी के बीच इसका सबसे संकरा बिंदु। इसकी गहराई 300 से 900 मीटर तक है और यह स्पेन के ऊंचे पठार और उत्तरी अफ्रीका के एटलस पर्वत के बीच एक महत्वपूर्ण अंतर बनाती है।
✅ गठन: भूवैज्ञानिक अध्ययनों से पता चला है कि अफ्रीकी प्लेट के यूरोपीय प्लेट की ओर उत्तर की ओर बढ़ने के कारण जलडमरूमध्य का निर्माण हुआ था।
✅ जल प्रवाह: अटलांटिक महासागर और भूमध्य सागर में लवणता का स्तर अलग-अलग है और इसलिए भूमध्य सागर से अत्यधिक खारा पानी अटलांटिक महासागर से धाराओं के बाहर और नीचे बहता है, जबकि कम खारा अटलांटिक जल भूमध्य सागर की धारा के अंदर और ऊपर बहता है।
✅यह भूमध्य सागर में आने-जाने वाले जहाजों के लिए चोकपॉइंट के रूप में कार्य करता है
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