Desert Landforms and Mechanism Arid Erosion : About 1/5th of the world’s land is made up of deserts. True Desert : Deserts that are absolutely barren and where nothing grows at all are rare and they are better known as ‘true deserts’. Almost all the deserts are confined within the 15° to 30° parallels of […]
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What is the Ocean Tide ? The periodical rise and fall of the sea level, once or twice a day, mainly due to the attraction of the Sun and the Moon, is called a Tide. What causes Tides ? • Tides are caused mainly by the gravitational forces. • The gravitational pull on the Earth
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Why in News ? • Recently, Cyclone ‘Amphan‘ and ‘Nisarg’ wreaked havoc in the eastern coastal states West Bengal & Odisha and in the western coastal states Maharashtra & Gujrat – of India. • Amphan and Nisarg both are tropical cyclone, IMD (Indian Meteorological Department) reported cyclone ‘Amphan’ with wind speed more than 222 km/hr
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