Indian Coastline Subject – Geography Context – ‘Redraw coastline to cope with rise in sea level’. Concept – India has a coastline of 6 Km [6100 km of mainland coastline + coastline of 1197 Indian islands]touching 13 States and Union Territories (UTs). The straight and regular coastline of India is the result of faulting […]
Colorado River Basin Subject – Geography Context – US government has declared water shortage for the Colorado River Basin for the first time. Concept – The Colorado River flows from the Rocky Mountains into the southwestern US and into Mexico. The river is fed by snowmelt from the Rocky and Wasatch mountains and […]
Hirakud Reservoir Subject – Geography Context – Odisha plans ‘odyssey’ to wild cattle island. Hirakud reservoir to open for ecotourism. Concept – It is a multipurpose scheme conceived by Er. M. Visveswaraya in 1937, after recurrence of devastating floods in Mahanadi river. Its first hydro power was commissioned in 1956. Hirakud Dam is built across […]
International Monsoons Project Office Subject: Geography Context: The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has entrusted India with coordinating the global research on monsoons Concept: The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has entrusted India with coordinating the global research on monsoons. A dedicated office, International Monsoons Project Office (IMPO) was established recently at the Indian Institute […]
Haiti Subject – Geography Context – Haiti is prone to devastating earthquakes. Concept – Earthquakes have been wreaking havoc in Haiti since at least the 18th century, when the city of Port-au-Prince was destroyed twice in 19 years. Haiti is densely populated. Plus, many of its buildings are designed to withstand hurricanes, not […]
Earthquake Subject: Geography Context: The powerful earthquake that hit Haiti on Saturday killed hundreds and injured thousands more. The destruction comes just 11 years after a temblor killed tens of thousands of people, if not hundreds of thousands. Some 100,000 buildings were destroyed in the 2010 quake. Concept: The Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone The […]