MONSOON FORECAST Subject : Geography Context: Skymet Weather, a private weather forecast company, said that the monsoon in India was likely to be 103% of the long period average (LPA) this year. Concept : The LPA refers to the average all-India monsoon rainfall of 88 cm, which is a 50-year mean. The agency […]
PANGONG TSO Subject: Geography Context: The south bank of Pangong Tso — one of the two locations from where Indian and Chinese troops disengaged in February has become a “no-man’s land” for the local cattle grazers of Chushul in Eastern Ladakh, the area’s councillor said. Concept: Pangong Tso is an endorheic lake (landlocked) […]
LOST GOLDEN CITY Subject: Geography Context: Egypt announced the discovery of what is being touted as the most important find since the unearthing of King Tutankhamun’s tomb almost 100 years ago. Concept: A three-millennia-old “lost golden city” from the era of 18th-dynasty king Amenhotep III, who ruled ancient Egypt from 1391 to 1353 […]
DOOMSDAY GLACIER Subject: Geography Context: Ice shelves including Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ at risk of collapse. Concept: Thwaites or Doomsday Glacier is 120 km wide glacier at its broadest, fast-moving and melting fast over the years. Because of its size (1.9 lakh sq.km.), it contains enough water to raise the world sea level by […]
UMNGOT RIVER Subject: Geography Context: Residents of 12 Meghalaya villages oppose dam on India’s clearest river. Concept: Umngot River is the cleanest river in India and in some parts is as transparent as crystal and you can actually see the river bed. Umngot river, that flows in both India and Bangladesh, is in […]
LA SOUFRIERE VOLCANO Subject : Geography Context : La Soufriere volcano erupts on Caribbean’s Saint Vincent, evacuation underway. The volcano last erupted in 1979, and a previous eruption in 1902 killed some 1,600 people. Concept : La Soufrière or Soufrière Saint Vincent is an active volcano on the island of Saint Vincent in […]
RED SEA Subject : Geography Context : Iran state TV acknowledges ship attacked in Red Sea. Concept : Red Sea: The Red Sea (Erythraean Sea) is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait […]
TROPICAL CYCLONE Subject: Geography Context: Tropical Cyclone in Indonesia and East Timor Kills at Least 76. Concept: Tropical Cyclones Tropical cyclones are violent storms that originate over oceans in tropical areas and move over to the coastal areas bringing about large scale destruction due to violent winds, very heavy rainfall and storm surge. […]