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Primary Activities: Gathering, Nomadic Herding, Intensive Farming

Human activities which generate income are known as economic activities. Economic activities are broadly grouped into primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary activities. Primary activities are directly dependent on...

April 3, 2016

Migration Theory and Factors in Geography

Migration, fertility and mortality are the basic fundamental elements determining population growth and demographic structure of a country. Migration may be international, intra-national, interregional, intra-urban, rural-to-urban, , and...

April 3, 2016

Determinism and Possibilism in Geography

Determinism and possibilism are two philosophical approaches in human geography. Determinism Philosophy of Determinism is based upon the interaction between primitive human society and strong forces of nature....

April 3, 2016

Types of Soil Erosion

The decline in soil fertility, when the nutritional status declines and depth of the soil goes down due to erosion and misuse is called Soil degradation. Soil degradation...

April 3, 2016

Types of Soils in India

Soil is the mixture of rock debris and organic materials which develop on the earth’s surface. The major factors affecting the formation of soil are relief, parent material,...

April 3, 2016

Distribution of Rainfall In India

Rainfall in India is highly uneven over a period of time in a year.  The western coasts and North East India receive rainfall of over 400 cm. It...

April 3, 2016

Seasons in India

There are four seasons in India viz. Winter (December-February), Hot weather summer (March-May), Rainy south-western monsoon (June-September) and Post-monsoon, also known as north-east monsoon in the southern Peninsula...

April 3, 2016

South-West and North-East Monsoon in India

The word monsoon is derived from the Arabic word ‘Mausim’ which means season. Monsoon refers to the seasonal reversal in the wind direction during a year. During summer,...

April 3, 2016

Factors Affecting Indian Climate

India is home to an extraordinary variety of climatic regions, ranging from tropical in the south to temperate and alpine in the Himalayan north, where elevated regions receive...

April 3, 2016

Geography: Other Islands

Diu Island Diu is an off – shore island on the western coast, off the Gulf of Cambay, bordering Junagarh district. It is separated from the Gujarat Coast...

April 3, 2016