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What is Lahar? How a Lahar is formed?

A flow of volcanic mud formed by the mixing of water with Volcanic Ash, often taking the destructive power of an avalanche is known as Lahar. The water...

November 6, 2017

What is Kelvin wave?

A Kelvin wave is a wave in the ocean or atmosphere that balances the Earth’s Coriolis force against a topographic boundary such as a coastline, or a wave guide such as the equator.  It develops in almost a...

November 6, 2017

What is Juvenile Gas?

A gas that emanates from the interior of the earth and reaches first time to the earth surface is known as Juvenile Gas. Juvenile Gas comes probably from a...

November 6, 2017

What is Intensive Cultivation?

A system of farming whereby the cultivator spend much capital and labour on a relatively small area is known as Intensive Cultivation. In this type of cultivation Land...

November 6, 2017

What is Insular Climate? Where it is found?

The type of climate that is experienced in islands and in coastal regions where the sea rather than one of the great land masses is the dominating influence...

November 6, 2017

Random Facts Today : 6th November 2017

Mount Everest which is the highest peak in the world is named after George Everest. He was largely responsible for completing the section of the Great Trigonometric Survey of India along the meridian...

November 6, 2017

What are impervious rocks?

The rocks that do not permit water to pass through them freely are known as Impervious Rocks. They may be porous, like clay, or non-porous, like unfissured granitic...

November 6, 2017

What is Ice-cap climate? Where it is found?

The type of climate that is found over the polar ice-caps or Ice Sheets of Antarctica and Greenland that may be considered as cold deserts of snow and...

November 6, 2017

What is hygroscopic water?

Generally Water absorbed from the atmosphere held up to a 0.0002 millimeters level of the surface of a soil particle which is known as hygroscopic water. As this...

November 6, 2017

What is hard water? What are it effects

  The water that does not form a lather easily with soap, due to the presence of calcium, magnesium and iron compounds is known as hard water. It...

November 6, 2017

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