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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

What is Halophyte and Glycophyte?

Halophyte is a plant that grows naturally in a Salt-Marsh or in saline environment; Generally Halophytes are adapted to environment to conserve water. Xerophyte is an example of...

November 6, 2017

What is hail? How it is formed?

The hard pellets of ice having diameter of 5 mm or more that fall from Cumulonimbus clouds, and are generally associated with thunderstorms is known as hail. They...

November 6, 2017

What are Hachures how it is represented?

The short lines of shading drawn on a map to show differences in the slope of the ground are known as Hachures. When the slope is steep, the...

November 6, 2017

New laws drafted by Law Commission to end cruelty to birds (Poultry)

It has been found that the lack of hygiene and cruelty towards poultry, such as the practice of confining the birds in battery cages has resulted in health...

November 6, 2017

GK & Current Affairs Quiz: November 4-5, 2017

1. Which state has topped the 2017 Gender Vulnerability Index (GVI), which is recently released by the Child development NGO Plan India? [A] Goa [B] Kerala[C] Mizoram [D]...

November 5, 2017

What is Dust bowl in Geography?

In Geographical terms, Dust bowl is a semi-arid region which is subject to severe Drought from where topsoil has been removed by wind erosion, because of ploughing, over-grazing...

November 5, 2017

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