Page-2 of GS-I: Salient Features of World Physical Geography

Highlighting the features of equatorial climate, explain why these areas remain largely underdeveloped.

Equatorial climate, also called tropical wet climate or equatorial rainforest climate, is found mostly between 50 north and south of equator, with largest extent in Amazon, Congo, Malaysia and East Indies.. Characteristic features of equatorial climate: Temperature is uniform throughout ..

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What are Walker circulations and how does it influence the Indian monsoons?

Walker circulation or east-west circulation or southern oscillation is a system developed especially in the South Pacific Ocean, resulting in East-West pressure differences creating currents. When the pressure is suddenly increased in the West Pacific Ocean, water from the west ..

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Winter Solstice and its Significance

The word solstice is derived from the Latin word ‘solstitum’ which stands for the Sun standing still. It is on this day the Sun seems to stand still at the Tropic of Capricon & then reverses its direction as it ..

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What is El Nino? Has the extreme El Niño become more often?

El Niño is a climate phenomenon that takes place over the equatorial Pacific. When there is a warming of the sea surface temperature in the eastern and central equatorial Pacific Ocean, it is known as El Niño. When the opposite ..

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What are the findings of the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate?

The Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate has been published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It was the last in a series of three reports on specific themes that IPCC has published ..

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Had there been no Himalayas, what would have been the winter climate in north India?

Himalayas run across 2500 km in East-West direction, creating a natural wall between Central Asia and Indian sub-continent. In winter, it blocks the cold polar air blowing southwards from Central Asia from entering India, thus keeping India 3° to 8°C ..

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