The fine particles of the solid rocks along with the organic / inorganic matter are called soil. The naturally occurring soil is influenced by parent material, climate, relief...
Basically, hurricanes and typhoons form over water and are huge, while tornados form over land and are much smaller in size. A tornado is a violent windstorm characterized...
Cyclone is a system of low atmospheric pressure in which the barometric gradient is steep. Cyclones represent circular fluid motion rotating in the same direction as the Earth....
The amount of moisture in air is commonly recorded as relative humidity; which is the percentage of the total water vapour air can hold at a particular air...
The word monsoon derived from the Arabic word mausim means seasonal winds. In this system, the direction of the winds reverses seasonally. The first thing we note is...
The Local winds around the world are formed through the heating of land. In coastal regions, the sea breezes and land breezes are important factors in a location’s...
Air has weight and a column of air extending vertically over a given area on earth’s surface exerts pressure. The atmospheric pressure is measured as a force per...
Temperature differs from one part of the world to the other. Since Insolation is the basic source of energy for the atmosphere, the distribution of insolation would determine...
Earth’s Energy Budget can be discussed in terms of incoming heat energy and outgoing heat energy. These are as follows: Incoming Heat Energy This is made of :...
Sun is the major source of energy for the entire earth system. The earth does receive very small proportions of energy from other stars and from the interior...
