Geography (English)

Reading Material for Geography in English

Great Geographical entities on earth: Where are they located?

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The Himalayas The Himalayas form a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has many of the Earth’s highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest. The Himalayas include over fifty mountains exceeding 7,200 m (23,600 ft) in elevation, including ten of the fourteen 8,000-metrepeaks. By contrast, the highest peak outside Asia (Aconcagua, in the Andes) is 6,961 m (22,838 ft) tall Lifted […]

BPSC Exam: Quick Geographical Facts about Bihar

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Bihar is the thirteenth-largest Indian state, with an area of 94,163 km2 (36,357 sq mi). Bihar is the third-largest state of India.by population (10.4 crore) Bihar state is located between 24°-20′-10″ N ~ 27°-31′-15″ N latitude and between 83°-19′-50″ E ~ 88°-17′-40″ E longitude. Its average elevation above sea level is 173 feet (53 m). Bihar is contiguous with Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to […]

11 Most Important Geographical Phenomena

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1. Solstice The word solstice is derived from the Latin sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still), because at the solstices, the Sun stands still in declination; that is, the seasonal movement of the Sun’s path (as seen from Earth) comes to a stop before reversing direction. A solstice is an astronomical event that occurs twice each year (in June and December) as the Sun reaches its highest […]