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World Geography Notes for IAS/PCS, Banking, IBPS, SSC & Railway etc
Major Volcanic mountains around the world
A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface....
Most prominent Mountain Ranges in the World
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills ranged in a line and connected by high ground. The mid-ocean ridge is the longest mountain range on Earth. ...
Major Local Winds around the World
Local winds result from air moving between small low and high pressure systems. They are more localized in their extent and covers limited horizontal and vertical dimensions...
Major Deserts of the World (Gobi, Gibson, Thar etc)
A desert is a landscape or region that receives very little precipitation - less than 25 cm per year (about ten inches). Approximately 1/3 of Earth's land surface is a desert...
Ocean Currents, Tides & Waves : Currents of the World
Currents Ocean water moves in two directions - horizontally and vertically. Horizontal movements are referred to as Waves and Currents, while vertical chang...
Major Grasslands of the World with Location
Grasslands and areas in which the vegetation is dominated by a nearly continuous cover of grasses. Grasslands are found where there is not enough regular rainfall to support...
Major Rivers of the World and Famous Cities on River Banks
Rivers are extremely useful for human, they provided early men with water to drink and fish to eat. When people learned to build and use boats, rivers supplied a cheap and...
Important Oceanic Trenches of the World
Oceanic trenches are topographic depressions of the seafloor, relatively narrow in width, but very long. These oceanographic features are the deepest parts of the ocean floor....
Major Straits of the world (With related Map)
A strait is a thin channel of a waterway that connects two large water bodies. Here is a list of Major Straits of the world: Malacca Strait Contiguous Landmass: ...
Local names of shifting cultivation around the world
Shifting cultivation is an agricultural system in which a person uses a piece of land, only to abandon or alter the initial use a short time later. This system often involves cle...
Major Industrial Regions of the World
Industrial regions are those areas, where concentration of industries has occurred due to favorable geo-economic conditions. Here is a list of Major Industrial Regions of the Worl...
Major Plateaus of the World with Location
A plateau is an elevated area with a more or less levelled land on its top. It has a large area on its top and a steep slope on its sides. The plateaus cover about 18%...