2017-06-28T07:27:06+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Geography|
According to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), an international agreement in force since 1994 regarding international activity in the world’s oceans, Article 55 of the document defines the legal regime of the Exclusive Economic Zone. […]
2017-06-22T01:27:13+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Geography|
Located in the area marked under the fabled ‘Bermuda Triangle’, the Sargasso Sea located within the North Atlantic Ocean is the only sea in the world that does not have a land boundary. Unlike other seas, its location is defined using ocean currents. It lies within a large system of [...]
2017-06-22T01:21:31+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Geography|
For people living in coastal areas rivers and lakes are not ubiquitously available. They thus depend on groundwater for their needs, which leads to probabilities of saline water ingression. Groundwater close to the coast can be easily laden with salt, especially when the equilibrium between coastal aquifers and sea water [...]
2017-06-22T01:06:28+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Geography|
Water retention in soil can be understood as the water retained by the soil after it runs through the soil pores to join water bodies such as groundwater or surface streams. Pores in the soil can be defined as the air-spaces that exist in between soil particles. [...]
2017-04-16T13:18:59+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Geography, Uncategorized|
Life itself arose from the oceans. The ocean is vast, covering 140 million square miles, some 72 per cent of the earth’s surface. Not only has the oceans always been a prime source of nourishment for the life it helped generate, but from earliest recorded history it has served for [...]
2017-04-11T22:27:32+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Geography|
Exciting discoveries have come from an international drilling project, the Deep Sea Drilling Project. Since 1968, a drill ship, the Glomar Challenger, has drilled nearly a thousand holes into the deep ocean basins, taking samples of deep-sea sediment and crust. One early discovery suggests that the Mediterranean dried up completely [...]
2017-03-29T17:52:50+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Environment, Geography|
On World Metrological Day, March 23, the International Cloud Atlas declared the discovery of new cloud specie and 11 new cloud types, enriching the learning of cloud enthusiasts. […]
2017-03-22T23:24:05+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Environment, Geography|
March 21 is celebrated as the World Forest Day to create awareness about forests and their importance in our lives. The theme this year is ‘Forests and Energy’. […]
2017-03-17T20:24:27+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Geography|
Basic components of Geographical Information System (GIS) you must know. Components – Hardware, Software, Data, Methods and People. […]
2017-03-12T21:19:24+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Geography|
