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First World War Background It was a result of growing inter-imperialist rivalries, growing chauvinism, antagonism and conflicts within Europe, formation of alliances and secret pacts, growing militarization, feverish preparations for war, were some of the marked features that harbingered war. There had been a number of crises which were temporarily resolved, but led to deep … Read more
Oceans – Bottom Relief Four major divisions can easily be identified on the ocean floor: The continental shelf, the continental slope, the continental rise, the abyssal plain. Besides these, there are many associated features—ridges, hills, seamounts, guyots, trenches, canyons, sleeps, fracture zones, island arcs, atolls, coral reefs, submerged Fisheries of the world. A shoal is … Read more
General Defences Vis Major or Act of God When something occurs over which you have no control and it is effected of accentuated by the forces of nature then you are not liable in tort law for such inadvertent damage that may arise out of such. However if you were well aware … Read more
–2/”>a >DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd”> Oceans tides An ocean tide refers to the cyclic rise and fall of seawater. Tides are caused by slight variations in gravitational attraction between the Earth and the moon and the Sun in geometric relationship with locations on the Earth's surface. Tides are periodic primarily because … Read more
The ocean floor is the bottom of the ocean. It is made up of many different features, including: Abyssal plains Mid-ocean ridges Trenches: Seamounts: Atolls: Guyots: Submarine canyons: Hydrothermal vents: Cold seeps: Mud VolcanoesVolcanoes: Dead zones: Abyssal plains: These are the flattest parts of the ocean floor. They are found at depths of 3,000 … Read more
Here is a list of subtopics on the Classification of Mountains on the basis of height: Sub-Arctic mountains Low mountains Medium mountains High mountains Very high mountains Ultra-high mountains I hope this helps! Mountains are a type of landform that rises sharply above the surrounding land. They are formed by the movement of tectonic plates, … Read more