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Tamil Nadu State is situated at the South-eastern extremity of the Indian Peninsula, bounded on the east by the Bay of Bengal, Western Ghats on its west, Indian Ocean on its south and Nellore and Chittoor districts of Andhra Pradesh and Kolar, Bangalore and Mysore districts of Karnataka State on the northwest. It has a … Read more
Relief and Structure of Goa Goa is almost entirely covered by rocks of the Goa Group belonging to the Dharwar Super Group of the ArchaeanlProterozoic age, except for a narrow strip at the north-eastern corner occupied by Deccan Trap of the Upper Cretaceous-Lower Eocene age. The Goa Group consisting of green ‘schist species of metamorphic … Read more
Climate of Goa Climate of Goa has a tropical monsoon climate and the region is generally warm and humid throughout the year. The temperature ranges from 20°C to 34°C. The diurnal range of temperature during the day is not large being 4 to 6°C during monsoon season and increases to 10 to 20°C during December … Read more
The soils of Assam are very rich in content of nitrogen and organic matter. The alluvial soils of the Brahmaputra and the Barak valley are highly fertile and are very much suitable for raising of varieties of crops round the year such as Cereals, pulses, oilseeds, Plantation Crops etc. The well drained, deep, acidic … Read more
The Climate of Assam is typically ‘tropical monsoon rainfall’ type, with high levels of humidity and heavy rainfall. Summers The summer season in Assam starts from the month of March and extends till the end of June. Extreme humidity and frequent showers characterize the season. The Average temperature during this time of the year … Read more
Gujarat has only 11.04% of its geographical area declared as forest, which is much below the national Average. Forest and tree cover is in the extent of 11.74 % (7.48 % forest cover and 4.26% tree cover outside forest-TOF) of its geographical area. The unique features of the state are the climatic and geomorphologic conditions … Read more
The Climate of Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) is primarily defined as humid subtropical with dry winter (CWa) type with parts of Western U.P. as semi-arid (BS) type. However based on the Köppen climate Classification, it can be classified mostly as Humid Subtropical with dry winter type with parts of Eastern U.P. as Semi-Arid (BS) type. U.P. … Read more
Geographical Location of Telangana Introduction to Telangana: The state of Telangana emerged as 29th state in the Indian Union as per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014 (No. 6 of 2014) of Parliament, which received the assent of the President of India on the 1st March, 2014 and came into existence with effect from 2nd … Read more
Climate of Telangana Introduction to Telangana: In 2014 Telangana became the 29th state of India. There was a lot of turmoil in the state of Andhra Pradesh for a very long time, and it was led by K ChandrashekharRao, who wanted a separate statehood for Telangana since 2001. It took nearly 50 years for Telangana … Read more
Forest Biodiversity, forming a complex ecosystem. Plantation is different from natural forest as these planted species are often of same type and doesn’t support a variety of natural biodiversity. Forests provide various natural Services and products. Many forest products are used in day-today life. Besides these, forests play important role in maintaining ecological balance & … Read more