Fundamentals of Physical Geography (Class XI) Chapter-12- WORLD CLIMATE AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Three broad approaches have been adopted for classifying climate.Empirical classification is based on observed data, particularly on temperature and precipitation.Genetic classification attempts to organize climates according to their causes.Applied classification…

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Fundamentals of Physical Geography (Class XI) Chapter-10- ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION AND WEATHER SYSTEMS

Air expands when heated and gets compressed when cooled. This results in variations in the atmospheric pressure.The result is that it causes the movement of air from high pressure to…

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Fundamentals of Physical Geography (Class XI) Chapter-9- SOLAR RADIATION, HEAT BALANCE AND TEMPERATURE

SOLAR RADIATION The earth’s surface receives most of its energy in short wavelengths. The energy received by the earth is known as incoming solar radiation which in short is termed…

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Fundamentals of Physical Geography (Class XI) Chapter-8- COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE OF ATMOSPHERE

Gases Carbon dioxide is meteorologically a very important gas as it is transparent to the incoming solar radiation but opaque to the outgoing terrestrial radiation.absorbs a part of terrestrial radiation…

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Fundamentals of Physical Geography (Class XI) Chahpter-4-DISTRIBUTION OF OCEANS AND CONTINENTS

CONTINENTAL DRIFT:- By Alfred Wegener—a German meteorologist 1912. This was regarding the distribution of the oceans and the continents.According to Wegener, all the continents formed a single continental mass and…

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Fundamentals of Physical Geography (Class XI) Chapter-1-GEOGRAPHY AS A DISCIPLINE

What is Geography? Geography is concerned with the description and explanation of the areal differentiation of the earth’s surface.is important for human beings.Landforms provide the base on which human activities are…

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FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY- (CLASS-XII NCERT) TERTIARY AND QUATERNARY ACTIVITIES

Tertiary activities involve the commercial output of services rather than the production of tangible goods. They are not directly involved in the processing of physical raw materials. Common examples are…

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FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY- (CLASS-XII NCERT) SECONDARY ACTIVITIES

Secondary activities add value to natural resources by transforming raw materials into valuable products. Secondary activities, therefore, are concerned with manufacturing, processing and construction (infrastructure) industries. MANUFACTURING  Manufacturing involves a…

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