Environment Protection Act (EPA), 1986

Articles / Civil Services / Environment & Biodiversity / Geography

March 26, 2016

Environment Protection Act (EPA), 1986

This act is an over encompassing act which provides the central government with vast powers to Set new national standards for the quality of environment (ambient standards) as well as standards of controlling effluents...

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March 24, 2016

Forests and their types

In India, all lands which are more than 1 hectare in area and with a canopy density of more than 10% irrespective of ownership and legal status is called Forest Cover. Though there has...

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March 21, 2016

Nitrogen Cycle

Nitrogen Cycle is a cycle through which nitrogen gets converted into its various chemical forms which are vital for life on Earth. Nitrogen is the largest constituent of our planet’s atmosphere i.e. 78%. But,...

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March 19, 2016

Tropical Wet Evergreen Forests

Tropical evergreen forests are usually found in areas receiving more than 200 cm of rainfall and having a temperature of 15 °C to 30 °C. They occupy about seven per cent of the Earth’s...

Articles / Civil Services / Geography / NCERT

March 16, 2016

NCERT Class VI – Social Science – Maps

A globe can be useful when we want to study the earth as a whole. But, when we want to study only a part of the earth, as about our country, states, districts, towns and villages,...

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March 16, 2016

CHAMPION OF THE MONTH CONTEST

Every day for a month till 20 March 2016, we will be posting a question whoever answers the question can also ask the question to other members..and the chain of questions will continue. Lets ask...

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March 16, 2016

Golan Heights

The Golan heights or the Syrian Golan is a rocky-plateau in south western Syria. It is internationally recognized as Syrian territory but has been controlled by Israel since 1967. Location Area – 1800 sq...

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March 12, 2016

Buddhist rock-cut caves – Chaityas

What is Rock-cut architecture ? Rock-cut architecture is the practice of creating a structure by carving it out of solid natural rock. Rock-cut architecture in India Rock cut architecture is nothing but the most...

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March 10, 2016

Aflatoxins and its Impact

Aflatoxins are poisonous cancer causing chemicals which are born in soil, decaying vegetation, hay and grain. Improper storage of staple commodities such as cassava, chili peppers, corn, cotton seed, millet, peanuts, rice, sorghum, sunflower...

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March 9, 2016

Major Western flowing Rivers of India

Narmada, Tapti (or Tapi), Sabarmati and Mahi are the most important Western flowing rivers of India. Western flowing rivers of India usually merge into the Arabian Sea (Hence western flowing rivers in India are...