MOST IMPORTANT GEOGRAPHY NOTES

·         URSA MAJOR OR BIG  BEAR IS ONE SUCH CONSTELLATION.

·         SAPTA RISHI IS A PART OF URSA MAJOR CONSTELLATION.

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       NORTH STAR IS ALSO CALLED AS POLE STAR.IT ALWAYS REMAINS IN NORTH DIRECTION.

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       NEAREST STAR IS SUN TO THE EARTH.

·         JUS(JUPITER ,URANUS ,SATURN)HAS RING AROUND THEM.

·         MERCURY IS THE NEAREST TO THE SUN AND IT TAKES 88 DAYS TO COMPLETE ONE REVOLUTION AROUND THE SUN.

·         VENUS IS SAID TO BE EARTH TWINS.

·         EARTH IS 5^TH LARGEST PLANET.

·         MOON REVOLVES AROUND THE EARTH IN 27 DAYS.

·         THE MOON EXACTLY TAKES SAME TIME TO COMPLETE ONE SPIN.

·         REVOLUTION TIME =ROTATION TIME OF MOON.

·         SUNLIGHT TAKES 8 MINS TO REACH THE EARTH.

·         NEIL ARMSTRONG WAS THE FIRST ONE TO STEP ON MOON IN 29 JULY 1969.

·         PRIME MERIDIAN IS LOCATED AT GREENWICH i.e  ZERO DEGREE LONGITUDE.

·         IST(INDIAN STANDARD TIME ) WHICH IS 82^.30’ E WHICH PASSES THROUGH MIRZAPUR.

·         HIGHEST MOUNTAIN PEAK IS 8848 METERS, THE HIMALAYA MOUNTAIN.

·          DEEPEST DEPTH IS RECORDED IS 11022m. AT MARIANA TRENCH IN PACIFIC OCEANS.

·         EDMUND HILLARY (NEW ZEALAND) AND TENZING NORWAY SHERPA (INDIA) WAS THE FIRST MEN TO CLIMB HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS IN 1953.

·         JUNKO TABEI (JAPAN) WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO CLIMB MT EVEREST IN 1975.

·         BACHENDARI PAL WAS THE FIRST INDIAN WOMAN  TO CLIMB MT. EVEREST IN 1984.

·         ASIA IS THE LARGEST CONTINENT.

·         ASIA IS SEPARATED FROM EUROPE BY THE URAL MOUNTAINS.

·         AFRICA IS THE ONLY CONTINENT THROUGH WHICH ALL THE THREE LINES EQUATOR,TROPIC OF CANCER AND TROPIC OF CAPRICON PASSES.

·         NORTH AMERICA IS LINKED TO SOUTH AMERICA BY VERY NARROW LAND STRIP CALLED AS ISTHUMUS OF PANAMA.

·         THE ANDES IS THE WORLD LONGEST MOUNTAIN RANGE.

·         THE AMAZON IS THE WORLD LARGEST RIVER WHICH IS IN SOUTH AMERICA.

·         MAITRI AND DAKSHIN GANGOTRI IS THE INDIAN RESEARCH STATION IN ANTARTICA.

·         FOUR MAJOR OCEANS ARE PACIFIC OCEAN>ATLANTIC OCEAN>INDIAN OCEAN>ARCTIC OCEAN.

·         ATLANTIC OCEAN IS THE BUSIEST OCEAN IN RESPECT WITH THE PURPOSE OF TRADE.

·         ARCTIC OCEAN IS CONNECTED WITH PACIFIC OCEAN BY THE NARROW STRECH CALLED AS BERRING STRAIT.

·         MOUNTAINS ARE OF THREE TYPES – 1à   FOLD MOUNTAIN.               2àBLOCK MOUNTAIN.

                                                                   3àVOLCANIC MOUNTAIN.

·         HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS AND ALPS MOUNTAIN ARE YOUNG FOLD MOUNTAINS.

·         ARAVALI RANGE IN INDIA IS THE OLDEST FOLD MOUNTAINS.

·  RHINE VALLEY AND VOSGES MOUNTAIN IS EXAMPLE OF BLOCK MOUNTAINS IN EUROPE.

·         MT. KILIMANJARO IN AFRICA AND MT. FUJIYAMA JAPAN IS EXAMPLE OF VOLCANIC.

·         DECCAN PLATEAU IS THE OLDEST IN INDIA.

·         TIBET PLATEAU IS THE HIGHEST PLATEAU IN THE WORLD HEIGHT 4000-6000 METERS.

·         HINDRU FALL IS IN CHHOTA NAGPUR PLATEAU ON RIVER SUBARNAREKHA AND JOGS FALL IN KARNATAKA.

·         INDIA LIES BETWEEN SOUTH TO NORTH IN  8.4 ^. N TO 37.6^. N LATITUDE.

·         INDIA LIES BETWEEN WEST TO EAST IN  68°7'E TO 97°25'E LONGITUDES.

·         RAJASTHAN IS THE LARGEST STATE AND GOA IS THE SMALLEST STATE IN TERM OF AREA.

·         THE HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS ARE DIVIDED INTO THREE RANGES ---

·  THE HIMADRI.

·  THE HIMANCHAL.

·  THE SHIWALIK.

·      NARMADA AND TAPI RIVER ARE WEST FLOWING RIVER AND DRAINS INTO ARABIAN SEA.

·      GODAVARI , MAHANADI , KRISHNA ,KAVERI THESE ARE EAST FLOWING RIVER AND DRAIN INTO BAY OF BENGAL

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·      THE GANGA AND BRAHMAPUTRA RIVERS FORMS THE WORLD LARGEST DELTA i.e SUNDERBANS DELTA.

·      TWO GROUP OF ISLAND IS THE PART OF INDIA WHICH IS LAKSHADWEEP ISLAND IN ARABIAN SEA AND ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLAND IN BAY OF BENGAL.

·      HIGHEST RAINFALL OCCURS IN MAWSYNRAM IN INDIA.