Physical Geography (Part-II) (Railway)

• The next closest star is Proxima Centauri.

• It lies at a distance of about  4.3 light Year.

The percentage of element occuring Earth crust are following:

• It was aimed at protection and conservation of trees.

• The movement originated in Uttarakhand (then part of UttarPradesh) in 1973.

• Nitrogen in the atmosphere can be transformed into a plant-usable form, a process called nitrogen fixation, by lightning.

• To reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the transition to electric vehicles and solar energy is must.

• Contour plowing/ploughing conserves soil by following the lay of the land and creating ridges that form a water break to prevent soil erosion.

• Furrows that do not follow the lay of the land cause rapid runoff during rainfall by forming a convenient channel for the water to flow downhill.

• Overgrasing leads to land degradation as it removes the humus content, strips the soil of the vegetal cover making it dry and poor in nutrients.

•  Overgrasing causes land degradation in states of Maharashtra Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh.

• In winter, due to apparent movement of sun toward tropic of Capricorn, the ITCZ moves southward. It moves northward in the Northern Hemisphere in summer.

• ITCZ is basically a low pressure belt encircling Earth near the Equator where the trade winds meet.

•  Tropical deciduous forests are the most widespread forests in India in terms of total area.

•  Meanders form because water erodes the outside of curves and deposits eroded material on the inside.

• The river eventually erodes to form an oxbow lake.