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Cotton Cultivation in India: Important Things You Should Know

Last updated on November 18, 2020 by Alex Andrews George

cotton cultivation

Everything you need to know about Cotton cultivation in India. Cotton is one of the main raw materials for the cotton textile industry. Cotton grows well in drier parts in India. Cotton Cultivation in India India is believed to be the original home of the cotton plant. India lost a large … [Read more...] about Cotton Cultivation in India: Important Things You Should Know

Clouds – How to Distinguish the Different Types of Clouds?

Last updated on April 14, 2020 by Clear IAS Team

Types of Clouds based on their shape

Can you distinguish the different types of clouds you see in the sky? When we prepare notes of ClearIAS - we always keep one important thing in mind. Our study materials should help our readers learn faster! (See Major Ocean Currents: How to learn faster?) Now, after a break, we have come up … [Read more...] about Clouds – How to Distinguish the Different Types of Clouds?

Distribution of Temperature in the Earth’s Atmosphere

Last updated on May 23, 2017 by Clear IAS Team

Temperature measuring scales

In the previous articles in the Geography section, we have discussed in detail about the composition and structure of the earth’s atmosphere, how and from where the earth receives its energy, how the earth maintains its temperature, methods through which the heat energy gets transferred in the … [Read more...] about Distribution of Temperature in the Earth’s Atmosphere

Insolation and Heat Balance of the Earth

Last updated on January 26, 2017 by Clear IAS Team

insolation

In the previous article, we have discussed the composition and structure of the earth’s atmosphere. The atmosphere is essential for the survival of plant and animal life. They also require the optimum temperature to keep themselves warm and grow. In this article, we are going to discuss in details … [Read more...] about Insolation and Heat Balance of the Earth

Composition and Structure of the Earth’s Atmosphere

Last updated on January 26, 2017 by Clear IAS Team

composition and structure of atmosphere

ClearIAS Team has been receiving a lot of support and encouragement from our loving readers for our easy-to-understand articles on Geography. (See Major Ocean Currents: How to learn faster?) Having covered most of the important concepts in Lithosphere and Hydrosphere, in this article, we are going … [Read more...] about Composition and Structure of the Earth’s Atmosphere

Ocean Currents – Shortcut method by to learn faster

Last updated on October 1, 2017 by Clear IAS Team

Major Ocean Currents

In our geography notes on the hydrosphere, we have seen the major movements of the ocean water. They are - waves, tides and ocean currents. Having covered the fundamentals, we shall see in this post, a super-fast way to learn the details of ocean currents. Names, direction, nature....and what … [Read more...] about Ocean Currents – Shortcut method by to learn faster

Movements of ocean water: Waves, Tides and Ocean Currents

Last updated on November 21, 2017 by Clear IAS Team

A wave

Our Geography notes continue. Having covered the most important concepts in land, we are now dealing with the water (hydrosphere). In the last article, we have seen the ocean bottom topography. In this comprehensive post, we will cover the movements of ocean water - waves, tides and ocean currents. … [Read more...] about Movements of ocean water: Waves, Tides and Ocean Currents

Ocean Floor: Everything you need to know

Last updated on May 22, 2017 by Clear IAS Team

Ocean Floor

Geography is an interesting subject which covers land (lithosphere), water (hydrosphere) and air (atmosphere). Hope you have gone through our easy-to-learn notes covering important land features. Now let's see how to learn fast the concepts associated with hydrosphere. Let's start from ocean floor … [Read more...] about Ocean Floor: Everything you need to know

Earth’s Crust: Elements, Minerals and Rocks

Last updated on May 22, 2017 by Clear IAS Team

major elements in the earth crust

In the previous article in geography section, we have discussed in detail about the interior of the earth. We have seen different layers like crust, core, and mantle. The Crust - even though very thin - as being the outer part of the lithosphere, is very significant. In this article, we focus on how … [Read more...] about Earth’s Crust: Elements, Minerals and Rocks

Interior of the Earth: Crust, Mantle and Core

Last updated on July 10, 2016 by Clear IAS Team

structure of the interior of the earth

In this article (geography section), we discuss the interior of the earth. Understanding the basic structure of earth is very important to learn higher concepts well. Also, the origin of many phenomena like earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunami etc are linked with the structure of earth's interior. What … [Read more...] about Interior of the Earth: Crust, Mantle and Core

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