Geography Notes

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 with another easy-to-understand article from Geography - about Clouds. In this article, we are … [Read more...] about Clouds – How to Distinguish the Different Types of Clouds?

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 atmosphere (insolation and heat balance of the earth) etc. In this article, we are going to discuss the … [Read more...] about Distribution of Temperature in the Earth’s Atmosphere

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 about some of the topics like insolation, terrestrial radiation, heat budget of the earth, albedo, … [Read more...] about Insolation and Heat Balance of the Earth

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 to discuss the composition and structure of the Earth’s Atmosphere in detail. What is … [Read more...] about Composition and Structure of the Earth’s Atmosphere

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 not! Well, you might have heard so many names like Kuroshio current, Oyashio current, Peru current etc. … [Read more...] about Ocean Currents – Shortcut method by to learn faster

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. We hope the notes will turn highly handy for quick learning and last-minute revision. Movements of … [Read more...] about Movements of ocean water: Waves, Tides and Ocean Currents

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 first. Earth - the water planet We know that our earth is the only planet in the solar system … [Read more...] about Ocean Floor: Everything you need to know

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 to learn fast the composition of the earth’s crust – i.e, different elements, minerals, and … [Read more...] about Earth’s Crust: Elements, Minerals and Rocks

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 should you understand about the interior of the earth? It is not possible to know about the … [Read more...] about Interior of the Earth: Crust, Mantle and Core

Forces inside and outside the earth can change the shape of the earth's surface. We have already seen the effects of geomorphic forces in our previous Geography notes. Endogenic forces and exogenic forces can create a lot of landforms. A landform is a natural feature of the solid surface of the Earth. Examples include Mountains, Plateaus, and Plains. In this post, ClearIAS brings you a brief … [Read more...] about Major Landforms – Mountains, Plateaus, and Plains: Learn faster