News: Recently, a massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering tsunami waves as high as 16 feet. About Tsunami A tsunami is a series of big waves caused by something that suddenly moves a large amount of water in the ocean—like an earthquake. Most tsunamis happen when an… Continue reading How Earthquake Causes a Tsunami
Category: Geography in News
Kamchatka Peninsula
News: A powerful 8.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Far East Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering tsunami warnings across the Pacific region. About Kamchatka Peninsula Location: It is a peninsula located in far eastern Russia and lying between the Sea of Okhotsk on the west and the Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea on the east. Topography: Its topography… Continue reading Kamchatka Peninsula
Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF)
News: Recently, Nepal experienced a catastrophic Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF) event which caused a flash flood, and washed away a China-built friendship bridge. About Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF) The GLOFs are flash floods of extreme magnitude that occur when the natural dams, made up of ice, rock debris, or moraine, hold back glacial… Continue reading Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF)
Winter Fog Experiment (WiFEX)
News: The Winter Fog Experiment (WiFEX) has completed ten successful years of dedicated research into North India’s dense winter fog and its impact on daily life and aviation safety. About Winter Fog Experiment (WiFEX) It is one of the world’s few long-term open-field experiments focused solely on fog as an elusive winter hazard. Objective: The… Continue reading Winter Fog Experiment (WiFEX)
Bitra Island
News: The Lakshadweep administration is exploring the possibility of acquiring Bitra, one of the inhabited islands in the archipelago, for defense-related purposes. About Bitra Island Bitra is the smallest inhabited island in the Lakshadweep archipelago It has a length of 0.57km and a width of 0.28km at the broadest point. It is uniquely located on… Continue reading Bitra Island
Sigandur Bridge
News: Recently, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways has inaugurated the cable-stayed bridge built over the Sharavati river backwaters in Sagar taluk of Shivamogga district, Karnataka. About Sigandur Bridge The Sigandur Bridge is located in Shivamogga district, Karnataka. It is India’s second longest inland cable-stayed bridge, spanning a total length of 2.25 kilometres. This… Continue reading Sigandur Bridge
Lake Turkana
News: The scientists have found 18-20 million years old enamel proteins from tropical Turakan Lake basin, unraveling palaeobiology of extinct taxa. About Lake Turkana It is a saline lake located mainly in northern Kenya, with its northern end stretching into Ethiopia. It lies in the eastern arm of eastern Africa’s Rift Valley, which is part… Continue reading Lake Turkana
Maize
News: The Agriculture Minister says that India aims to double maize output to 86 mn tonne by 2047. About Maize Globally, maize is known as queen of cereals because it has the highest genetic yield potential among the cereals. It is the second rated grain used collectively in the form of foodstuff or fodder. It… Continue reading Maize
Seine River
News: Paris reopens the River Seine for public swimming after century-long ban. About Seine River It is a 777 km-long river in northern France. Drainage basin: Its drainage basin is in the Paris Basin covering most of northern France. Origin: It originates at Source-Seine, 30 km northwest of Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres… Continue reading Seine River
C-FLOOD Platform
News: Union Minister of Jal inaugurates C-FLOOD, a Unified Inundation Forecasting System at Shram Shakti Bhawan, New Delhi. About C-FLOOD Platform It is a web-based platform that provides two-days advance inundation forecasts up to village level in the form of flood inundation maps and water level predictions. Developed by: Centre for Development of Advanced Computing… Continue reading C-FLOOD Platform
