Why most of the coffee production is limited within the tropical zone around the world. Explain while giving an account of the main coffee producing areas worldwide.

Coffee thrives best in areas of warm climate where the temperatures range between 20° and 27°C and the amount of rainfall ranges between 125 and 250 cm. Although rainfall should be well distributed over the year, a relative dry weather ..

While discussing the temperature distribution of ocean water, highlight the factors responsible for it.

The specific heat capacity of water is higher than that of land. Combined with the convection in large ocean masses, it results in slower heating and cooling of ocean water than surrounding land. Temperature distribution: Latitude wise – waters near ..

Discuss the distribution, production and various applications of Cobalt as a natural resource. Should Cobalt be dealt as a conflict mineral? Examine in the light of recent controversies.

In Earth’s crust, cobalt is found as chemically bound only. It is produced as free element by reductive smelting.  Most of the Cobalt of the world is produced in Africa, particularly in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Central African ..

What are footloose industries? Identify the factors influencing the location of these industries.

Footloose industries are those, which are not constrained to any particular location and are not affected by factors of production such as resources, land, labour, and capital. They do not have ‘weight losing’ or ‘weight gaining’ processes. These industries are ..

What are potential impacts of the Indian monsoons on Atlantic hurricanes?

The Indian monsoons, which are referred as lifeline of India, are found to have impact on the hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. The study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters has found this correlation. Findings of the study: Strong monsoons ..

Monsoon forest and midlatitude deciduous forest are both deciduous but for different reasons. Compare the characteristics of these two formation classes and their climates

A deciduous forest loses its leaves seasonally. In the world environment, there are different region wise deciduous forests i.e. temperate deciduous forests, tropical and subtropical deciduous forests that are also known as dry forests. The forest is sometimes called broad-leaf ..

For almost three decades – from the later part of XIX century through second decade of the XX century- natural rubber underpinned one of the most important development booms in Brazil."Discuss.

At least for a period of thirty years beginning from 1879 to 1912, Natural Rubber was understood to have underpinned one of the most important development booms in the countries of Amazon Basin, particularly Brazil. Amazon Basin is shared by ..

What are the Conflict Minerals? Do you think there is a foolproof mechanism to identify the conflict minerals? Discuss in the light of available framework around the same.

Conflict Minerals is used to describe the minerals such as Gold, Wolframite, Casserite, Columbite-tantalite and their derivative metals such as tin, tungsten, tantalum etc. which are sourced from mines under the control of militants or armed groups in Democratic Republic ..