What are Walker circulations and how does it influence the Indian monsoons?

Walker circulation or east-west circulation or southern oscillation is a system developed especially in the South Pacific Ocean, resulting in East-West pressure differences creating currents. When the pressure is suddenly increased in the West Pacific Ocean, water from the west ..

Discuss the spatial distribution of major fishing grounds around the world.

The major fishing areas around the world are as follows: The Northwest Pacific Region is the leading fish producer area. This region accounts for about a quarter of the total world catch. Northeast Atlantic and the adjacent waters of the ..

Give an account of Livestock Ranching as economic activity around the world. Why livestock ranching is not very popular in countries like India and China?

Livestock ranching is an important economic activ­ity of the areas of commercial grain farming. Cattle rearing is the most important component of this activity in most parts of the world but in some regions cattle are replaced by sheep, as ..

Discuss the location and characteristics of commercial mixed farming and Mixed Cropping as an economic activity around the world.

Mixed farming refers to the combination of cultivation of crops and domestication of animals. This type of farming provides greater security to the cultivators because commercial grain farming or monocropping suffers from risks of crop failures and market fluctuation. Most ..

It’s not just the geographical conditions that have led to recurring floods in Eastern India. Discuss and also suggest measures to tackle this menace.

Floods are an adverse meteorological event wherein an excessive amount of water gets accumulated in an area & is unable to leave causing submergence. As per IPCC report; over 2 times more floods are occurring per year since the 2000’s. ..

Highlighting the geographical and economic importance of the Hindukush-Himalayan region, outline the changes in the critical geographical features and the consequence it will have.

The Hindukush-Himalayan region consists of the central Asian and south Asian alpine regions. It plays a very important role in the geography and economy of the region: It is the third largest source of fresh water in form of glaciers, ..

Elucidate the difference between tropical and temperate forest while keeping in focus their natural resources.

Trees in the tropical and tem­perate forests differ from each other in terms of size and the nature of wood. In terms of natural resources, we can observe the following differences: While the tropical trees gen­erally provide hardwood timber, the ..

Explain the spatial pattern of the Tin around the world.

Tin is one of those important metals that are used for making alloys. It is a rather scarce metal in its world distribution. North America and Europe are characteristically poor in tin deposits. Most of tin occurs in the form ..