INTRODUCTION: Urban sprawl is a highly politicized term. The expansion of human populations from central urban areas to the low-density monofunctional area is called urban sprawl. The usual mode of community is a car. DEFINITION: Urban means,” relating to or characteristics of a town or city.” Sprawl can be defined as “ the consensus that […]
INTRODUCTION: Population in a simple term can mean an increase in a number of people. Due to industrialization and urbanization, there has been a drastic increase in the number of people towards the end of 14th century. As it is incidentally clear that every person needs a certain area of space to live in. hence […]
Introduction: Deforestation refers to cutting down of trees in huge amount. The plant is a very important part of our environment. Survival of human being is highly impossible without plants and wildlife. It is a symbiotic relationship. Meaning: Deforestation means the action of creating a wide area of trees. In CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY, “ deforestation means […]
A coastline or a seashore is the area where land meets the sea or ocean, or a line that forms the boundary between the land and the ocean or a lake. A coastline is all the places along the continents where the land meet the oceans. They include the beaches, caves, estuaries, cliffs and so […]
A plateau is the raised land with a flat top and steep slope on at least one side. Plateau can is formed by the erosion of surrounding areas by rivers, flooding, and glacier activity. An uplift of land can occur from the pressure of a large magma chamber layers of rock. It is called a […]
Freshwater is the natural water occurring on earth’s surface in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, icebergs, ponds, lakes, rivers and underground water. Access to clean water is important but also limiting. All freshwater habitats are dominated by the physical properties of water. The molecule is made up of a single oxygen atom with hydrogen. The […]
Cumulus clouds are puffy clouds that sometimes look like a piece of floating cotton. Cumulus clouds produce little or no precipitation but they can grow into the precipitation bearing cumulonimbus clouds. Cumulonimbus clouds are characterized by a flat and anvil-like top caused by the wind shear or inversion near the tropopause. They do not get […]
Global warming is one symptom of the much larger problem of human-caused climate change Global warming refers only to the Earth’s rising surface temperature, while climate change includes warming and the side effects of warming like melting glaciers, heavier rainstorms, or more frequent. Global warming is also termed as climate change. Global warming is the […]
Migration is the movement of people from one place to another. Migration happens for a range of reasons. The reasons for migration can be economic, social, political or environmental. There are many push factors and pull factors at work. Push factors are the reasons why people leave an area. They include: Lack of services Lack […]
Landforms formed from Volcanic Eruptions. Volcanic activity is another constructive factor in the formation of landforms. Major types of landforms on earth include mountains, valleys, plateaus, glaciers, hills, loess, plains and desserts Mountains. Mountains are landed physical. The volcanic action involves the release of molten magma melted rock from deep below the earth’s surface. When […]