68 degree 7’ E and 97 degree 25’ E India is divided into almost two equal parts by the Tropic of Cancer (23 degree 30’ N). Andaman and Nicobar Islands are situated towards the Southeast of the Indian mainland in the Bay of Bengal. Lakshadweep Islands are situated towards the Southwest of the Indian mainland in the Arabian Sea. Size Seventh largest country in the world India’s total area is 2.4% of the total geographical area of the world. Area of India: 3.28 million square km. Land
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According to source one‚ “rogue waves seem especially likely to occur in places in the ocean where currents collide”. After they collide‚ a huge wall of water can form and it can make a rogue wave. This is just one of the many ways scientists think that these large waves can happen‚ because so little is known about them. On the other hand‚ we know a lot more about tsunamis‚ and long story short‚ they are caused by earthquakes. In the second passage‚ it says “Earths movement during the quake triggers the
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2×9=18 (i) National capital of India (ii) One Presidency town of British India (iii) Arabian Sea (iv) Place where EEIC set first factory in India (v) Bay of Bengal (vi) The great Indian desert (vii) Andaman and Nicobar Island (viii) Lakshadweep island (ix) Indian ocean Answer the following questions in one or two lines:- 2×8=16 (i) Name the main type of natural resources that exist on earth? (ii)
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the human environmental damage caused by tsunami. In particular‚ two infamous tsunami events of the 21st century will be explored: The Boxing Day tsunami of 2004 and the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami. The origins of a tsunami can be traced to the large displacement of water due to disturbances to the body of water usually by sub-oceanic earthquakes. This in
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Question What might be Mark Glaser’s purpose as a writer linking this story to the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia? How does this strategy broaden the scope of his arguments significance? Response: The Tsunami that rocked Southeast Asia in 2004 killed an estimated 230‚000 people‚ so needless to say the incident was extremely serious and I think when it comes to writing and especially trying to kind of paint a picture of something and make people really understand the seriousness of an incident
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establish how the fracking processes of salt water disposal (SWD) and earthquakes are connected in Oklahoma. There has been previous examinations that has illustrated operations such as fracking sites throughout Oklahoma that were capable of producing a small quantity of earthquakes‚ however until now scientists were unable to find a definite connection between the high rate water injection sites and the much stronger earthquakes. Fracking also known as Hydraulic Fracturing is the process of salt
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crops. This can give some economic security‚ but defects food security due to the lack of crops grown. There cannot be no security if people live in fear of losing everything in a natural disaster such as an earthquake‚ tsunami or a volcanic eruption. An example of this is the Asian Tsunami in 2004 that hit countries such as Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ Sri Lankia‚ India and Thailand. It killed 250000 people in a day‚ causing mass damage wiping out everything in its way. This meant that houses‚ infrastructure
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Imagine an earthquake twice a strong as the one that struck Okinawa in 2017. This horrifying event was followed by a fire that destroyed 25‚000 houses and lasted for over three days. This earthquake happened in 1906 and was the first photographed earthquake in history. 3‚000 people died and may more managed to capture this event in writing. Many people had varying opinions and accounts of this disaster. Two of these people were Fred Hewitt and Emma Burke. They shared their experiences and struggles
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GAC013 Assessment Event 2: Case Study Investigation Scientific Advances Student’s Name : Kwak Min Jae Student ID # : SMB|12775 Teacher : Caly Leo Due Date : 19/05/2014 Word Count : 833 Contents Abstract 3 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 Methodology 3 3.0 Findings 4 4.0 Discussion 5 5.0 Conclusions and Recommendations 6 References 7 Appendix 8 Abstract This scientific research investigates about nowadays scientific advances. Two scientific advances which are RTerg
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The 2011 Tohoku Pacific Coast Earthquake or more commonly referred as the ‘3/11’ disaster; first began as an undersea earthquake‚ off the coast of Miyagi prefecture. Then‚ the submarine earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0‚ transformed to a 15-meter tsunami waves (Akira‚ 2013). In the blink of an eye‚ the east coast of Japan‚ especially Sendai was engulfed by the massive tsunami waves‚ and led to the nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi and the Fukushima Daiini nuclear power plants. In the documentary
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