Towards the end of the Second World War‚ in July 1944‚ representatives of the United States‚ Great Britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ and 40 other countries met at Bretton Woods‚ a resort in New Hampshire‚ to lay the foundation for the post-war international financial order. Such a new system‚ they hoped‚ would prevent another worldwide economic cataclysm like the Great Depression that had destabilized Europe and the United States in the 1930s and had contributed to the rise of Fascism and the war. Therefore
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but it was returned to the British control until independence in 1948.Myanmar is situated in Southeast Asia‚is bordered on the north and northeast by China ‚on the east and southeast by the Laos and Thailand‚on the south by the Andaman sea and bay of Bengal and on the west by the India and Bangladesh and covers total area of 678500 sq km ‚it is the largest country in mainland southeast Asia and the 40th largest in the world. Myanmar is make up of 135 national races and population are estimated to
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VISION IAS GENERAL STUDIES MAINS STUDY MATERIAL GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA PART I 1 www.visionias.wordpress.com India- Physiography India can be divided into four physical divisions. They are: 1) The Northern Mountains 2) The North Indian Plain 3) The Peninsular Plateau 4) The Coastal regions and Islands 2 www.visionias.wordpress.com 1. THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS: The Himalayan mountains form the northern mountain region of India. They are the highest mountain ranges in the world. They have
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To what extent can preparedness and planning mitigate the effects of tropical revolving storms? (40 marker) A tropical revolving storm is a term that covers hurricanes‚ tropical cyclones‚ typhoons and willy-willies. These intense low-pressure weather systems are associated with catastrophic wind speeds averaging at 120kmph and torrential rainfall. Tropical revolving storms are huge and extremely violent extending to about 500km in diameter. They occur in the tropics and the sub-tropics and form
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trans-boundary river of India and Bangladesh. The 2‚525 km (1‚569 mi) river rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand‚[4] and flows south and east through the Gangetic Plain of North India into Bangladesh‚ where it empties into the Bay of Bengal. It is the longest river of India and is the second greatest river in the world by water discharge.[5] The Ganges basin is the most heavily populated river basin in the world‚ with over 400 million people and a population density of about 1‚000
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Bangladesh (গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ; Gônoprojatontri Bangladesh)‚ is a country in South Asia. Located on the fertile Ganges-Brahmaputra delta‚ it is part of the ancient and historic region of Bengal. The name Bangladesh means "Country of Bengal" in the official Bengali language. To its south lies the Bay of Bengal‚ while it is bordered by the Republic of India on the north‚ west and east‚ and Burma (Myanmar) to the southeast. It is separated from Nepal and Bhutan by India’s narrow Siliguri corridor and
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1 Degree Warmer: * The Artic is ice-free for half the year. * Opening the legendary north-west passage for ships. * Tens of thousands of homes around the Bay of Bengal are flooding. * Hurricanes begin hitting the South Atlantic. * Servere droughts in the Western US causing shortages global grain and meat markets. 2 Degrees Warmer: * Greenland glaciers are disappearing. * So much ice has melted‚ polar bears struggle to survive. * Insects migrate in strange
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Fish cold-blooded‚ limbless‚ completely aquatic vertebrates‚ having gills‚ commonly fins‚ and typically elongated torpedo-shaped body mostly covered with scales. Fish are usually grouped into four classes‚ three living (Agnatha‚ Chondrichthyes‚ and Osteichthyes) and one extinct (Placodermi): 1. Agnatha‚ the primitive jawless fishes‚ including the cyclostomes (lampreys and hagfishes) and extinct armoured fishes known as ostracoderms‚ none of which has gill arches (bony frames for the gills);
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Bangladesh is surrounded by India‚ Myanmar and the Bay of Bengal. A republic in south Asia‚ Bangladesh was formerly East Pakistan‚ one of the five provinces into which Pakistan was divided at its creation‚ when Britain’s former Indian Empire was partitioned in August 1947. East Pakistan and the four western provinces were separated by about 1600 km of Indian territory. East Pakistan was formed from the former Indian province of East Bengal and the Sylhet districts of Assam. Although the East was
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Sahgal (H-18095) Page 2 Tourism Planning and Development Table of contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………......5 Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………….5 Destination Tourism………………………………………………………………………….5 The destination (West Bengal)………………………………………………………………6 Objectives to achieve…………………………………………………………………………8 Identifying important tourist circuits……………………………………………………….8 Circuit one Circuit two Circuit three Circuit Four Analyzing the circuits……………………………………………………………………………
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