on the north and east by the Indian state of Assam and on the south and west by Bangladesh. A compact and isolated state in the northeastern region of India‚ Meghalaya extends to 22‚429 sq km of land. The landscape of Meghalaya is mostly rolling plateau with south-facing slopes being extremely steep. With the hill rising to 2‚000 m‚ the state is cool despite its proximity to tropics. The state abounds in lakes and waterfalls. Meghalaya lies in a severe earthquake belt and it has already faced some
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Tropical Africa and Asia (1200 – 1500) Ibn Battuta 1. Young Muslim scholar 2. Completed the pilgrimage to mecca 3. logged 75‚000 miles of travel in 29 years 4. Powerful states and commercial systems were only made possible by local farmers‚ fishermen and pastoralists Tropical Lands and Peoples The Tropical Environment 1. Africa lies almost entirely within the tropics‚ as do southern Arabia‚ most of India and all of the Southeast Asian mainland and islands 2. In the lands around
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Foundations of Indian Civilization‚ 1500 b.c.e.–300 c.e. A0. The Indian Subcontinent 10. India has three topographical zones: (1) the northern mountainous zone; (2) the Indus and Ganges Basins; and (3) the peninsula. The Vindhya Mountains and the Deccan plateau divide the peninsula from the other two zones. 20. The peninsula itself includes further topographical sub-regions including: (1) tropical Kerala coast in the west; (2) Coromandel Coast in the east; (3) flat area of Tamil Nadu in the south; and
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Chapter 3 Study Guide I.Key Terms Sudanic societies: agriculture took root in Sudan first. The region used to be grassy with lakes‚ rivers‚ and streams. They domesticated cattle and became nomadic herders. After 7500 B.C.E they established permanent settlements. Around 5000 B.C.E Sudanic people had formed small monarchies and developed religious beliefs. “Gifts of the Nile”: Herodotus said Egypt was “the gift of the Nile” because of Egypt’s advantages over the floods from the Nile. With the floods
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Andhra state which was merged with Telangana to form the current state of Andhra Pradesh in 1956. The region has an area of 114‚840 square kilometres (44‚340 sq mi)‚ and a population of 30‚987‚271 [1] per the 2001 census. The region lies on the Deccan plateau to the west of the Eastern Ghats range‚ and includes the northwestern interior districts of the Andhra Pradesh state. Telangana region has 10 districts: Adilabad‚ Hyderabad‚ Khammam‚ Karimnagar‚ Mahbubnagar‚ Medak‚ Nalgonda‚ Nizamabad‚ Rangareddy
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and on the west by Himachal Pradesh state. It includes the districts of Chamoli‚... Himalayas Himalayas The Himalaya Range ‚ the Himalayas or Himalaya for short‚ is a mountain range in Asia‚ separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau... of Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Uttarakhand is a state located in the northern part of India. Known for its natural beauty‚ it was carved out of Himalayan and adjoining districts of Uttar Pradesh on 9 November 2000‚ becoming the 27th state of the
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Islamic and Hindu Kingdoms • In 451 C.E‚ white Huns from central Asia invaded India and disrupted the gupta administration • Turkish people known as the Mughals extended their authority and their empire to much of the subcontinent. The quest for centralized imperial rule • In northern India‚ politics became chaotic and nomadic Turkish speaking peoples from central Asia took advantage of that unsettled state of affairs to cross the Kyler pass and force their way into India • Nomadic people
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Questions 14-17 Reading Passage 162 has four sections A-D Choose the correct heading for the each section from the list of headings below. Write the correct number i-vi in boxes 14-17 on your answer sheet. ___________________________________ List of Headings i Causes of volcanic eruption ii Efforts to predict volcanic eruption iii Volcanoes and the features of our planet iv Different types of volcanic eruption v International relief efforts vi The unpredictability of volcanic eruption
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A ASSINGMENT REPORT ON “Case Study On Air Deccan” SESSION—2011-2013 Submitted To:- Submitted By:-
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1. Black soils The principal region of black soils is the Deccan plateau and its periphery extending from 8°45’to 26o north latitude and 68o to 83o45’ east longitude. They are formed from Deccan basalt trap rocks and occur in areas under the monsoon climate‚ mostly of semi-arid and sub-humid types. The overall climate of black soil region may be described as hot and dry summer‚ 40-100 cm rainfall per annum‚ mild to moderate winters and annual temperature ranges from 24-30o centigrade‚ mean maximum
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