Description : What is A fertile green area in desert where winds have eroded land to a depth where water is present?
Last Answer : An oasis,
Description : Which one of the change may occur due to desertification? a) decrease in atmospheric temperature b) increase in water holding capacity of soil c) increased chances of flood d)conversion of fertile land into a desert
Last Answer : d)conversion of fertile land into a desert
Description : Why are the volcanoes on the Hawaiian Islands northwest of the big island of Hawaii no longer erupting?
Last Answer : Need answer
Description : How did the volcanoes form in the Hawaiian islands?
Last Answer : What is the answer ?
Description : What is a is fertile place in the desert?
Last Answer : It is an Oasis.
Description : A fertile,green area of a desert?
Last Answer : That would be an oasis.
Description : The largest part of Australia is __________ (A) sandy beaches. (B) fertile soils. (C) forests. (D) a desert.
Last Answer : (D) a desert.
Description : Which geomorphic processes is associated with the work of glaciers? -Do You Know?
Last Answer : answer:
Description : The word `dendlitic' is associated with— (1) wind (2) waves (3) rivers (4) glaciers
Last Answer : (3) rivers Explanation: Dendritic drainage systems are the most common form of drainage system, The term Dendritic comes from the Latin word "dendron", meaning tree, due to the resemblance of the ... systems form in Vshaped valleys; as a result, the rock types must be impervious and non-porous.
Description : Which geomorphic processes is associated with the work of glaciers?
Last Answer : Plucking
Description : The word ‘dendritic’ is associated with— (1) wind (2) waves (3) rivers (4) glaciers
Last Answer : rivers
Description : What are some differences in how these two types of glaciers affect the land?
Description : How did glaciers change the land they crossed?
Description : What do you use as your best mental oasis?
Last Answer : meditation is the best method, however the usual distractions suffice, writing poetry or prose, i used to like composing music but, it agitates me.
Description : Do you think any band from Manchester will be as big as Oasis were?
Last Answer : Just as good, yes. From Manchester? Maybe not.
Description : Why do more people live around an oasis?
Last Answer : An "oasis" is the name given to a place where there is water tobe found surrounded by an otherwise desert environment.As humans need water to live, where the oasis water supply isgood enough, ... inhabitants will plant a few crops to farm but the mostusual crop are dates from desert palm trees.
Description : How does an oasis benefit people in Arabia?
Description : Where can I find more information on oasis shoes running ?
Last Answer : ASICS is the leading manufacturer of running shoes, Wrestling shoes, volleyball shoes, tennis shoes, soccer boots, walking shoes. You can find more information in http://www.asicsamerica.com/
Description : How old are the members of Oasis?
Last Answer : Bonehead
Description : The _______ Security Services Technical Committee is in charge of defining, enhancing, and maintaining the SAML specifications. a) OASIS b) HTTP c) SOAP d) OSAMIL
Last Answer : OASIS
Description : The 'Pacific ring of fire ' is associated with : (1) oil well fires (2) thermal power station (3) volcanoes and earthquakes (4) forest fires
Last Answer : (3) volcanoes and earthquakes Explanation: Pacific ring of fire is an area where a large number of earthquakes and voicanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific ocean.
Description : The 'Pacific Ring of Fire' is associated with – (1) oil well fires (2) thermal power station (3) volcanoes and earthquakes (4) forest fires
Last Answer : (3) volcanoes and earthquakes Explanation: The Pacific Ring of Fire is an area where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. In a 40,000 km ... of the world's earthquakes and 81% of the world's largest earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire.
Description : The term 'epicentre' is associated with (1) Earthquakes (2) Volcanoes (3) Cyclones (4) Landslides
Last Answer : (1) Earthquakes Explanation: Epicenter is the point on the Earth's surface that is directly above the hypocenter or focus, the point where an earthquake or underground explosion originates. Epicentral distance is used in calculating seismic magnitudes developed by Richter and Gutenberg.
Description : The ‘Pacific Ring of Fire’ is associated with (1) oil well fires (2) thermal power station (3) volcanoes and earthquakes (4) forest fires
Last Answer : volcanoes and earthquakes
Description : The density of population in a country is obtained by counting the total number of individuals - (a) in respect of fertile land area (b) in respect of total land area (c) in respect of habitable and inhabitable areas (d) per unit area
Last Answer : Ans:(d)
Description : What geographic feature drew colonist westward due to fertile land?
Description : The fertile land between two rivers is called – (1) Watershed (2) Water divide (3) Doab (4) Terai
Last Answer : (3) Doab Explanation: Doab is a term used in India and Pakistan for a "tongue" or tract of land lying between two confluent rivers. Unqualified by the names of any rivers, it designates ... and Uttarakhand state in India, extending from the Sivalik Hills to the two rivers' confluence at Allahabad,
Description : The fertile land between two rivers is called
Last Answer : Doab
Description : Canal irrigation is possible in the North India plain on account of A. Presence of perennial rivers. B. Very fertile land. C. Canals can irrigate 100s of hectares. D. Presence of flat land.
Last Answer : All the above
Description : Which of the following statements are correct? I. Rann of Kachchh is formed by the recession of the sea. II. Kuchaman, Sambhar and Didwana are salt water lakes. III. The land to the east of Aravallis is known as Bagar. IV. The ... II and IV (2) I, III and IV (3) II, III and IV (4) I, II, III and IV
Last Answer : (1) I, II and IV
Description : Soils in the Mahanadi delta are less fertile than those in the Godavari delta because of: (A) erosion of top soils by annual floods (B) inundation of land by sea water (C) traditional agriculture practices (D) the derivation of alluvial soil from red-soil hinterland
Last Answer : Answer: A The Mahanadi was notorious for its devastating floods for much of recorded history. Thus it was called 'the sorrow of Orissa'. However the construction of the Hirakud Dam has greatly ... matter of great concern. Indiscriminate damming along the river has been cited as an obvious reason.
Description : The fertile land between two rivers is called (1) Watershed (2) Water divide (3) Doab (4) Terai
Description : What land forms can lava that flows out of volcanoes make?
Last Answer : Mountains
Description : ‘Nippon’ is the name given to Japan which means - (1) land of the rising Sun (2) land of Pagodas (3) land of northern lights (4) land of volcanoes and earthquakes.
Last Answer : (1) land of the rising Sun Explanation: Japan is also known as Nippon. The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is sometimes referred to as the "Land ... Japan's eastward position relative to China. Before Nihon came into official use, Japan was known as Wa.
Description : ‘Nippon’ is the name given to Japan which means (1) land of the rising Sun (2) land of Pagodas (3) land of northern lights (4) land of volcanoes and earthquakes.
Last Answer : land of the rising Sun
Description : Which country is called the land of a thousand islands ?
Last Answer : Finland |
Description : Which of the following is associated with the recent discovery of tungsten by the Geological Surveyor India? (a) Agucha in Rajasthan (b) Thar Desert in Rajasthan (c) Tuensang in Nagaland (d) Sirohi in Rajasthan
Last Answer : Ans: (d)
Description : Desert can be converted into green land by planting
Last Answer : Desert can be converted into green land by planting A. oxylophytes B. psammophytes C. halophytes D. trees
Description : In order to receive land under the desert land act settlers had to?
Last Answer : Feel Free to Answer
Description : How much of the Earth's land surface is desert? (1) 1/10th (2) 1/5th (3) 1/3rd (4) (3) 1/6th
Last Answer : (3) 1/3rd
Description : Which one of the following reflects back more sunlight as compared to other three? (1) Sand desert (2) Land covered with fresh snow (3) Prairie land (4) Paddy crop land
Last Answer : (2) Land covered with fresh snow Explanation: Albedo is the fraction of solar energy (shortwave radiation) reflected from the Earth back into space. It is a measure of the reflectivity of the earth's surface. Ice, especially with snow on top of it on land, has the highest albedo.
Description : In which one of the following habitats does the diurnal temperature of soil surface vary most? (a) Shrub land (b) Forest (c) Desert (d) Grassland
Last Answer : (c) Desert
Description : Waste land includes........................... ? (a) Land left without cultivation for one or less than one agricultural year (b) Land put to non-agricultural uses (c) Land left uncultivated for the past 1 to 5 agricultural years (d) Rocky, arid and desert areas
Last Answer : (d) Rocky, arid and desert areas
Last Answer : Land covered with fresh snow
Description : How much of the Earth's land surface is desert ? (1) 1/10th (2) 1/5th (3) 1/3rd (3) 1/6th
Last Answer : 1/3rd
Description : Has the GOP explained how Al Gore is creating all the storms and melting the glaciers?
Last Answer : I thought global climate change deniers had given up on denying that change is happening, and shifted to a rejection of anthropogenic climate change (“It’s all natural cycles”).
Description : Did the glaciers really form The Great Lakes?
Last Answer : Yes, the Great Lakes were gouged out by the retreating ice sheets.
Description : What percentage of fresh water is stored as ice sheets and glaciers? -Geography
Last Answer : 70% 96.5% of the total volume of the earth consists of water out of which 2.5% is fresh water. Out of the 2.5% of the total freshwater present on the earth, 70% of the fresh ... in glaciers and ice sheets in Antarctica, Greenland and mountainous regions. Less than 30% is stored as groundwater.
Description : what latitudes are most likely to see glaciers? -General Knowledge
Last Answer : A. 45° N and 45° S.