The agricultural areas of UrCity are being forced further out into the desert basin due to the suburb expansion. There is an increased demand for fertile lands to raise animals and crops. As the city is growing and pushing out into the desert basin the temperature to the grow the crops in will be hotter and less fertile ("What Is Agriculture?"‚ 2005). There is a decreasing of the water supply because of the area being a desert area. This may be caused by the rise in UrCity’s temperatures and the change
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ESCI 118 – Physical Geography Citrus College Chapter 17 – Solution Processes and Karst Topography 1. How does carbonic acid form? It forms when water and carbon dioxide combine and react. 2. What is meant by dissolution? Dissolution is the action of being dissolved. 3. What kinds of rock are most susceptible to solution processes? Why? Limestone and dolomite are most susceptible to solution processes because the water‚ which is slightly acidic
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the terrain at elevation which forces moist air to condense and fall out as rainfall along the sides of mountains. On the leeward side of mountains‚ desert climates can exist due to the dry air caused by downslope flow which causes heating and drying of the air mass. The movement of the monsoon trough‚ or intertropical convergence zone‚ brings rainy seasons to savannah climes. The urban heat island effect leads to increased rainfall‚ both in amounts and intensity‚ downwind of cities. Global warming is
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What is Marine Ecology? Marine Ecology is the scientific study of marine-life habitat‚ populations‚ and interactions among organisms and the surrounding environment including their abiotic (non-living physical and chemical factors that affect the ability of organisms to survive and reproduce) and biotic factors (living things or the materials that directly or indirectly affect an organism in its environment). Marine ecology is a subset of the study of marine biology and includes observations at
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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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an increase in births‚ a decline in mortality rates due to medical advances‚ from an increase in immigration‚ or from an unsustainable biome and depletion of resources. It is possible for very sparsely-populated areas to be overpopulated‚ as the area in question may have a meager or non-existent capability to sustain human life (e.g. the middle of the Sahara Desert). The resources to be considered when evaluating whether an ecological niche is overpopulated include clean water‚ clean air‚ food
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Wide variations of temperature occur in the deserts‚ ranging from a maximum of 46° C (114° F)‚ during daylight hours‚ to a minimum of 6° C (42° F) after sunset. During the winter season desert temperatures often drop to 0° C (32° F). The most humid area is along the Mediterranean coast‚ where the average annual rainfall is about 200mm. Precipitation decreases rapidly to the south; Cairo receives on average only about 29mm of rain each year‚ and in many desert locations it may rain only once in several
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SOILS IN INDIA Soil is the uppermost layer of Earth’s crust. Soil is the medium in which plants grow and thus it supports the lives on earth. How soils are formed? Soils are formed due to the weathering of rocks. WHAT IS SOIL? Soil is the thin layer of loose mixture of small rock particles and rotting organic matter that covers much of the world’s land surface. SOIL FORMATION Soil formation is a very long process. It begins with the weathering of rocks into small fragments
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(32-40 °C) in majority of the inland areas of the country. Monsoon or rainy season The monsoon‚ also known as the rainy season‚ spans the months of June to September. This season is primarily influenced with the moist southwestern summer torrential rainfall that gradually moves throughout the nation. It starts in the end of May or the beginning of June. The precipitation starts to ebb from Northern India in the early October. Usually‚ the southern parts of the country get higher volume of precipitation
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Q. 1. Explain with diagram the structure and function of environment? Ans. Environment is a collective term for all the conditions in which an organism lives. It includes biotic and abiotic components whereas habitat is a place where an organism lives. The different components of environment are inter-linked and interdependent. [pic] The organisms interact with physical environment composed of atmosphere‚ hydrosphere and lithosphere Environment
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