Major Straits of the World – Part 4 Straits of Pacific Ocean Part 1 Bering Strait: The Bering Strait is a strait between the Pacific and Arctic oceans, separating the Chukchi Peninsula of the Russian Far East from the Seward Peninsula of Alaska. The present […]
Major Straits of the World – Part 3 Straits of Indian Ocean: Bab-el-Mandeb: The Bab-el-Mandeb is a strait between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula, and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa. It connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. The Bab-el-Mandeb […]
Major Straits of the World – Part 2 Straits of Atlantic Ocean: Part 2 Hudson Strait Hudson Strait links the Atlantic Ocean and Labrador Sea to Hudson Bay in Canada. This strait lies between Baffin Island and Nunavik, with its eastern entrance marked by Cape […]
Major Straits of the World Part 1 A strait is a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water. It may be formed by a fracture in an isthmus, it can also be caused by Tectonic shifts. If fractures in an isthmus […]
Major Rivers of the World – Part 4 The Americas The Americas were a pair of unknown landmasses till in 1492 when Christopher Columbus reached it. Columbus in search of what he believed to be the sea route to India made landfall on what is […]
Major Rivers of the World – Part 3 Europe Europe, though physically part of the Eurasian Landmass, has been considered as a separate continent due to its large size and distinct culture. Europe is commonly considered to be separated from Asia by the watershed of […]
Major Rivers of the World Part 2 Africa Africa is known as the cradle of mankind since it is believed that mankind originated from Africa. It is also home to one of the Ancient Civilisations in the world i.e., the Egyptian Civilisation. Hence let us […]
Major Rivers of the World – Part 1 From Ancient times Civilisations have been found on the banks of rivers. The Egyptian Civilisation on the banks of River Nile. The Indus Valley Civilisation on the banks of Indus and its Tributaries. Mesopotamian Civilisation on the […]
Types of Economies What is Economics: In simple terms, economics is the study of ‘what to produce,’ ‘how to produce,’ and ‘for whom to produce.’ It can also be defined as the study of using ‘scarce/limited resources’ to satisfy ‘unlimited wants’ of people. What is […]
Women and India – Part 3 Women organisations in India Arya Mahila Samaj: Arya Mahila samaj was started by Ramabai Saraswati in Pune on 1882 to provide education to women and to discourage and fight against the practice of child marriage. Women’s Indian Association (WIA): […]