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Geography One-Liners for various competitive examinations

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Here are some important Geography one-liners for students competing for various exams

Watch some of the important points of Geography below.

1-The oldest type of energy known to man is Geothermal energy. This energy is the heat from the Earth which is clean and sustainable.

2-Natural gas is a mixture of gases and contains mainly methane and higher hydrocarbons. Natural gas is a colorless, odorless

3-Tuticorin is known as Pearl City due to the pearl fishing carried out in the town.

4-Port Blair is located on Islands South Andaman

5-The gas having the highest proportion in the air is Nitrogen.

By volume, dry air contains 78.09% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0.039% carbon dioxide, and small amounts of other gases.

Air also contains a variable amount of water vapor, on average around 1%.

6-The Bab-el-Mandeb straight acts as a strategic link between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, via the Red Sea and the Suez Canal.

7-Subtropical high-pressure belts are also called ‘Horse latitudes’.

It is a significant belt of high pressure situated around the latitudes of 30°N in the Northern Hemisphere and 30°S in the Southern Hemisphere.

8-Golden revolution refers to the development of Horticulture.

9-Anthracite is the most metamorphosed type of coal.

It is the highest grade and best quality coal in which the carbon content is between 92.1% and 98%.

10-The portion of the earth’s surface covered with water is roughly Two-third

11-Lesotho is a country completely surrounded by South Africa. Lesotho is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.

12- Madhya Pradesh is having the largest area of forest cover in India.

13-Earth is known as the ‘Blue planet’ due to the presence of huge amount of water on it.

14-Cirrostratus clouds occur at the highest altitude

15-Dhupgarh is the highest peak in Satpura Range

16-The world’s most active volcano is Kilauea in the Hawaiian Islands

17-Niagara Falls, which is in the US is the collective name for three waterfalls that straddle the international border between Canada and the United States

18-The Narora atomic power plant is located in Bulandshahar district of Uttar Pradesh.

19- Venus planet rotates clockwise.

20-The world’s largest lake is the Caspian Sea which is the largest enclosed inland body of water on Earth by area

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