Mount Taranaki : In News Mount Taranaki, now known by its Maori name Taranaki Maunga, in New Zealand has achieved a human status. It is a snow-capped dormant volcano and the second highest mountain (8,261 feet) located in North Island of New Zealand. It is a stratovolcano (also called a composite cone) – and is […]
Category: Geography Current Affairs
Teesta River : Reconstruction Of The Teesta-3 Dam
Teesta River : Reconstruction Of The Teesta-3 Dam The Environment Appraisal Committee (EAC) has approved the reconstruction of the Teesta-3 dam in Sikkim, despite concerns over environmental safety and disaster risks.The Teesta River originates from Tso Lhamo Lake in the Himalayas, near the Pahurni and Khangse glaciers in Sikkim. States it pass through: Sikkim and […]
Santorini Island
Santorini Island: Santorini, a popular Greek island, has been placed on high alert after experiencing over 200 undersea earthquakes in four days, with magnitudes up to 4.6.Santorini Island Located in: Southern Aegean Sea, part of the Cyclades archipelago in Greece. Controlled by: Greece (part of the Thira regional unit).
North Sea
North Sea: Researchers have discovered huge landforms deep beneath the North Sea that suggest the region was swallowed by a giant ice sheet toward the middle of the last ice age. North Sea is a relatively shallow and enclosed sea located in Northwestern Europe. It is considered to be a marginal sea of the Atlantic […]
Kolleru Lake
Kolleru Lake: The Southern Zonal Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently restrained the Andhra Pradesh Government from proceeding with the six infrastructure projects in Kolleru wetland area. It is a large, natural, shallow, freshwater lake located in northeastern Andhra Pradesh. It lies between the Krishna and Godavari deltas near the city of Eluru. […]
Potomac River
Potomac River: A US military helicopter and a passenger plane collided mid-air over Washington, crashing into the Potomac River and leaving no known survivors. Potomac River originates in the Potomac River Highlands of West Virginia, US and flows through Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C., and emptying into the Chesapeake Bay. Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary […]
Guantánamo Bay
Guantánamo Bay: The US President signed an executive order directing the preparation of a large-scale migrant detention centre at the US naval base in Guantánamo Bay. It forms an inlet of the Caribbean Sea, indenting southeastern Cuba. It is a large and well-sheltered bay; it has a narrow entrance to a harbour and is capable […]
Darfur Region
Darfur Region: A drone attack on one of the last functioning hospitals in El-Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur region killed 67 people and injured dozens recently. Darfur is a region in western Sudan. It lies between Kordofan to the east and Wadai to the west and extended southward to the Al-Ghazāl (Gazelle) River and northward to […]
Ghaggar River : Committee Constituted
Ghaggar River : Committee Constituted A joint committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has found that the Ghaggar River water contained from two to three times the prescribed limit of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), making it unfit for outdoor bathing. The Ghaggar River is an intermittent river that flows in India and Pakistan […]
Baltic Sea: In News
Baltic Sea : In News Sweden recently seized a ship suspected of having damaged a fibre-optic cable under the Baltic Sea linking the country to Latvia. Baltic Sea is one of the seas of the Atlantic Ocean, situated in Northern Europe. It is the youngest sea on the earth, emerging some 10,000-15,000 years ago as […]
