Sree Narayana Guru was called the second Buddha by Sankara Kurup. G. Sankara Kurup, better known as Mahakavi G, was an Indian poet, essayist and... View Article
Nanu, the son of Madan Asan and his wife Kuttiyamma is known as Narayana Guru. He was born on 20 August 1856 in the village of Chempazhanthy near... View Article
Albedo is the portion of solar energy reflected from the surface of the Earth back into space. It is a reflection coefficient and has a value of... View Article
A heat budget is a perfect balance between incoming heat absorbed by the earth and outgoing heat escaping it in the form of radiation. Heat... View Article
Heat is a form of energy that is received by the earth from the sun. The concept of Heat Budget deals with the amount of heat energy received... View Article
The two main motions of Earth are rotation and revolution. Rotation is the movement of the earth on its axis. The movement of the earth around... View Article
Potholes: Potholes are circular depressions formed because of stream erosion aided by the abrasion of rock fragments. Once a small and shallow... View Article
Fluvial erosional landforms are the landforms created by the movement and energy associated with rivers and streams. There are two types of... View Article
A peneplain (an almost plain) is a low-relief plain which is formed as a result of stream erosion. It is produced by fluvial erosion that would,... View Article
The process of erosion, the wearing away of earth, plays an important part in the formation of waterfalls. When a river or stream flows over hard... View Article
Oxbow lakes are usually formed in flat, low-lying plains close to where the river empties into another body of water. On these plains, rivers... View Article
Kanwar lake is the largest oxbow lake in India and in Asia. It is a freshwater lake located in the Begusarai district and is the only Ramsar site... View Article
The examples of Oxbow lakes are: Lake Chicot: It is the largest natural lake in the state of Arkansas and the largest oxbow lake in North... View Article
Oxbow lake is a small lake located in an abandoned meander loop of a river channel. They are U-shaped or curved bends in a river that are cut off... View Article
There are three ways in which convergence can occur. These are: Between an oceanic and continental plate. Between two oceanic plates. Between... View Article
There are a total of 9 subspecies of tigers. Of these 6 are still present in some or the other part of the world. However, three species are... View Article
Black Tigers are exclusively found in India’s Simplipal Tiger Reserve. It is said to be the only place in the world where this gene of the tiger... View Article
Black Tigers are just another variant or mutant of tigers, they are not a separate breed. These tigers have thick stripes of black colour on... View Article