Geography

Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) Zone of low atmospheric pressure and ascending air located at or near the equator. Rising air currents are due to…

Insolation: Incoming solar radiation in short waveform. It is the rate of delivery of direct solar radiation per unit of a horizontal surface; broadly: that…

Infiltration: A portion of the precipitation which reaches the earth surface seeps into the ground in the permeable strata. This process is known as infiltration.…

Katabatic Wind Any wind blowing down the slope of a mountain. They create where there are high ice sheets or snowy elevated plateaux rationally close…

Halocline: The distinct zone in the ocean below which the salinity increases sharply. It is a zone in which there are fast, vertical changes in…

Greenhouse Gases: Gases responsible for the greenhouse effect. These gases include carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), chlorofluorocarbons (CFC), and troposphere ozone (O3).…

Hail: It is a type of precipitation received in the form of ice pellets or hailstones. The size of hailstones can be between 5 and…

Geomagnetism: A property of magnetically susceptible minerals to get aligned to the earth’s magnetic field during the period of the rock formation. It refers to…

Geostrophic Wind Horizontal wind in the upper atmosphere that moves parallel to isobars. It results from a balance between pressure gradient force and Coriolis force.…

Epicentre: A place on the surface of the earth located at the shortest distance from the focus of the earthquake, the point at which the…