Showing posts with label GEOGRAPHY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GEOGRAPHY. Show all posts

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Geography Snippets

The Indian island closest to the equator is
The Great Nicobar
India is separated from Sri Lanka by
The Gulf of Mannar; The Palk Strait
The smallest state in area is
Goa
The border country sharing the longest boundary with India is
China
The longitude recognised as the basis for standard meridian in our country
82½° East
Difference between Greenwich Mean Time and Indian Standard Time is
5½ hours
The boundary line between India and China is called as
Mac Mohan line
The biggest state in area is
Rajasthan
The state that has longest coast
Gujarat
Andhra Pradesh has the coastal line of
972 kms
The number of coastal states in India is
9
Greater Himalayas are also known as
Himadri Ranges
K2 mountain peak is in
Karakoram Range
The highest mountain peak of the Himalayas in India is
K2
The highest peak in peninsular India is
Anaimudi
The highest peak in the World is
Mount Everest
Great Indian Desert is
Thar
The Ganga river in Bangladesh is called as
Padma
India receives bulk of its rainfall from
South West Monsoon
The monsoon burst first takes place in coastal areas in
Kerala
The highest rainfall recorded place, Mawsynram is in
Meghalaya
The lowest average rainfall recorded in
Jaisalmer
Monsoon means
Blowing of winds and reverse seasonally
Drought is
A condition when the rainfall is less than 75% of the normal
The state is having the largest area under forest is
Madhya Pradesh
The soil which is most clayey and moisture retentive is
Black
Laterite soils are characterized by leaching away of
Silica
Highest account of the total soil cover in the country is
Red soils
The highest intensity of irrigation is found in
Punjab
Hydro-Electricity is known as
White Coal
The winter crop season is known as
Rabi
During south west monsoon the crop season is known as
Kharif
Jute cultivation is predominant in
West Bengal
Black soils are favorable for the cultivation of
cotton
Natural rubber cultivation is predominant in
Kerala
The maximum energy producing mineral in India is
Coal
To manufacture the pencils we use
Graphite
Silk industry is predominating in
Karnataka
Rourkela steel plant was set up with the assistance of
Germany
Limestone is the chief raw material for
Cement
The biggest oil refinery in India is located at
Mathura
The largest industry in our country
Textile industry
The important navigable canal in southern India is
Buckingham Canal
River based port in India is
Kolkata
The single largest item of import
Petroleum

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

State wise Ground Water Resources Availability

(AS ASSESED IN THE YEAR 2011)
States / Union Territories
Annual Replenishable Ground Water Resource
(In Billion Cubic Meter)
1
Andhra Pradesh (undivided)
35.89
2
Arunachal Pradesh
4.51
3
Assam
28.52
4
Bihar
29.34
5
Chhattisgarh
12.42
6
Delhi
0.31
7
Goa
0.24
8
Gujarat
18.57
9
Haryana
10.78
10
Himachal Pradesh
0.56
11
Jammu & Kashmir
4.25
12
Jharkhand
6.31
13
Karnataka
17.03
14
Kerala
6.69
15
Madhya Pradesh
35.04
16
Maharashtra
33.95
17
Manipur
0.44
18
Meghalaya
1.78
19
Mizoram
0.03
20
Nagaland
0.62
21
Odisha
17.78
22
Punjab
22.53
23
Rajasthan
11.94
24
Sikkim
-
25
Tamil Nadu
21.53
26
Tripura
2.59
27
Uttar Pradesh
77.19
28
Uttarakhand
2.04
29
West Bengal
29.25
30
Andaman & Nicobar
0.31
31
Chandigarh
0.02
32
Dadar & Nagar Haveli
0.06
33
Daman & Diu
0.02
34
Lakshadweep
0.01
35
Puducherry
0.19
Grand Total
           432.72

Annex-II

(Annexure referred to in reply to Parts (a) & (b) of Unstarred Question No 3533 to be answered on 11.8.2014 in the Rajya Sabha regarding Availability of Water Resources)

WATER RESOURCES POTENTIAL OF RIVER BASINS OF INDIA

S.
No.
River Basin
Average Water Resources Potential
(In Billion Cubic Meter)
Utilisable surface water resources
(In Billion Cubic Meter)
1
Indus
73.3
46.0
2
Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna



(a) Ganga
525.0
250.0

(b) Brahmaputra
537.2
24.0

(c) Barak & others
48.4
 -
3
Godavari
110.5
76.3
4
Krishna
78.1
58.0
5
Cauvery
21.4
19.0
6
Subernarekha
12.4
6.8
7
Brahmani-Baitarni
28.5
18.3
8
Mahanadi
66.9
50.0
9
Pennar
6.3
6.9
10
Mahi
11.0
3.1
11
Sabarmati
3.8
1.9
12
Narmada
45.6
34.5
13
Tapi
14.9
14.5
14
West Flowing Rivers from Tapi to Tadri
87.4
11.9
15
West Flowing Rivers from Tadri to Kanyakumari
113.5
24.3
16
East Flowing Rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar
22.5
13.1
17
East Flowing Rivers between Pennar & Kanyakumari
16.5
16.5
18
West Flowing Rivers of Kutch and Saurashtra including Luni
15.1
15.0
19
Area of Inland Drainage in Rajasthan
Negligible
--
20
Minor Rivers draining into Myanmar (Burma) and Bangladesh
31.0
--

Total
1,869.4
690