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Europe The European continent is located north of the Mediterranean sea with the Atlantic ocean on it’s west. The eastern borders of Europe are formed by the Ural mountains and the Norwegian and Barents sea are in the north. Also in the north is a large peninsula shaped like a hook. It comprises of Sweden and Norway and located further south is Denmark. The three countries of Sweden, Norway and Denmark...
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Africa The continent of Africa is the world’s second largest continent and has about 52 nations in it. It has the Atlantic Ocean to its west, the Mediterranean Sea to its north, the Red Sea to its North east and the Indian ocean all along the Eastern coast. The northern part of this continent is covered by the world’s largest desert the Sahara, and West Central Africa is covered with thick...
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North America The North American continent comprises of Canada, United States of America, Mexico etc. It has the Atlantic ocean on its East, the Pacific ocean on it’s west, the Arctic ocean in its north and the continent of South America in the south. All along the western coast of North America lie the Rocky Mountains, this chain of mountains is the second largest in the world. The northern half of...
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Antarctica and the Arctic Circle On the South pole lies a large mass of land, as big as the United States of America covered with snow and ice. This continent is called Antarctica and it covers an area of more than 13.5 million sq. km. The highest land mass in this continent is called Vinson Massif and it rises over 16.000 feet above sea level. The ice cover is more than...
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Australia Australia is located on the Tropic of Capricorn and between the longitudes 110◦ and 155◦ east of Greenwich. It is both a country and a continent covering a total area of over 7.6 million sq. km. On its north and east is the Pacific Ocean, to its west is the Indian Ocean and further down south lies Antartica. Most of the north and the north eastern coast of Australia is...
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Vegetation Belts of the World Along the Equator the Sun’s rays fall straight for most of the year which results in a quicker warming of both, the Earth’s surface and the air. As the warm air rises, it is replaced by cooler air. As a result of this cycle there is condensation of water .resulting in heavy rainfall throughout the year. Since the temperature, rainfall and humidity are all high in...
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Forests Life would not be possible on the Earth without plants and as such forests make up one of the most important natural resources we have. They not only provide home and food to all kinds of animals, insects and birds but also provide us with wood which is used for a variety of purposes like making of furniture, paper, houses etc. Forests cover almost one third of the land surface...
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Crop Rotation Different types of plants take in different types of minerals from the soil while growing. This makes it necessary to re-vitalise the soil regularly. In the earlier days farmers divided their fields into three parts, they did not grow any crops in one of the three parts in rotation. The objective of this was to allow one of the patches of land to re-vitalise itself during that...
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