GEOGRAPHY

There are a number of international organizations in Africa formed with the aim of promoting peace, social integration, economic cooperation and development of member nation states. These include the African ...

Distribution Some parts of the world experience seasonal winds like land and sea breeze but on a much larger scale. These are the tropical monsoon lands with on-shore wet monsoons ...

Distribution The equatorial, hot, wet climate is found between 5° and 10° north and south of the equator. Its greatest extent is found in the lowlands of the Amazon, the ...

Distribution The polar type of climate and vegetation is found mainly north of the Arctic Circle in the northern hemisphere. The ice caps are confined to Greenland and to the ...

Insolation The only source of energy for the earth's atmosphere is the sun which has a surface temperature of more than 5982°C (10 800°F). The energy travels through space for ...

Landforms of glaciated lowlands are mainly depositional in nature, brought about by both valley glacier and continental ice sheets. The former leave behind the eroded material in only restricted areas ...

Glaciation generally gives rise to erosional features in the highlands and depositional features on the lowlands, though these processes are not not mutually mu exclusive because a glacier plays a ...

During the earth's history, there have been many changes in the pattern of climatic regions. The most recent change came about as a result of a fall in temperature over ...

1) Temperatures: Coastlands with warm currents offshore tend to have mild climates for their latitudes. Coastlands with cold currents off-shore are cooler than they would otherwise be. The effect of ...

The Circulation of the Pacific Ocean The pattern of circulation in the Pacific is similar to that of the Atlantic except in modifications which can be expected from the greater ...