Discuss the characteristic weather associated with the ITCZ and the characteristic weather associated with subtropical highs.

Q: What characteristics on maps are shown by isotherms, isobars, and elevation contour lines?

A: The term iso means equal and therms means temperature. Hence isotherms are imaginary lines that are ...

Q: Differentiate between trade winds and antitrade winds.

A: Introduction Trade winds and Anti-Trade winds are the categories of planetary winds that covers a hu...

Q: What is meant by the term precipitation variability?

A: PRECIPITATION: Microscopic droplets join together and grow in size when they become heavy and clouds...

Q: Features  formed by wind  erosion in detail.

A: Wind erosion is a form of geomorphic agent that shapes the landforms and makes them look distinct fr...

Q: The tilt of Earth's axis is:       slowly decreasing.     slowly increasing.   ...

A: Earth is tilted at about 23.4 degrees, and this is responsible for the seasonality on the planet. Th...

Q: In Earth's climate system, the term longwave radiation refers to:     the incoming solar radia...

A: The sun emits insolation in the form of incoming short electromagnetic radiation during the daytime....

Q: What breed of cattle is most profitable?

A: In the world, there are over 250 breeds of beef cattle and 60 percent of them are located in the Uni...

Q: A hot, dry day in the arizona desert 115°f to celsius degrees ?

A: Introduction To convert Fahrenheit into Celsius, we need to use the following formula: (32°F − 32) ×...

Q: OPEC is an intergovernmental organization consisting of 15 member countries, mainly in the Middle Ea...

A: Introduction OPEC OPEC or Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is a permanent, intergov...

Q: About how much would global sea-level rise if the ice stored in the Antarctic and Greenland ice shee...

A: The Antarctica and Greenland ice sheets found in the north and the south polar region consists of th...

Q: how does the examination of human-environment relationships in ecosystems serve to illustrate the ro...

A: One of the core contributions of the geographical discipline is the study of the relationships among...

Q: if the canopy is removed from a Southeast Asian tropical rainforest site. (SEA has very different pr...

A: The canopy is a characteristic feature of tropical rainforest, which increases the ecological divers...

Q: North Pacific and North American Plate Boundaries a. Continental- continental divergent b. Continent...

A: The pacific plate is the largest oceanic plate and the American Plate form a continental plate bound...

Q: The number of currently described species on the planet is about ________. a. 17,000 b. 150,000 c. 1...

A: Biodiversity is a measure of the diversity of life on the planet of earth. It is understood as the t...

Q: Briefly explain how the Global Positioning System (GPS) works.

A: GLOBL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS): Global positioning system (GPS) is a system of global navigation wit...

Q: Q2. The graphs below show water levels over the course of a lunar mohth. exposed to the most air if ...

A: During the seasonal period of the seas, the sea level increases or the floods rise before it hits it...

Q: Which process is a type of biophysical weathering? frost wedging oxidation salt wedging root...

A: BIOPHYSICAL WEATHERING: Biophysical weathering or Biological weathering caused by biological element...

Q: Why is it important to have a “Hemispheric Perspective” of US-Latin American relations (both histori...

A: Advancements in the Latin America and also the Caribbean (LAC) had a tremendous influence on the eve...

Q: 4. Regions that receive less than 25 centimeters of rain annually are called a. tundras. b. savannas...

A: Deserts are very low precipitation zones. Sometimes people use "hot," "dry," "empty" adjectives to c...

Q: In what ways is altitude more important in determining a highland climate than latitude?

A: The climate of any highland area is normally directly linked to that of their adjoining lowland espe...

Q: 1.2.Outline and discuss 10 factors influencing the distribution of the population in South Africa

A: South Africa has a population of about 60 million, people that have diverse cultures, communities, a...

Q: The Mississippi River in the U.S has about 56% of the drainage area of The Amazon River Basin in Sou...

A: STREAM DISCHARGE: Stream discharge or discharge is the volume of water moving down a stream or a riv...

Q: In what ways are the subtropical desert and the arctic tundra similar?

A: SUBTROPICAL DESERT: A subtropical desert is characterized by low precipitation, high temperature, an...

Q: ) What is El Niño? Define ii) How did this special current get its name? Explain. iii)  Why does the...

A: i) EL-NINO: El Nino is a warm ocean current. It periodically flows southwards along the coast of Ecu...