How does a plateau differ from a mesa?

Q: Briefly describe the location and general characteristics of the high­latitude components of the gen...

A: The atmospheric circulation are large-scale movements of air and water masses. It is distributed by ...

Q: What generally happens to the elevation of the treeline going from the equator toward the poles? Why...

A: Treeline is the extent or the point to which the habitat of trees is capable of growing. It is found...

Q: What is a great circle? A small circle? Provide examples of both.

A: GREAT CIRCLE: A Great circle is a section of sphere and the plane of the section passes through the ...

Q: Why is chemical weathering more effective in humid climates than in arid climates?

A: Introduction Chemical weathering is a process of conversion of minerals in a rock into clays by oxid...

Q: Define sedimentary rocks. Name and explain any three types of sedimentary rocks?

A: Introduction There are three distinct types of rocks found in nature, viz. Igneous rocks, Sedimentar...

Q: Explain why the trade winds and the antitrade winds blow in opposite directions?

A: The trade words or easterlies are east to west moving winds. These winds blow from the equatorial re...

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A: The backbone of Earth's life is carbon. We are built with biomass, we consume carbon, and our civili...

Q: What is an example of a megalopolis?

A: The term megalopolis is called mega-region or super-city and defined in terms of two or more roughly...

Q: Why does the ITCZ generally shift north of the equator in the Northern Hemisphere summer, and south ...

A: INTER TROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE (ITCZ): Intertropical convergence zone is the region where air comes...

Q: Describe and explain the pattern of wind flow in the Northern Hemisphere around: • a surface high • ...

A: Winds Around Anticyclones pass around the middle of the northeasterly area Winds run in the clockwis...

Q: Distinguish between GPS and GIS (geographic information systems).

A: A GIS is a geographic positioning system and a GPS is a global positioning system a GIS is used to r...

Q: Why are physical geographers interested in globalization of the economy?

A: GLOBALIZATION: Although globalization is a term usually restricted to economics and the social scien...

Q: Why is the urban realms model important?

A: URBAN REALMS MODEL: James Vance Model proposed the urban realms model to enhance the previous multip...

Q: Why can’t descending air form clouds?

A: Descending or Downward motion warms up the air and then the hot air vaporizes water. The water vapor...

Q: Explain the role of adiabatic temperature changes, as well as changes in both the relative humidity ...

A: Rainfall in a particular place rely on temperature and turbulence of that place. Rain is one among t...

Q: Assume that the dunes in a field of barchan sand dunes are moving at an average long-term rate of 30...

A: SAND DUNES: A hill of sand near an ocean or mainly in a desert formed by an aeolian process is known...

Q: Describe and explain one example of biological weathering.

A: WEATHERING: The term "weathering" comes from the word 'weather'. Weathering means the disintegration...

Q: say whether the following statement about latitudes is true or false.    latitudes are invisible ho...

A: Latitude is an invisible continuous line that extends from East to West across the planet. It starts...

Q: Although the terms ocean and sea are sometimes used interchangeably, what is the technical differenc...

A: The Sea and the Ocean constitute major water bodies on Earth. Both are saline in nature and part of ...

Q: A country with several ethnic groups is a      nation-state     stateless nation    ...

A: ETHNIC GROUPS: Ethnic Groups are those community or population which are made up of people of same g...