What is the general difference between a desert climate and a steppe climate?

Q: Where are transform plate boundaries most common? on the margins of continents in rift valleys ...

A: Introduction Plate Boundaries are of three types: Convergent Plate Boundaries Divergent Plate Bound...

Q: What is the difference between porosity and permeability?

A: Porosity: It is the ratio of voids or pore space in the soil or rock is known as porosity. Permeabi...

Q: 1. Natural Resources - How many and what types of natural resources are available?

A: RESOURCES: The term 'resource' in Economic Geography does not necessarily mean a valuable thing or a...

Q: Answer fast please

A: The wind is said to be the air in motion and is formed by uneven heating of the land and water found...

Q: Briefly describe how water moves through the hydrologic cycle.

A: The hydrological cycle is a cyclic movement of water throughout the earth's hydrosphere and is an es...

Q: What is meant by teleconnections?

A: The concept teleconnection is also used in atmospheric science to describe climate ties between geog...

Q: Describe and explain spring tides and neap tides.

A: Tides are long term tides that roll across the globe as the ocean 'pulls' the Sun and the Moon back ...

Q: What are the advantages of controlling environmental contamination by separately regulating the elem...

A: Over the period of the 20th century, greater awareness of environmental and human health effects ass...

Q: What is meant by the “hole” in the ozone layer, and what role have chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) played...

A: Hole in the ozone layer: A hole in the ozone layer is not a hole that is thinning the ozone layer at...

Q: How are midocean ridges and continental rift valleys related?

A: The mid-oceanic ridge is a seafloor formed by a mountain system of plate tectonics. Has a depth of 8...

Q: What is the difference between earthquake magnitude and earthquake shaking intensity?

A: Earthquake magnitude, power release, or shaking intensity are often related earthquake parameters th...

Q: What processes are involved in warming and cooling Earth’s surface and atmosphere?

A: PROCESSES OF HEATING AND COOLING OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE AND ATMOSPHERE: practically all of the energ...

Q: Is the noon Sun ever directly overhead in Madison, Wisconsin (43° N)? If not, on which day of the ye...

A: Wisconsin is one of the US state and Madison is the capital of this Wisconsin and the countyseat of ...

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: “How many oceans are there?” Why is this a difficult question to answer?

A: There are 5 oceans within the world which covers about 70% of the entire earth surface. These five o...

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: Discuss Wide scope of Geography around other domains

A: Geography has been one of the earth's ancient disciplines, its origins date from the early Greek sch...