Geology

The Direction of the rotation of the earth around its axis is from west to east. It can be said that the Earth turns from left to right, meaning that, if you look at the Earth so that you can see America, Africa and Europe, then the world rotates so that America (on the left) moves towards Europe and... readmore

The Andes, Rockies, Himalayas and Alps are examples of fold mountain. Fold mountains are  formed due to the effects of folding on layers within the upper part of the Earth’s crust. Fold mountains are usually formed from sedimentary rocks and are usually found along the edges of continents. This... readmore

A narrow strip of land surrounded almost entirely by water and connecting two large bodies of land is called Isthmus. Isthmus View  Read More →

The Panama is the biggest Isthmus in the world and it is a small piece of land making a connection between North and South America. The Panama Isthmus streams between Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. The total area of this biggest isthmus is 75,517 km2. There are some amazing facts about the Panama Isthmus... readmore

A belt of calm and light variable winds near the Equator is called Doldrums. It is also known as low pressure zone, where winds disappear for number of days or weeks. This is a strange phenomenon that occurs near equator and this phenomenon is either calm & peaceful or stormy. The Doldrums affect... readmore

Latitudes are the lines which are drawn parallel to the equator. Curves of constant latitude on the Earth (running east-west) are referred to as lines of latitude. These lines are used to pin point the exact location of some place on the earth and to know about the time zone of these parts on the globe.  Read More →

Equator is the great circle on the Earth. Equator is an imaginary line on the Earth’s surface equidistant from the North Pole and South Pole that divides the Earth into a Northern Hemisphere and a Southern Hemisphere. Great Circle Earth Picture  Read More →

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun. The distance of Mercury from the sun is 0.387 astronomical units. Being the nearest planet to the sun, Mercury receives a lots of sun heat therefore its temperature is high. There are four terrestrial planets in the solar system and Mercury is one of them. Another... readmore

Jupiter is the heaviest planet of the solar system and the weight of Jupiteris 85 earth pounds. Earth weighs 6,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (6E+24) kilograms. It is also the largest planet with biggest diameter of 143,000 km. The mass of Jupiter is 1.8981 x 1027 kg, volume is 1.43128 x 1015 km3,... readmore

Venus is called morning star of the solar system. It is closest to the earth and it is often called earth’s twin because of its same size as earth. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun and it is also one of the hottest planet in the solar system.  Read More →