what is an equinox?
Equinox is the time when the sun is overhead at midday along the equator on 23rd September and 21st March
FORM ONE GEOGRAPHY NOTES
HERE YOU WILL GAIN KNOWLEDGE ON GEOGRAPHY FOR FORM ONE STUDENTS AND THE FOLLOWING WILL BE COVERED
CONCEPT OF GEOGRAPHY
MAJOR FEATURES OF THE EARTH’S SURFACE
WEATHER
CLIMATE
MAP WORK
What is desert?
The desert is a barren land where rainfall is so scanty and sporadic that it can not support vegetation adequately
10 Relief features of the ocean floor
Ocean bottoms are not plain as believed earlier; they reveal many complex and varied features which rival the relief features on land. The oceans are confined to the great depressions of the earth’s outer layer. The oceans, unlike the continents, merge so naturally into one another that it is hard to demarcate them. The geographers …
A detailed explanation of the five oceans of the world
The surface of the planet is approximately 71% water and contains (5) five oceans, including the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific and Southern. For many years only (4) four oceans were officially recognized, and then in the spring of 2000, the International Hydrographic Organization established the Southern Ocean and determined its limits. Those limits include all …
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4 types of groundwater
Ground or subterranean water is water that is found below the earth’s surface. Groundwater is simply water under the ground where the soil is completely filled or saturated with water. This water is also called an “aquifer.” The following are four types of ground water: Connate water. It may also referred as fossil water. This …
6 effects of climate on human activities
Climate has influenced land use and human activities in several parts of East Africa. The different climatic conditions such as equatorial climate, modified equatorial climate, tropical, montane, semi desert and desert climates have had profound effect on human activities, or land use in areas where they are experienced. This is because the rainfall and temperatures …
The core 4 types of cloud forms
While clouds appear in infinite shapes and sizes they fall into some basic forms. From his Essay of the Modifications of Clouds (1803) Luke Howard divided clouds into three basic categories; cirrus, cumulus and stratus. Cirro-form The Latin word ‘cirro’ means curl of hair. Composed of ice crystals, cirro-form clouds are whitish and hair-like. There …