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Geography XII Part-I

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  Geography XII Part-I By Dr. Soyhunlo Sebu   |   RIE Bhopal Join   Learners enrolled: 2 Geography is as an elective subject at the higher secondary stage. It is an academic discipline and  school subject with defined perspective, knowledge  and skills. Geographical knowledge is useful in daily  lives because it is a valuable medium for the  education of young people. Its contribution lies in the content, cognitive processes, skills and values that geography promotes. Thus, helping students explore, understand and evaluate the environmental and social dimensions of the world in a better manner. Since Geography explores the relationship between people  and their environment, it includes studies of physical  and human environments and their interactions at different scales-local, state/region, national and the  world. The factors responsible for the variation in  pattern of physical and human phenomena over the earth’s surface ne...

Geography XI Part-II

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  Geography XI Part-II By Prof. Tannu Malik   |   DESS, NIE, NCERT Join   Learners enrolled: 2 The Class XI Geography Text Book: India: Physical Environment makes a humble attempt to awaken the young minds about the rich and diverse aspects of India’s Physical Environment: Location and Space Relations, Geological Structure and Physiography, Drainage system, Climate, Natural Vegetation, Soils, Natural Hazards and Disasters. Unity in diversity is the essence of India. Diversity in terms of its geological structures: ranging from old peninsular block, and Aravalli Hills to young Deltas and alluvial plains, Relief and Physical features: ranging from the lofty Himalayas to low lying coastal plains and islands; Climate: ranging from the wettest Cherapunjee and Mawsynram in district West Khasi Hills in Meghalays to driest Thar Desert in Jaisalmer and Barmer districts, Rajasthan; Natural Vegetation: Ranging from Equatorial and Tropical Evergreen and tidal mangrove forests to...

Geography XII Part-II

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  Geography XII Part-II By Dr. Soyhunlo Sebu   |   RIE Bhopal Join   Learners enrolled: 2 Geography is introduced as an elective subject at the senior secondary level in the CBSE affiliated schools. Students mostly choose Geography for pursuing their academic interest and, therefore, need an in depth knowledge of the subject. Geography helps the students to explore, understand and analyse the environmental and social aspects of the world and the inter-relationship between physical and human environments and their impacts on the community. The Geography course of Class XII, Book 2,“ India and Economy” will familiarize the students with the key concepts, describe locations and help them correlate how a place is linked with other places at different levels -local, regional, national and global. This book, deals with India and its economic aspects, taking a clue from class XI’s book - Physical Geography of India- which actually has laid the platform for the difference in...