Category Archives: Physical geography

Bay: A Large body of Water

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Rashid Faridi

A bay is a large body of water connected to an ocean or sea formed by an inlet of land due to the surrounding land blocking some waves and often reducing winds. Bays also exist in in-land environments as an … Continue reading →

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‘Brown Ocean’ Can Fuel Inland Tropical Cyclones:Study

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

In the summer of 2007, Tropical Storm Erin stumped meteorologists. Most tropical cyclones dissipate after making landfall, weakened by everything from friction and wind shear to loss of the ocean as a source of heat energy. Not Erin. The storm … Continue reading →

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Monadnock or Inselberg:An Isolated Hill

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

Monadnock  or inselberg is an isolated rock hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain. In southern and southern-central Africa, a similar formation of granite is known as a kopje, … Continue reading →

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Geological Time Scale

Posted on April 26, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

Historical records only go back a few thousand years, and are inadequate to treat most geological processes. To understand the timing of geological processes we need to look at the geological rock record. This includes erosion, mountain building and other … Continue reading →

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