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Daily Dose : Geography Random Question International Advanced Research Center for Power Metallurgy and New Material(ARCI)  is located at Hyderabad. Rana Pratap Sagar located at Rajasthan . ( remember from history Rana Pratap is the Maharaj of Mewar, which is in Rajasthan) Shimsa  Hydroelectric station is located in Karnataka . Shimsa river is a tributary of Kaveri river.  The Ban Sagar Project is on the river Sone .  The  Bansagar Dam  in Madhya Pradesh was commissioned in 2008. The First Hydel Power Plant   Sidrapong,Darjeeling. Manikarn, geo-thermal energy based power plant located at Himachal Pradesh. Sivasamudram dam is not built for irrigation purpose. Diamond mines of India are located in Maharashtra.  the  Majhgawan  mine, near the town of  Panna, Madhya Pradesh . 

The Godavari river path and cities surrounding  - Godavari is also known as Ganges of South. Total length is 1465 KM. Originates from  Brahmagiri mountain and falls in Bay of Bengal.  Penganga, the Indravati, the Pranhita, and the Manjra are its principal tributaries. Ganges River Map :   Length  2,525 km. Uttar Pradesh has the highest share of  1450km , West Bengal has only 520km. The smallest division of geological time is stage. Units in geochronology and stratigraphy Segments of rock ( strata ) in chronostratigraphy Time spans in geochronology Notes to geochronological units Eonothem Eon 4 total, half a billion years or more Erathem Era 10 defined, several hundred million years System Period 22 defined, tens to ~one hundred million years Series Epoch 34 defined, tens of millions of years Stage Age 99 defined, millions of years Chronozone Chron subdivision of an age, n...

Map Depicting Indian Rivers : Indus flows through only Jammu & Kashmir. 1114km of total   3,180 km  is in India.The traditional source of the river is the  Senge Khabab  or "Lion's Mouth", a perennial spring, not far from the sacred  Mount Kailash  marked by a long low line of Tibetan  chortens . Jhelum, Ravi, Beas(Bipasha), Sutlej(satadru) and Chenab(Chandrabhaga) are the tributaries of the river Indus. India/Sindh/Hind name has its origin with this river. Indus water treaty (1960) dictates India to have 20% of Indus river water. Uranium source most important is located at Jaduguda. Krishna Ganga is a tributary to Jhelum. Gulf of Mannar situated along the cost of Tamilnadu. Karakoram range is in the Trans Himalayas. Chipko Movement launched by Sunder Lal Bahuguna. A submarine mountain or apeak rising more than 1000m above the ocean floor is known as Seamounts Origin of earthquake is called Focus. The area exactly above t...

Geography Daily Dose WBCS Syllabus and Study Materials for Geography Today's Learning: Durand Line : Pakistan and Afghanistan The Durand line (2430 km) was established in 1896 between Sir Mortimer Durand, a British diplomat posted at British India, and Abdur Rahman Khan,a Afghan Amir. For more click here . McMohan Line : India and China This line is proposed by Sir Henry MacMohan in Simla Accord but considered invalid by both the Chinese and Tibetian Government. Though it is officialy accepted by India in 1935. Tibetian Govt. agreed that Arunachal Pradesh is a part of India but Chinese Govt. is not in accord with the proposal. Radcliffe Line : India and Pakistan Published on 17 Aug,1947, dividing 175000 square miles of territory with 88 million people. Radcliffe Line India West to East Length : 2933 km India North to South Length : 3214 km , The 7th Largest Country in the World with World's second largest population. IST line goes through Mi...