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❀Manchurian Plain❀ □ It is the area adjoining Amur River and its tributaries of the northern part of China with an area of 135,000 square miles approx. ▫️Ꭻᴏɪɴ Link☞ @UPSC_MAP

❀Great Plains of China❀ □ It is contributed by two major rivers of China, Hwang Ho and Yangtze River which covers an area of 158,000 square miles approx. ▫️Ꭻᴏɪɴ Link☞ @UPSC_MAP

❀Major river of North America❀ ▫️Ꭻᴏɪɴ Link☞ @UPSC_MAP

❀Islands in South China Sea❀ ▫️Ꭻᴏɪɴ Link☞ @UPSC_MAP

❀Manchurian Plain❀ □ It is the area adjoining Amur River and its tributaries of the northern part of China with an area of 135,000 square miles approx. ▫️Ꭻᴏɪɴ Link☞ @UPSC_MAP

❀ National Industrial Corridor❀ An industrial corridor is basically a corridor consisting of multi-modal transport services that would pass through the states as a main artery. □11 Industrial Corridors Projects are being taken up for development with 32 Projects to be developed in 04 phases up to 2024-25: □ Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC); □Chennai Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC); □ Amritsar Kolkata Industrial Corridor (AKIC); □East Coast Industrial Corridor (ECIC) with Vizag Chennai Industrial Corridor (VCIC) as Phase 1; □ Bengaluru Mumbai Industrial Corridor (BMIC); □ Extension of CBIC to Kochi via Coimbatore; □ Hyderabad Nagpur Industrial Corridor (HNIC); □Hyderabad Warangal Industrial Corridor (HWIC); □Hyderabad Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (HBIC); □ Odisha Economic Corridor (OEC); □Delhi Nagpur Industrial Corridor (DNIC). ▫️Ꭻᴏɪɴ☞@UPSC_MAP

❀THE GREAT AFRICAN LAKE❀ The African Great Lakes (Swahili: Maziwa Makuu) are a seriesof lakes constituting the part of the Rift Valley lakes in and around the East African Rift. They include Lake Victoria,the second-largest fresh water lake in the world by area, Lake Tanganyika, the world's second-largest freshwater lake by volume and depth, and Lake Malawi, the world's eighth-largest fresh water lake by area. ▫️Ꭻᴏɪɴ Link☞ @UPSC_MAP

#Water_treaty ▪️The Indus Water treaty Join 🔜 @UPSC_MAP

❀Why in news? ▪️The Assam government has decided in July 2020 to upgrade Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary into a national park. ❀Description: □ Post upgrasation this would be the sixth National park of Assam. □ The Wildlife Sanctuary is a part of Dehing Patkai Elephant Reserve, which is also spreads across the coal- and oil- rich districts of Upper Assam (Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and Sivasagar). □ It is also last patch of rainforest within the boundaries of Assam. It is also referred as amazon of the East. ▫️Ꭻᴏɪɴ☞@UPSC_MAP

#Not_a_landlocked_country Iraq Not a landlocked country Bordering countries : Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait Opens to : Persian Gulf Important cities : Baghdad, Mosul, Kirkuk Join 🔜 @UPSC_MAP

▪️Indus Waters Treaty ▪️The Indus system comprises of main Indus River, Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej. ▪️The basin is mainly shared by India and Pakistan with a small share for China and Afghanistan. ▪️Under the treaty signed between India and Pakistan in 1960, all the waters of three rivers, namely Ravi,Sutlej and Beas ( Eastern Rivers) were allocated to India for exclusive use. ▪️While, the waters of Western rivers - Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab were allocated to Pakistan except for specified domestic , non-consumptive and agricultural use permitted to India as provided in the Treaty. ▪️India has also been given the right to generate hydroelectricity through run of the river(RoR) projects on the Western Rivers which, subject to specific criteria for design and operation is unrestricted. Join 🔜 @UPSC_MAP

The Vindhyan Range □ Geography Vindhya Range, a broken range of hills forming the southern escarpment of the central upland of India. From Gujarat state on the west, it extends about 675 miles (1,086 km) across Madhya Pradesh state to abut on the Ganges (Ganga) River valley near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The mountains form the southern edge of the Malwa Plateau and then divide into two branches: the Kaimur Range, running north of the Son River into western Bihar state, and the southern branch, running between the upper reaches of the Son and Narmada rivers to meet the Satpura Range in the Maikala Range (or Amarkantak Plateau). □ Highest Peak The highest point of the Vindhyas is the Sad-bhawna Shikhar (“Goodwill Peak”), which lies 2,467 feet (752 m) above the sea level. Also known as the Kalumar peak or Kalumbe peak, it lies near Singrampur in the Damoh district, in the area known as Bhanrer or Panna hills. ▫️Ꭻᴏɪɴ☞ @UPSC_MAP

❀Sargasso Sea❀ □ The Sargasso Sea is a vast patch of ocean named for a genus of free-floating seaweed called Sargassum. □While there are many different types of algae found fl oating in the ocean all around world, the Sargasso Sea is unique in that it harbors species of sargassum that are ‘holopelagi’ - this means that the algae not only freely fl oats around the ocean, but it reproduces vegetatively on the high seas. Other seaweeds reproduce and begin life on the fl oor of the ocean. □ The Sargasso Sea is a spawning site for threatened and endangered eels, as well as white marlin, porbeagle shark, and dolphinfi sh. Humpback whales annually migrate through the Sargasso Sea. Commercial fish, such as tuna, and birds also migrate through the Sargasso Sea and depend on it for food. □ While all other seas in the world are defi ned at least in part by land boundaries, the Sargasso Sea is defi ned only by ocean currents. It lies within the Northern Atlantic Subtropical Gyre. @UPSC_MAP

#map Critically Endangered Birds ▪️ Aythya baeri ▪️ Forest Owlet ▪️ Great Indian Bustard ▪️ Bengal Florican ▪️ Siberian Crane ▪️ Spoon-billed Sandpiper ▪️ Sociable Lapwing ▪️ Jerdon’s Courser ▪️ White-backed Vulture ▪️ Red-headed Vulture ▪️ White-bellied Heron ▪️ Slender-billed Vulture ▪️ Indian Vulture ▪️ Pink-headed Duck ▪️ Himalayan Quail Join 🔜 @UPSC_MAP

✅ Eastern Ghats Image credit : Edubaba ▪️ Eastern Ghats are Discontinuos range of Mountains on eastern coast of India. ▪️ Running from Northern Odisha, through Andhra Pradesh to Tamilnadu and some parts of Karnataka. ▪️ Eastern Ghats are Eroded and Cut through by four major rivers of peninsula i.e Godavari, mahanadi, krishna and Kaveri ▪️ The coastal plains of Eastern Ghats are more wider than that of Western Ghats. ▪️ Both Western and Eastern Ghats meets in the Nilgiri Hills range which is situated at the boundary of three states i.e Karnataka, Kerala and Tamilnadu. ============================ Ꭻᴏɪɴ ➠ @UPSC_MAP ============================

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❀Godavari & Its Tributaries❀ □ The river Godavari, the largest of the peninsular rivers, and third largest in India, drains about 10% of India’s total geographical area. □ The catchment area of the river is 3,12,812 sq km and is spread in the states of Maharashtra (48.6%), Andhra Pradesh (23.4%), Madhya Pradesh (10.0%), Chhattisgarh (10.9%), Orissa (5.7%) and Karnataka (1.4%). □ The river Godavari rises at an elevation of 1,067 m in the Western Ghats near Thriambak Hills in the Nasik district of Maharashtra. □ The largest tributary of the Godavari is the Pranhita with about 34.87% coverage of drainage area. The Pravara, Manjira and Maner are right bank tributaries covering about 16.14%, the Purna, Pranhita, Indravathi and Sabari are important left bank tributaries, covering nearly 59.7% of the total catchment area of the basin. ▫️Ꭻᴏɪɴ☞ @UPSC_MAP