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Khorasan ● Khorāsān, sometimes called Greater Khorasan, is a historical region which formed the northeast province of Greater Iran. ● The name Khorāsān is Persian and means "where the sun arrives from" or "the Eastern Province" historical region and realm comprising a vast territory now lying in northeastern Iran, southern Turkmenistan, and northern Afghanistan. ●The historical region extended, along the north, from the Amu Darya (Oxus River) westward to the Caspian Sea and, along the south, from the fringes of the central Iranian deserts eastward to the mountains of central Afghanistan. Follow @UPSC_MAP

Kavir Desert ● In Persian, Dasht-e Kavīr, also spelled Dasht-i Kavīr, great salt desert of north-central Iran. ● Located in a basin southeast of the Elburz Mountains, it is approximately 240 miles (390 km) wide. ● The desert is distinguished by its salt crust, caused by the almost rainless climate and intense surface evaporation, lying over treacherous quicksand like salt marshes that are almost uninhabited. Follow @UPSC_MAP

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#Glacier_series Pensilungpa Glacier The Pensilungpa Glacier is located in Zanskar, Ladakh. It is retreating due to an increase in the temperature and decrease in precipitation during winters. The Zanskar Range is a mountain range in the union territory of Ladakh that separates Zanskar from Ladakh. Geologically, the Zanskar Range is part of the Tethys Himalaya. Marbal Pass and many other passes which connect Ladakh with Kashmir are in this area. 13000 feet high Zojila Pass is in the extreme northwest of Zanskar range. Source PIB Follow @UPSC_MAP

Great Barrier Reef: It is the world’s most extensive and spectacular coral reef ecosystem composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands. The reef is located in the Coral Sea (North-East Coast), off the coast of Queensland, Australia. It can be seen from outer space and is the world’s biggest single structure made by living organisms. This reef structure is composed of and built by billions of tiny organisms, known as coral polyps. They are made up of genetically identical organisms called polyps, which are tiny, soft-bodied organisms. At their base is a hard, protective limestone skeleton called a calicle, which forms the structure of coral reefs. These polyps have microscopic algae called zooxanthellae living within their tissues. The corals and algae have a mutualistic (symbiotic) relationship. It was selected as a World Heritage Site in 1981 ⚜ Follow @UPSC_MAP

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INDIA & WORLD MAP GEOGRAPHY UPSC: #River_Series #Gomati_River ▪️Gomati River ▪️ Gomti, Gumti or Gomati River is a tributary of the Ganga. ▪️The Gomti originates from Gomat Taal which formally known as Fulhaar jheel, near Madho Tanda, Pilibhit, India. ▪️ It extends 900 km through Uttar Pradesh and meets the Ganga River near Saidpur, Kaithi in Ghazipur. ▪️ Length: 900 km ▪️Lucknow is on Gomati. ▪️According to Hindu mythology, the river is the daughter of the Hindu sage Vashist; bathing in the Gomti on Ekadashi (the eleventh day of the two lunar phases of the Hindu calendar month) can wash away sins. ▪️ According to Bhagavata Purana one of Hinduism's major religious works, the Gomti is one of India's transcendental rivers. ▪️The rare Gomti Chakra is found there. Follow @UPSC_MAP

#Lakes_and_dams GandhiSagar Dam ▪️ The Gandhi Sagar Dam is one of the four major dams built on India's Chambal River. ▪️ The dam is located in the Mandsaur, Neemuch districts of the state of Madhya Pradesh. ▪️ It is a masonry gravity dam, standing (204.0 ft) high, with a gross storage capacity of 7.322 billion cubic metres ▪️The dam's foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister of India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on 7 March 1954 ▪️ The reservoir created by the dam is the third largest in India (after the Indirasagar Reservoir and Hirakud Reservoir), with a total area of 723 km2 (279 sq mi). Follow @UPSC_MAP

#National_Park Ranthambore National Park ▪️ Located at Sawai Madhopur Rajasthan ▪️ Ranthambore National Park is bounded to the north by the Banas River and to the south by the Chambal River. ▪️ It is named after the historic Ranthambore fortress, which lies within the park. ▪️ Famous for Bengal Tigers ▪️ Ranthambore National Park was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1957 and in 1974 it gained the protection of "Project Tiger". ▪️ It got the status of a National Park in 1981. Three big lakes – Padam Talab (meaning Lake), Malik Talab and Raj Bagh – are similar turquoises studded in the vast forest that abounds with aquatic vegetation including duckweeds, lilies and lotus. ============================ Follow @UPSC_MAP ============================

#Hills_Mountains_peaks Satpura Range ▪️The range rises in eastern Gujarat state running east through the border of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh to the east till Chhattisgarh ▪️Highest peak: Dhupgarh (4,430 ft) Madhya pradesh ▪️Rivers: Narmada, Tapti and Mahanadi ▪️It is a Horst mountain flanked by Narmada Graben and Tapi Graben 🔸 Follow @UPSC_MAP

#National_Park Kanha National Park is a national park and a Tiger Reserve.  ▪️ Location: It is located in the Mandla and Balaghat districts of Madhya Pradesh. ▪️ It is the largest national park in Madhya Pradesh. ▪️ In the 1930s, Kanha area was divided into two sanctuaries, Hallon and Banjar, of 250 and 300 km². ▪️ Kanha National Park was created on 1 June 1955.  ▪️ Together with a surrounding buffer zone of 1,067 km² and the neighbouring 110 km² Phen Sanctuary it forms the Kanha Tiger Reserve.  ▪️ Fauna: The park has a significant population of Royal Bengal Tiger, leopards, the sloth bear, Barasingha and Indian wild dog.  ▪️ The Park is respected globally for saving the Barasingha from near extinction.  ▪️ It is also the first tiger reserve in India to officially introduce a mascot, "Bhoorsingh the Barasingha".  ▪️ Flora: The lowland forest is a mixture of sal (Shorea robusta) and other mixed forest trees, interspersed with meadows. ============================ Follow @UPSC_MAP

DIHING PATKAI NATIONAL PARK ▪️It was recently notified as 7th national park Assam’s national Park. ▪️Located in the Dehing patkai landscape. ▪️Dehing river that flows through this forest & Patkai is the hill at the foot of which the sanctuary lies. ▪️Also known as the Jeypore Rainforest. ▪️The oldest refinery of Asia in Digboi & ‘open cast’ coal mining at Lido are located near the sanctuary. ▪️Indigenous Assamese communities: TaiPhake, Khamyang, Chutia, Ahom, & Burmese. Follow @UPSC_MAP

India - National river linking projects