Morocco: North African Country

 

Volcano Eruption

Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, erupted after 38 years on Sunday (November 27), spewing ash and debris, and covering the night sky of Hawaii’s Big Island in an incandescent red hue.

Famous volcanoes in the world

1. Krakatoa, Indonesia
2. Mount Vesuvius, Italy
3. Mount Fuji, Japan
4. Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland
5. Kīlauea, Hawaii
6. Mount St Helens, USA

Gabon: African country

Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)

Afghanistan

PYQs

Consider the following countries: 

1. Azerbaijan 

2. Kyrgyzstan 

3. Tajikistan 

4. Turkmenistan 

5. Uzbekistan 

Which of the above have borders with Afghanistan? [2022]

(a) 1, 2 and 5 only 

(b) 1, 2, 3 and 4 only 

(c) 3, 4 and 5 only 

(d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

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Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant: Ukraine

• Southern Ukraine
• Beside the Kakhovka reservoir on the Dnipro river
• Largest nuclear plant in Europe
• 10th Biggest in the world

**Under control of Russia

Italy

• Lake Garda: country’s largest lake
• lake shrinks

**Also in News

• Po River

Taiwan

 Taiwan

Marburg virus disease

• similar to Ebola fever
• Outbreak in Ghana
• Fruit bats
• spread through direct contact with blood

**1st 1967, Marburg (Germany)- Lab

Source: The Indian Express

Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh

• Madhya Pradesh
• Cheetah from South Africa and Namibia

Population Viability Analysis

• the cheetahs will have a long-term future only in population size of 50 or more.

Status of Cheetah (Acinonyx Jubatus)

• IUCN - Vulnerable
• CITES - Appendix I

Reference

• Kuno National Park

Nord Stream 1 Pipeline

• Russia to Germany
• Under the Baltic Sea

Location-Based Question

• Baltic Countries
• Map
• Keyword Type Qs
• Refer

Singalila National Park

• Singalila Ridge,  in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal.

Red Panda

• IUCN Red List: endangered species 
• Red pandas are shy, solitary, and arboreal animals and are considered an indicator species for ecological change.

Banni grasslands

• The target of restoring 26 million hectares of degraded land by 2030.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his keynote speech at the United Nations High-Level Dialogue on Desertification, Land Degradation, and Drought.
• Banni grassland was declared a Protected Forest in 1955, under the Indian Forest Act, 1927.
• Home to the Indian wolf, jackal, Indian fox, desert fox, desert cat, caracal, hyena, chinkara, Nilgai, wild boar, Indian hare, and common monitor lizard.
• Prosopis Juliflora

Source: The Indian Express

Bhagyalakshmi Temple

• Dedicated to Goddess Lakshmi.
• Hyderabad.

Snake Island

 

Yamuna River

The catchment of the Yamuna the river system covers parts of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh & Delhi states.

• The famous river has its source in the Yamunotri Glacier 
• The important tributaries of the Yamuna River are Tons, Chambal, Hindon, Betwa and Ken. Other small tributaries of the Yamuna River include the Giri, Sind, Uttangan, Sengar and the Rind. The main Yamuna and Tons are fed by glaciers, viz., the Bandar Punch Glacier and its branches and originates from the Great Himalayan range.

Geography and Wildlife

•  Asian Elephant
• Khair (Acacia), Sal, and Rosewood (Sissoo) trees and the Chir Pine woodlands of the Shivalik Mountains.
• Assan Barrage: Bird Sanctuary
• Ganges-Yamuna Doab: Basmati Rice

Source:

1. Central Water Commission
2. India-WRIS
3. Maps of India

Glischropus meghalayanus: Bats Species: bamboo ­dwelling bat

•  Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary, Meghalaya
•  Eudiscopus denticulus: disk­ footed bat  

Meghalaya

• A state with a small geographical area, harbors the highest bat diversity in the country with 67 species, which is about 51% of total bat species in the country.

Lake Sawa: Iraq

Iraq’s Lake Sawa the lake dried up due to climate change and mismanagement.

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PYQs

Which one of the following lakes of West Africa has become dry and turned into a desert ? 

(a) Lake Victoria 

(b) Lake Faguibine 

(c) Lake Oguta 

(d) Lake Volta

Ans: [b]

Jama Masjid

• constructed in 1650–56 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahān
• Islamic Architecture
• Oriented toward the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Solomon Islands

 

Antarctica

 News

Microplastics found in Antarctica