What are the harmful effects of solid waste? Solid waste pollution is caused mainly through urbanization and through industrial waste. It causes various diseases in human as bacillary dysentery, diarrhea and amoebic dysentery, plague, salmonellosis, trichinosis, endemic typhus, cholera, jaundice, hepatitis, gastro enteric diseases etc. How does waste affect us? Uncollected solid waste also increases […]

How dangerous are rip currents? Rip current speeds as high as 8 feet per second have been measured–faster than an Olympic swimmer can sprint! This makes rip currents especially dangerous to beachgoers as these currents can sweep even the strongest swimmer out to sea. How can longshore currents be dangerous to swimmers? Longshore currents become […]

Why do contour lines bend upstream? Relief = Maximum elevation – Minimum elevation Contour lines trend up valleys, cross streams, and return down the valleys on the opposite side, thus forming a V (or a U) that points upstream: A contour line bends upstream when crossing a stream and forms a V whose apex or […]

What are the coordinates of KZN? 28.5306° S, 30.8958° E What city has the coordinates 51 N 0? Answer. London is located on the latitude 51 degree North and the longitude 0 degree West. It is located on the Temperate Zone between the Tropic of Cancer and Arctic Circle on the Northern Hemisphere…….. What is […]

Do all maps have contour lines? Of course, to determine differences in elevation between two points, the contour interval, or distance in altitude between two adjacent contour lines, must be known, and this is normally stated in the map key. Usually contour intervals are consistent throughout a map, but there are exceptions. What do contour […]

What is an example of a strait? Strait is narrow waterway between two larger bodies of water. An example of a strait is the Bering Strait. A narrow channel joining two larger bodies of water. Straits that were treacherous; the Strait of Gibraltar; the Bosporus Straits. What is meant by Strait in geography? A strait […]

What US state capital city has the largest population? Phoenix What are the top 5 most populated capital cities in the US? The city population figures are census estimates for 2018. Phoenix. Population: 1,660,272. State: Arizona. Austin. Population: 964,254. Columbus. Population: 892,553. Indianapolis. Population: 867,125. Denver. Population: 716,492. Boston. Population: 694,583. Nashville. Population: 669,053. Oklahoma […]

What is a plain or hilly region within the temperate zone that is covered with grass called? A grassland is a region where grass is the main type of vegetation. In North America, temperate grasslands—those in places with warm summers and cold winters—are often called prairies. What is a plain and hilly region called? Terms […]

What are the coordinates of Madrid Spain? 40.4168° N, 3.7038° W What is the coordinates of Spain? 40.4637° N, 3.7492° W What countries does Madrid border? Spain is bordered by Portugal in the west, by France and Andorra in the northeast. Which country capital is Madrid? central Spain What is the hardest Spanish to understand? […]

What river was explored by the French and Spanish? colorado river Where did Spanish explorers explore? Beginning with the 1492 arrival of Christopher Columbus, the Spanish Empire expanded for four centuries (1492–1892) across most of present-day Central America, the Caribbean islands, Mexico, and much of the rest of North America. Which was reached first by […]