G10/P5: World Geography- West Asia: Physiography, Rivers, Climate, Resources

Language: Hindi, Topics Covered:
1. Revision of previous lecture on World Geography: China, Japan, Russia and SE Asia- their geology, agriculture, mineral wealth and industrial regions
2. Brief political situation of West Asian nations
3. Physiography of west Asia: mountains, mountains, plateaus, deserts,
4. Euphrates and Tigris rivers- cities on their banks
5. River Karun, River Jordan: their importance
6. Dead sea and rift valley
7. Palestine-Israel dispute historic background
8. Other rivers of West Asia
9. Important lakes- Turkey: Lake Van and Iran: Lake Urmia, their environmental issues
10. Drying up of Aral sea and environmental issues
11. Important straits of West Asia, Turkey
12. Revision of climatic regions: Mediterranean and desert
13. Climate of west Asia
14. Agriculture in West Asia: Tropical agriculture, Mediterranean agriculture
15. Qanat system of irrigation
16. Israel: Tal-ya system of Irrigation, drip irrigation and sprinklers, India-Israel agriculture co-operation
17. Vertical farming and soil solarisation techniques
18. Mineral reserve of West Asia
19. Oil reserve of Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Arabian peninsula
20. India’s energy imports from West Asia
21. Important ports of West Asia
Powerpoint available at Mrunal.org/down...
Exam-Utility: UPSC CSAT, Prelims, Mains, CDS, CAPF
Faculty Name: Ms. Rajtanil Solanki
Venue: Sardar Patel Institute of Public Administration (SPIPA), Satellite, Ahmedabad, Gujarat,India