culture Oceania

Q: 1. Natural Resources - How many and what types of natural resources are available?

A: RESOURCES: The term 'resource' in Economic Geography does not necessarily mean a valuable thing or a...

Q: On which days of the year do the vertical rays of the Sun strike the equator?

A: The equator of earth is located at 0 degrees, it is also called the great circle. The sun's short wa...

Q: What is the ozone layer, and where is it located?

A: OZONE LAYER: Ozone is present in the atmosphere near the earth's surface also, its highest concentra...

Q: Describe and explain one example of biological weathering.

A: WEATHERING: The term "weathering" comes from the word 'weather'. Weathering means the disintegration...

Q: Distinguish between GPS and GIS (geographic information systems).

A: A GIS is a geographic positioning system and a GPS is a global positioning system a GIS is used to r...

Q: What does the name of a biome tell you about the landscapes of that area?

A: A biome is indeed a vast field of forest, soil, climate and fauna. There are five main biomes: aquat...

Q: African and Arabian Plate boundary: a. continental- Continental convergent b. Oceanic- Oceanic conve...

A: Africa's modern tectonic history coincides with the collapse of Gondwana ~ 200 Mya. It was then that...

Q: Contrast the general species diversity in the tropical rainforest and boreal forest biomes.

A: The tropical forest biomes consist of rainforest that occurs in the tropics. They don't have any dry...

Q: Briefly describe the six possible soil horizons: • 0 horizon • A horizon • E horizon • B horizon • C...

A: SOIL HORIZON: Soil horizon refers to the vertical variation ordered layering with depth, each layer ...

Q: Contrast the processes of laterization and podzolization. What are the characteristics of soils prod...

A: CONTRAST BETWEEN PODZOLIZATION AND LATERIZATION: Both the processes are involved in the formation of...

Q: geographic feature

A: According to the map, it shows a geographic feature that is said to be the river valley civilization...

Q: Why are deep-focus earthquakes (those originating many hundreds of kilometers below the surface) ass...

A: The deep-focused earthquake re also called plutonic earthquakes, they have a hypocenter that exceeds...

Q: What is the general difference between a desert climate and a steppe climate?

A: DESERT CLIMATE AND STEPPE CLIMATE: Desert climate is that the climate during which rainfall levels a...

Q: 1.2.Outline and discuss 10 factors influencing the distribution of the population in South Africa

A: South Africa has a population of about 60 million, people that have diverse cultures, communities, a...

Q: Assuming that the long-term rate of displacement along the San Andreas Fault (about 3.5 cm/year) rem...

A: In the solution they given the rate of displacement of San Andreas Fault are 3.5 centimeters per yea...

Q: What characteristics on maps are shown by isotherms, isobars, and elevation contour lines?

A: The term iso means equal and therms means temperature. Hence isotherms are imaginary lines that are ...

Q: What generally happens to the elevation of the treeline going from the equator toward the poles? Why...

A: Treeline is the extent or the point to which the habitat of trees is capable of growing. It is found...

Q: Why do we say that evaporation is a cooling process and condensation is a warming process?

A: The process of evaporation takes place by an increase of temperature when the molecules gain energy ...

Q: Why does the ITCZ generally shift north of the equator in the Northern Hemisphere summer, and south ...

A: INTER TROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE (ITCZ): Intertropical convergence zone is the region where air comes...