Surprisingly, the name of the continent arose long before its discovery. Even ancient geographers were sure that in the southern latitudes there is “Unknown Southern Earth”. It was long sought by Europeans even in those days when America was already open. The first on the west coast of the Cape York peninsula landed in 1606, … Read more
The territory of Eurasia has been formed for hundreds of millions of years. The structure of the earth’s crust of Eurasia is more complex than that of other continents. Eurasia is located within three large lithospheric plates: the Eurasian, the Indo-Australian and the North American. At the heart of the lithospheric plates are several ancient … Read more
Wet tropical evergreen forests Spread a narrow strip along the north-eastern coast of Australia. They occupy about 2% of the continent. Australia’s rainforests are extremely picturesque: lush garlands of flowers growing right on trunks and branches, mountains with clear streams and waterfalls, slender coast palms, blue bays with coral reefs combined with gloomy rain forests … Read more
Physico-geographical position of the continent. Features of the nature of Antarctica are due to the unusual nature of its location on our planet. Almost all of it is located to the south of the Southern Arctic Circle. Only a small part of the continent goes beyond it. Therefore, there is a polar night and a … Read more
1. Ob Obye is often figuratively called “Russian Kuwait”. What gives grounds for such a comparison? Do you agree with this statement? The basis for comparison is oil deposits. However, this comparison is not entirely accurate. Small Kuwait has almost twice as much oil reserves as Russia, -13.3 billion tons and 6.7 billion tons, respectively. … Read more
The first map, which depicted Europe, Asia and part of Africa, was made by the ancient Greek scientist Eratosthenes of Cyrene. She was very imperfect. The land occupied most of the map. The Bosphorus is the narrowest intercontinental strait in the world. Its width is 750-3700 m. The name means “bullish ford”. The Kerch Strait, … Read more
1. Which of these continents should be more diverse? Why? One of the main factors determining the diversity of nature is the size of the continent. It can be assumed that the larger the territory, the more diverse it is. In addition to size, the diversity of nature is affected by the shape of the … Read more
It is difficult to imagine that in comparison with the real dimensions of the Earth on this model – a globe with a diameter of 1 m – the dimensions of the highest mountain systems and the deepest depressions would not exceed 1 mm. And the ego with the fact that the real maximum elevation … Read more
1. What are the features of the relief of Antarctica? The nature of Antarctica is not rich and unique. The continent consists of two layers – the surface of the continent and the glacial layer, the average thickness of which is 2000 km. Imagine 40 16-story buildings set against each other! Such a glacial cap … Read more
Large rivers of the Pacific Ocean are the Amur, Yellow River, Yangtze and Mekong. The Yangtze is the largest continent river. Its length is 5800 km. Due to the fact that the rivers flow through the subtropical and subequatorial belts and originate from the Tibet Highlands, they feed on rain and glacier waters. Since the … Read more
As a result of the split of Gondwana 180 million years ago, South America separated from Africa and began to move westward. So there was the South American lithospheric plate. Thus, at the heart of South America is the “remnant” of Gondwana – the ancient South American platform, occupying the entire eastern part of the … Read more
1. What enterprises are located in your area, city? When did they arise? What kinds of products and what purpose do they produce? An enterprise is an independent economic entity created in accordance with the procedure established by law. As a rule, this is a legal entity, that is, it owns separate property in the … Read more
The Atlantic Ocean extends in all climatic zones, therefore the climate of its open spaces is quite diverse. Most of the ocean is in tropical and temperate latitudes. Climatic conditions here define the trade winds and the western winds. The strongest winds reach the temperate latitudes of the southern part of the Atlantic Ocean. Because … Read more
1. List the most characteristic historical, physico-geographical, socio-economic characteristics that characterize the European part of Russia. In the western economic zone there are 8 economic regions. The eastern border is formed by the Nenets Autonomous District, the Komi Republic, the Sverdlovsk and Kurgan Regions. In terms of the area of the territory, this part of … Read more
1. What processes form the relief of the east of the continent? To answer this question, you need to compare two maps – a map of the structure of the earth’s crust and a map of the modern relief. Look at these maps and compare the structure of the earth’s crust in the east and … Read more
Over 1 billion people live on the coast of the Indian Ocean. In the northern regions, industrial fishing is developing, it is 5% of the world. Since ancient times in the Indian Ocean, especially in the Persian Gulf, around the island of Sri Lanka, pearls have been mined. On the beaches of the Indian Peninsula, … Read more
Environmental problems are complex situations that arise in connection with human intervention in natural processes that lead to a violation of the equilibrium of natural complexes, entail a change in these complexes or their complete destruction. One of the largest environmental problems in Africa is the gradual increase in the desert area. For example, the … Read more