🔷 MIDDLE EAST MAP

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🟢 ZANZIBAR- TANZANIA

✓ In News: The MoU for setting up of campus of IIT Madras (1st outside India) in Zanzibar- Tanzania was signed between India and Zanzibar- Tanzania.

✓ About Zanzibar is an archipelago off the coast of east Africa that united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania.

✓ Bordered by: Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Indian Ocean.

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#Prelims   #Geo   #Climate  

🟣 KOEPPEN'S CLIMATIC CLASSIFICATION

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🟢 KATCHAL ISLAND NICOBAR

- In News: Recently the NASA highlighted the loss of mangrove cover on Katchal island, a part of India’s Nicobar archipelago.

- Reason: More than 90% of mangrove cover on the island was lost due to the Indian Ocean Tsunami.

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#PRELIMS

🟢 JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

✓ In News: Prime Minister Modi attended the 15th BRICS summit in Johannesburg.

✓ South Africa Bordered By: South Atlantic, Indian Oceans, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Eswatini.

✓ It also completely enclaves the country Lesotho.

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🔵 NINE DASHED LINE

✓ In News: Several Southeast Asian countries, including the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Taiwan, have joined India in rejecting China’s new national map and 9 Dashed Line in the South China Sea.

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#World #Africa

🔵Democratic Republic of the Congo

▪️In News: Mt Nyiragongo Volc. Eruption.

▪️It is located in Central Africa.

◾️It is the second largest country on the continent; only Algeria is larger.

◾️It is bordered by 9 countries: Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

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🔵 NINE DASHED LINE

✓ In News: Several Southeast Asian countries, including the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Taiwan, have joined India in rejecting China’s new national map and 9 Dashed Line in the South China Sea.

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Happy New Year 2024! May the coming year bring you joy and success! Wishing you a prosperous New Year filled with happiness and new opportunities!

🟢 KATCHAL ISLAND NICOBAR

- In News: Recently the NASA highlighted the loss of mangrove cover on Katchal island, a part of India’s Nicobar archipelago.

- Reason: More than 90% of mangrove cover on the island was lost due to the Indian Ocean Tsunami.

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🔵 NINE DASHED LINE

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✓ Palghat Gap, major break in the Western Ghats mountain range.

✓ Located between the Nilgiri Hills to the north and the Anaimalai Hills to the south.

✓ Highways and rail lines through the gap connect Palghat in Kerala with Coimbatore and Pollachi in Tamil Nadu.

✓ Mysore receives rainfall from this pass.

LOCAL WINDS

• Chinook : Hot and dry snow eater wind in northern slope of Rockies.

• Fohn : Hot & dry in northern slopes of Alps

• Sirocco : Warm, dry & dusty also known as blood rain.

• Harmatan: Wheather becomes dry & pleasant in shara desert. Also known as Doctor in Guinea.

#SASEC

✓ SASEC program brings together Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.

✓ Strategic vision document titled “SASEC: Powering Asia in the 21st Century" was released in 2016.