Longman Geography 8Pearson Education India, 2008 |
Contents
Measurement of Temperature and Rainfall | 1 |
THE SOLAR SYSTEM | 7 |
ELEMENTS OF WEATHER AND CLIMATE | 16 |
Temperature | 22 |
Atmospheric Pressure and Winds | 28 |
Moisture in the Atmosphere | 37 |
EUROPE | 45 |
ASIA | 69 |
AsiaResources and their Utilisation | 82 |
InidaLocation and Physical Features | 96 |
IndiaClimate Natural Vegetation and Wildlife | 107 |
Wheat Cultivation in Punjab | 119 |
Textile Industry of Mumbai | 128 |
Glossary | 136 |
Common terms and phrases
amount of water Andaman and Nicobar Answer the following ARABIAN SEA ARCTIC OCEAN areas atmospheric pressure Bangalore Bay of Bengal blow called CASPIAN SEA China climate cloud cover coastal plains cold condensation continent cool cotton textile countries crops cultivation cyclone Deccan Plateau deciduous delta Desert earth earth's surface east eastern equatorial Europe farming following questions forests Ganga Geo Connect heat high pressure Himalayas Horse Latitudes important India Islands Kerala Kolkata land latitude Learning Focus low pressure major Mediterranean Sea monsoon monsoon winds moon mountains Mumbai Myanmar natural vegetation North Northern Pamir Knot planet Pradesh pressure belt producing Punjab radiation rain range region Review Exercise rotation rubber Russia satellites slopes Snap Recap soil South south-west Southern Hemisphere sugarcane summer Taiga temperature textile industry thermometer trees tropical Tundra types of rainfall water vapour Westerlies Western Ghats wheat wildlife winter Zone