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Tuesday, January 12, 2021

IMPORTANT LINES AND BOUNDARIES

IMPORTANT LINES AND BOUNDARIES


 

Durand Line is the line demarcating the boundaries of Pakistan  and Afghanistan. It was drawn up in 1896 by Sir Mortimer Durand.

 

Hindenburg Line is the boundary dividing Germany and Poland. The Germans retreated to this line in 1917 during World War I

 

Mason-Dixon Line is a line of demarcation between four states in the US.

 

Marginal Line was the 320 km line of fortification on the Russia-Finland border. It was drawn up by General Mannerheim.

 

Macmahon Line was drawn up by Sir Henry MacMahon, demarcating the frontier of India and China. China did not recognize the MacMahon line and crossed it in 1962.

 

Medicine Line is the border between Canada and the United States.

 

Order-Neisse Line is the border between Poland and Germany, running along the Order and Neisse rivers, adopted at the Poland Conference (Aug 1945) after World War II.

 

Radcliffe Line was drawn up by Sir Cyril Radcliffe, demarcating the boudary between India and Pakistan. Siegfried Line is the line of fortification drawn up by Germany on its border with France.

 

17th Parallel defined the boundary between North Vietnam and South Vietnam before two were united.

 

24th Parallel is the line which Pakistan claims for demarcation between India and Pakistan. This, however, is not recognized by India

 

26th Parallel south is a circle of latitude which crosses through Africa, Australia and South America.

 

30th Parallel north is a line of latitude that stands one-third of the way between the equator and the North Pole.


33rd Parallel north is a circle of latitude which cuts through the southern United States, parts of North Africa, parts of the Middle East, and China.

 

35th Parallel north forms the boundary between the State of North Carolina and the State of Georgia and the boundary between the State of Tennessee arid the State of Georgia, the State of Albama, and the State of Mississippi.

 

36th Parallel forms the southermost boundary of the State of Missouri with the State of Arkansas.

 

36o30' Parallel north forms the boundary between the Tenessee and the Commonwealth of Kentucky between the Tennessee River and the Mississippi River, the boundary between Missouri and Arkansas west of the White River, and the northermost boundary between the Texas and the Oklahoma.

 

37th Parallel north formed the southern boundary of the historic and extralegal Territory of Jefferson.

 

38th Parallel is the parallel of latitude which separates North Korea and South Korea.

 

39th Parallel north is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 39 degrees north of Earth's equatorial plane.

 

40th Parallel north formed the original northern boundary of the British Colony of Maryland.

 

41st Parallel north forms the northern boundary of the State of Colorado with Nebraska and Wyoming and the southern boundary of the State of Wyoming with Colorado and Utah.

 

42nd Parallel north forms most of the New York - Pennsylvania Border.

 

43rd Parallel north forms most of the boundary between the State of Nebraska and the State of South Dakota and also formed the northern border of the historic and extralegal Territory of Jefferson.

 

The Parallel 44o north is an imaginary circle of latitude that is 44 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.

 

45th Parallel north is often the halfway point between the Equator and the North Pole. The 45th parallel makes up most of the boundary between Montana and Wyoming.

 

49th Parallel is the boundary between USA and Canada.

 

Wallace Line is boundary between Asia and Wallacea, a transitional zone between Asia and Australia. Equator passes through it.


Wednesday, April 29, 2020

WORLD GEOGRAPHY (SPACE2)



WORLD GEOGRAPHY
Astronaut Standing Beside American Flag on the Moon


                                              SPACE (2.)

FAMOUS STARS
NAME
REMARKS
Polaris
Pole Star
Sirius

Canopus

Alpha Centauri (RigilKentaurus)
Three Stars – Alpha Centauri A & B & C. Closest star system of Sun.
Arcturus

Vega

Capella


FAMOUS COMETS
NAME
REMARKS
Halley’s Comet
Visits Inner Solar System Every 75-76 Years
Kohoutek

Kirch’s Comet
Brightest of 17th Century
Lovejoy

McNaught

Hale-Bopp

Borrelly

Encke


FAMOUS MOONS
MOON
PLANET
REMARKS
Europa
Jupiter
Frozen Exterior
Io
Jupiter

Ganymede
Jupiter
Largest moon. Magnetic field.
Mimas
Saturn

Enceladus
Saturn

Hyperion
Saturn

Iapetus
Saturn

Titan
Saturn
·         Only moon with dense atmosphere.
·         Huygens Space probe landed on it.
Phobos
Mars

Triton
Neptune
Orbits in a direction opposite of Parent Planet

WORLD GEOGRAPHY ( SPACE PART-1)


WORLD GEOGRAPHY ON TIPS
SPACE(1)
Planet Earth

FAMOUS GALAXIES
NAME OF GALAXY
DISTANCE
REMARKS
Milky Way
0 LY

Canis Major Dwarf
25000 LY
Satellite of Milky Way. Nearest Galaxy. But status of galaxy is disputed.
Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal
81000LY

Large Magellanic Cloud
158000 LY
Satellite Galaxy
Andromeda
2500000 LY
Closest Spiral & Big Galaxy
Cigar
11500000 LY

Pinwheel
20870000 LY

The Black Eye Galaxy
24000000 LY
Also Called Evil Eye or Sleeping Beauty Galaxy.
Sombrero
29350000 LY

Whirlpool
30000000 LY

NGC 1300
61000000 LY

Tadpole
420000000 LY

Hoag’s objects
600000000 LY


FAMOUS CONSTELLATIONS
NAME
REMARKS
Aquarius, The water Bearer

Aries

Cancer, The Crab

Capricornus, The Sea Goat

Draco, The Dragon

Gemini, The Twins

Leo, The Lion

Libra, the Scales

Ophiuchus, The Snake Bearer

Orion, The Hunter

Pegasus, The Winged Horse

Pisces, The Fishes

Sagittarius
Largest of Southern Hemisphere
Scorpius, The Scorpion

Taurus, The Bull

Virgo, The Virgin
Largest constellation of Zodiac
Ursa Major
Saptarishi is part of it
Hydra
Largest
Crux
Smallest