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World Coldest Desert - introduction

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There are many land features on the earth like Mountains, Plateau, Hills, Desert etc.  So Desert is an arid area which is received less than 10 inches rain. SO here is the introduction of the world cool or cold desert . Namib Desert: Namib a cool coastal desert  and it is   spreading  for 1,900 km on the Atlantic coast of Africa .  It is spreading inland  from  130 to 160 km from the bottom of the Great Escarpment. The southern part unifies with the Kalahari with  the plateau atop the escarpment. Its name comes  from the Nama language  meaning “an area where there is nothing.” Atacama Desert: The Atacama Desert  the Spanish meaning Desierto de Atacama  means the cool, arid area in northern Chile, 1,000 to 1,100 km  from  north to south. Its boundaries  are not exactly resolute, but it lies mainly between the south turn of the Loa River and the mountains abstracted the Salado-Copiapó drai...
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History of geography

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There are different periods of geography history.These are following: In history of geography we will study different periods of major contributors . Greek contributors: Tales of Miletus: (624 - 546 B.C)    He was first who wondered about the shape of the earth and assumed it to be a flat disk that floating on water.He also introduced Mathematical rules and geometry to measuring land area. Anaximander: (610 - 546 B.C) He is father of astronomy and cosmology.He was the first who attempted to create first scale map of that time of known world.Then it was published that was the first published world map.He introduced an instrument that is known as Gnomon. Hecateus: (560 - 418 B.C) He was the author of survey of the earth.He focused on observation collection of previous works and asking the sailors who coming from the busy port of Miletus. In this way he wrote a detail description of the world known that time. Herodotus: (484 - 425 B.C) His most...
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