World Geography
Which among the following statements is/are correct about the wind directions?The Easterly winds blow from east to westThe Westerly winds blow from west to eastSelect the correct code from the options given below:
Wind is an air movement having both direction and speed. Depending on the cause of the winds, they can blow in many directions.The Easterly winds blow from east to west whereas the westerly winds blow from west to east.
Large units where sheep are reared in Australia are called sheep stations. The term applied to large animal farms inSouth America is estancias. The ranches or sheep stations consist of large areas of natural pasture and also the ranch house and some area devoted to supplementary feed crops.
The time gap between spring and neap is approximately 7 days. The neap tides refers to a period of moderate tides when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other. The spring tides are high tides.
Salinity is directly positively related to seawater density.On an average, seawater density increases with increasing salinity and vice versa.E.g. Density of pure water is 1.00 g/cm3 and density of water with 35% salinity is 1.028 g/cm3.