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UPSC Physical Geography Notes – Earth's Interior, Plate Tectonics, Atmosphere and Winds with Diagrams

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Physical Geography notes for UPSC Civil Services Prelims and Mains General Studies, also useful for State PSC and SSC exams. Covers the interior of the Earth, rocks and the rock cycle, plate tectonics, earthquakes and volcanoes, the layers of the atmosphere, pressure belts and planetary winds, tropical and temperate cyclones, and the factors behind ocean currents, with layered diagrams, flow charts, comparison tables and prelims-style practice questions. Includes 6 labelled diagrams: Layers of the Earth, from the surface to the centre; The rock cycle; Types of plate boundary and what forms at each; Layers of the atmosphere, from the top down; Pressure belts and the winds between them, from North Pole to Equator; Tides over one day: many coasts have two high and two low tides, about 6 hours apart.