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For CSE Personality Test 2025 candidates, if your interview is scheduled between 8th December and 19th December, this one week is very important for you to crack UPSC and secure a rank.
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Black Sea
[ Places in the news ]
✅ What it is :
- A large inland sea connected to the Mediterranean through a series of straits.
- Known for a unique stratified water system, where deep layers are anoxic (no oxygen) and filled with hydrogen sulfide.
✅ Location :
- Situated at the southeastern extremity of Europe.
- Lies between Eastern Europe, South Caucasus, and Anatolia.
✅ Neighbouring Nations :
- Ukraine
- Russia
- Georgia
- Turkey
- Bulgaria
- Romania
✅ Key Features :
- Shape : Roughly oval basin;
- Connections : Linked to the Mediterranean via
Bosporus → Sea of Marmara → Dardanelles → Aegean Sea.
- Stratified Waters :
Upper layers → oxygenated, biologically rich.
Below ~150–200 m → anoxic, filled with hydrogen sulfide; supports only anaerobic bacteria.
- Geology : Remnant of the ancient Tethys Sea; shaped by tectonic uplift.
- Climate:
Northern shores → cold steppe climate.
Southern coasts → humid, subtropical climate.
[ Places in the news ]
✅ What it is :
- A large inland sea connected to the Mediterranean through a series of straits.
- Known for a unique stratified water system, where deep layers are anoxic (no oxygen) and filled with hydrogen sulfide.
✅ Location :
- Situated at the southeastern extremity of Europe.
- Lies between Eastern Europe, South Caucasus, and Anatolia.
✅ Neighbouring Nations :
- Ukraine
- Russia
- Georgia
- Turkey
- Bulgaria
- Romania
✅ Key Features :
- Shape : Roughly oval basin;
- Connections : Linked to the Mediterranean via
Bosporus → Sea of Marmara → Dardanelles → Aegean Sea.
- Stratified Waters :
Upper layers → oxygenated, biologically rich.
Below ~150–200 m → anoxic, filled with hydrogen sulfide; supports only anaerobic bacteria.
- Geology : Remnant of the ancient Tethys Sea; shaped by tectonic uplift.
- Climate:
Northern shores → cold steppe climate.
Southern coasts → humid, subtropical climate.
Forwarded from Environment for UPSC by Dr Manmeet Kaur
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Karahan Tepe
[ Places in the news ]
✅ What it is ?
- A major Pre-Pottery Neolithic archaeological site.
- One of the 12 settlements in Türkiye’s Taş Tepeler (Stone Hills) project.
- Considered among the earliest ritual–residential complexes.
✅ Located in :
- Near the Syrian border
✅ Features :
- Dates to around 9400–8000 BCE; inhabited for about 1,500 years.
- Built on a limestone plateau between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
- Includes residential structures, ritual enclosures, and T-shaped monoliths
- Represents one of the earliest symbolic and communal societies, before the spread of agriculture.
✅ Major Discoveries :
- First human face carved on a T-shaped pillar.
- Stone figurines: stitched-lip sculptures, expressive stone faces, serpentinite beads.
- Anthropomorphic pillars with carved arms, hands, belts, and fur garments.
- Multiple animal–human hybrid carvings.
- Evidence of an organised society with strong symbolic and ritual practices.
[ Places in the news ]
✅ What it is ?
- A major Pre-Pottery Neolithic archaeological site.
- One of the 12 settlements in Türkiye’s Taş Tepeler (Stone Hills) project.
- Considered among the earliest ritual–residential complexes.
✅ Located in :
- Near the Syrian border
✅ Features :
- Dates to around 9400–8000 BCE; inhabited for about 1,500 years.
- Built on a limestone plateau between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
- Includes residential structures, ritual enclosures, and T-shaped monoliths
- Represents one of the earliest symbolic and communal societies, before the spread of agriculture.
✅ Major Discoveries :
- First human face carved on a T-shaped pillar.
- Stone figurines: stitched-lip sculptures, expressive stone faces, serpentinite beads.
- Anthropomorphic pillars with carved arms, hands, belts, and fur garments.
- Multiple animal–human hybrid carvings.
- Evidence of an organised society with strong symbolic and ritual practices.
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Bitra Island
[ Places in the news ]
✅ What it is :
- Smallest inhabited island of Lakshadweep, part of the Amindivi subgroup.
- A tiny coral atoll known for ecological fragility, rich lagoon systems, and cultural value.
✅ Location :
- Arabian Sea, west of Kochi.
- Positioned north of Perumal Par and southeast of Byramgore Reef in the Lakshadweep archipelago.
✅ Formation :
- Formed as a coral atoll from the upward growth of coral reefs on submerged volcanic bases.
- Reef-building over millennia created a ring-shaped lagoon, with sandy islets emerging on the reef platform.
✅ Geological Features :
- Consists of two islands:
Main Bitra Island
Small southern cay
- Protected by a surrounding coral reef, ensuring calm, sheltered lagoon waters.
[ Places in the news ]
✅ What it is :
- Smallest inhabited island of Lakshadweep, part of the Amindivi subgroup.
- A tiny coral atoll known for ecological fragility, rich lagoon systems, and cultural value.
✅ Location :
- Arabian Sea, west of Kochi.
- Positioned north of Perumal Par and southeast of Byramgore Reef in the Lakshadweep archipelago.
✅ Formation :
- Formed as a coral atoll from the upward growth of coral reefs on submerged volcanic bases.
- Reef-building over millennia created a ring-shaped lagoon, with sandy islets emerging on the reef platform.
✅ Geological Features :
- Consists of two islands:
Main Bitra Island
Small southern cay
- Protected by a surrounding coral reef, ensuring calm, sheltered lagoon waters.