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Venezuela
[ Places in the news ]
✅ Geographic Setting :
- Lies at the northern tip of South America.
Spans a triangular landmass larger than France and Germany put together.
✅Capital: Caracas
✅Borders :
East: Guyana
South: Brazil
West: Colombia
North: Caribbean Sea & Atlantic Ocean
✅Physical Landscape:
Andes Range – Includes Pico Bolívar ,Venezuela’s highest peak.
Orinoco Basin & Llanos Plains – Agricultural and cattle ranching heartland; source of hydroelectric power.
Lake Maracaibo – South America’s largest lake; center of the nation’s oil industry.
Guiana Highlands – Rich in minerals; home to Angel Falls (979 m), the world’s tallest waterfall.
✅ Resources & Economy:
- Holds the world’s largest proven oil reserves.
- Abundant iron ore, gold, diamonds, plus vast hydro potential.
✅ Strategic Significance :
- Extensive Caribbean coastline with notable islands like Margarita, Los Roques, and La Tortuga.
- Functions as a natural link between South America, the Caribbean, and North America.
[ Places in the news ]
✅ Geographic Setting :
- Lies at the northern tip of South America.
Spans a triangular landmass larger than France and Germany put together.
✅Capital: Caracas
✅Borders :
East: Guyana
South: Brazil
West: Colombia
North: Caribbean Sea & Atlantic Ocean
✅Physical Landscape:
Andes Range – Includes Pico Bolívar ,Venezuela’s highest peak.
Orinoco Basin & Llanos Plains – Agricultural and cattle ranching heartland; source of hydroelectric power.
Lake Maracaibo – South America’s largest lake; center of the nation’s oil industry.
Guiana Highlands – Rich in minerals; home to Angel Falls (979 m), the world’s tallest waterfall.
✅ Resources & Economy:
- Holds the world’s largest proven oil reserves.
- Abundant iron ore, gold, diamonds, plus vast hydro potential.
✅ Strategic Significance :
- Extensive Caribbean coastline with notable islands like Margarita, Los Roques, and La Tortuga.
- Functions as a natural link between South America, the Caribbean, and North America.
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Sir Creek
[ Places in the news ]
✅ What it is ?
-96-km tidal estuary in Indus Delta, once called Ban Ganga.
- Marshy, uninhabited, ecologically fragile zone.
✅ Location :
- Lies on the India–Pakistan border.
- Separates Kutch region of Gujarat (India) from Sindh province (Pakistan).
- Opens into the Arabian Sea, directly affecting maritime boundaries and fishing zones.
✅ Features :
- Narrow, muddy, and shifting water channel, prone to tidal changes.
- Part of the Indus Delta wetlands, habitat for migratory birds and marine biodiversity.
Strategic importance : impacts demarcation of Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) and continental shelf, linked to rights over fishing, oil, and gas exploration.
✅ Dispute :
- Origin: 1914 Bombay–Sindh resolution.
- Pakistan: boundary on eastern bank → whole creek theirs.
- India: boundary mid-channel (thalweg principle).
- Post-1947: Gujarat with India, Sindh with Pakistan → contested.
- 1968 tribunal settled Rann of Kutch, but Sir Creek unresolved.
[ Places in the news ]
✅ What it is ?
-96-km tidal estuary in Indus Delta, once called Ban Ganga.
- Marshy, uninhabited, ecologically fragile zone.
✅ Location :
- Lies on the India–Pakistan border.
- Separates Kutch region of Gujarat (India) from Sindh province (Pakistan).
- Opens into the Arabian Sea, directly affecting maritime boundaries and fishing zones.
✅ Features :
- Narrow, muddy, and shifting water channel, prone to tidal changes.
- Part of the Indus Delta wetlands, habitat for migratory birds and marine biodiversity.
Strategic importance : impacts demarcation of Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) and continental shelf, linked to rights over fishing, oil, and gas exploration.
✅ Dispute :
- Origin: 1914 Bombay–Sindh resolution.
- Pakistan: boundary on eastern bank → whole creek theirs.
- India: boundary mid-channel (thalweg principle).
- Post-1947: Gujarat with India, Sindh with Pakistan → contested.
- 1968 tribunal settled Rann of Kutch, but Sir Creek unresolved.
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Strait of Hormuz
[ Places in the news ]
✅ Location :
- Strategic maritime chokepoint linking the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea.
- Narrowest width: 33 km; busiest global energy transit route.
✅ Bordering Nations :
- Iran
- UAE
- Oman (Musandam exclave)
✅ Connected Water Bodies :
- Persian Gulf (west)
- Gulf of Oman (east)
✅ Geographical Features :
- Key islands : Qishm, Hormuz, Hengam (strategic military/naval significance)
✅ Importance :
Global Energy Lifeline :
~20% of world oil trade (20 million barrels/day) passes through.
~30% of global LNG trade (mostly from Qatar)
Strategic Chokepoint :
- Highly vulnerable to blockades, cyberattacks, accidents
✅ Relevance to India :
- 85% of India’s crude oil imports come via this route.
- 50% of India’s LNG imports use this route
- Qatar supplies ~80% of India’s LNG
-Naval security : India’s Operation Sankalp escorts Indian vessels to ensure safety amid regional tensions
[ Places in the news ]
✅ Location :
- Strategic maritime chokepoint linking the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea.
- Narrowest width: 33 km; busiest global energy transit route.
✅ Bordering Nations :
- Iran
- UAE
- Oman (Musandam exclave)
✅ Connected Water Bodies :
- Persian Gulf (west)
- Gulf of Oman (east)
✅ Geographical Features :
- Key islands : Qishm, Hormuz, Hengam (strategic military/naval significance)
✅ Importance :
Global Energy Lifeline :
~20% of world oil trade (20 million barrels/day) passes through.
~30% of global LNG trade (mostly from Qatar)
Strategic Chokepoint :
- Highly vulnerable to blockades, cyberattacks, accidents
✅ Relevance to India :
- 85% of India’s crude oil imports come via this route.
- 50% of India’s LNG imports use this route
- Qatar supplies ~80% of India’s LNG
-Naval security : India’s Operation Sankalp escorts Indian vessels to ensure safety amid regional tensions
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