🔆Yemen:
✅Location: Southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, strategically positioned at the entrance of the Red Sea.
Capital:
✅Neighbouring Countries:
Saudi Arabia (North) and Oman (East).
✅Borders the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Arabian Sea.
📍Geographic Features:
✅Mountains: Hadhramaut Mountains, Haraz Mountains, and Sarawat Range.
✅Rivers: Wadis (seasonal rivers), including Wadi Hadhramaut and Wadi Zabid.
✅Valleys: Tihama Coastal Plain along the Red Sea coast.
📍About Houthi Rebels:
✅A Zaidi Shia rebel group from northern Yemen, officially known as Ansar Allah.
✅Founded in the 1990s as a political and religious movement opposing Saudi-backed Sunni influence.
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✅Location: Southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, strategically positioned at the entrance of the Red Sea.
Capital:
✅Neighbouring Countries:
Saudi Arabia (North) and Oman (East).
✅Borders the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Arabian Sea.
📍Geographic Features:
✅Mountains: Hadhramaut Mountains, Haraz Mountains, and Sarawat Range.
✅Rivers: Wadis (seasonal rivers), including Wadi Hadhramaut and Wadi Zabid.
✅Valleys: Tihama Coastal Plain along the Red Sea coast.
📍About Houthi Rebels:
✅A Zaidi Shia rebel group from northern Yemen, officially known as Ansar Allah.
✅Founded in the 1990s as a political and religious movement opposing Saudi-backed Sunni influence.
#Places_in_news
Join @Mapping_prelims_mains
Siachen Glacier is situated to the (UPSC 2020)
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29%
(A) East of Aksai chin
17%
(B) East of Leh
15%
(C) North of Gilgit
39%
(D) North of Nubra Valley
How many of the above share a land border with Finland?
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33%
(a) Only two
51%
(b) Only three
16%
(c) All four
1%
(d) None