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Nagorno-Karabakh is part of Azerbaijan,
but its population is majority Armenian.
O-KARABAKH REGION
NAGORN
As the Soviet Union saw increasing

tensions in its constituent republics in the
1980s, Nagorno-Karabakh voted to become
part of Armenia – sparking a war which
stopped with a ceasefire in 1994.
Since then, Nagorno-Karabakh has
remained part of Azerbaijan but is
controlled by separatist ethnic Armenians
backed by the Armenian government.
Why in news?
A brief war took place last year in a region recaptured in
disputed Nagorno-Karabakh.
Azerbaijan seized back swathes of territory in the separatist

ethnic Armenia region with the help of Turkish combat
drones and other weaponry from Ankara.
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At 5,793m (19,005ft) above the sea level,
Umling La is one of the highest motorable
roads in the world.
UMLING LA
Located in the Ladakh region.
The 54 km long road passing through

Umling La Pass connected the villages of
Chisumle and Demchok and took six
years to be built by BRO under Project
Himank.
Gulf of Aden, also known as the Gulf of
Berbera, is a deepwater gulf between
Yemen to the north, the Arabian Sea to
the east, Djibouti to the west, and the
Guardafui Channel, Socotra (Yemen),
and Somalia to the south.
GULF OF ADEN
In the northwest, it connects with the Red

Sea through the Bab-el-Mandeb strait, and
it connects with the Arabian Sea to the
east. To the west, it narrows into the Gulf
of Tadjoura in Djibouti.
Why in news?
Maiden Indian Navy – European Union Naval Force
(EUNAVFOR) Exercise was held in Gulf Of Aden.
The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level
waterway running north to south across the
Isthmus of Suez in Egypt, to connect the
Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.
SUEZ CANAL
The canal separates the

African continent from Asia.
It provides the shortest maritime route

between Europe and the lands lying
around the Indian and western Pacific
oceans.
It is one of the world’s most heavily

used shipping lanes, carrying over
12% of world trade by volume.
Black Sea is an inland sea located between
far-southeastern Europe and the far-
western edges of the continent of Asia and
the country of Turkey.
BLACK SEA
Bordering Countries: Romania, Bulgaria,

Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, and Turkey.
It connects to the Mediterranean Sea first

through the Bosporus Strait, then
through the Sea of Marmara and the
Dardanelles Strait, then south through
the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Crete.
The Black Sea is also connected to the Sea of

Azov by the Strait of Kerch.
It is the world’s second-biggest
hydroelectric dam under construction
in southwestern China.
BAIHETAN DAM
The dam is being constructed on Jinsha

river, a tributary of the Yangtze.
The 289-m-tall Baihetan Dam will have
16 generating units with a capacity of 1
million kilowatts each.
Three Gorges Dam, opened in 2003 on the Yangtze,

is the world’s biggest hydroelectric dam.
The CPEC is the flagship project of the
multi-billion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative
(BRI), a pet project of Chinese President Xi
Jinping, aimed at enhancing Beijing’s
influence around the world through China-
funded infrastructure projects.
-PAKISTAN ECONOMIC
CHINA C)
CORRIDOR (CPE
The 3,000 km-long China–Pakistan

Economic Corridor (CPEC) consists of
highways, railways, and pipelines.
CPEC eventually aims at linking the city

of Gwadar in South Western Pakistan to
China’s North Western region Xinjiang
through a vast network of highways and
railways.
Why in news?
China under the multi-billion-dollar CPEC will set up a
1,124-megawatt power project- Kohala Hydropower
Project- in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir despite India’s
objection to it.
Situated at over 14,000 feet, Pangong Tso
or Pangong Lake is about 135 km long.
PANGONG TSO
It is formed from Tethys geosyncline. Also

It is a salt water lake.
Pangong Tso is strategically crucial as it

is very close to Chusul Valley, which was
one of the battlefronts between India and
China during the 1962 war.
Why in news?
Amid military talks, reports of Chinese build-up at Pangong.
The current site of confrontation is spurs jutting out of
Chang Chenmo, an eastern extension of the Karakoram
Range. These spurs are called fingers.
The Ambarnaya river flows to the Pyasino
lake and river Pyasina, which connects it to
the Kara sea, a part of the Arctic Ocean.
ILL IN RUSSIA’S ARCTIC

OIL SP
REGION
The oil has been discharged into

Ambarnaya river. The river is part of a
network that flows into the environmentally
sensitive Arctic Ocean.
Since then, Nagorno-Karabakh has

remained part of Azerbaijan but is
controlled by separatist ethnic Armenians
backed by the Armenian government.
Why in news?
Russia has declared a state of emergency after a power
plant fuel leak in its Arctic region caused 20,000 tonnes of
diesel oil to escape into a local river, turning its surface
crimson red.
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Download prelims booster materials from

As the Soviet Union saw increasing

Azerbaijan seized back swathes of territory in the separatist

Located in the Ladakh region.

The 54 km long road passing through

In the northwest, it connects with the Red

The canal separates the

It provides the shortest maritime route

It is one of the world’s most heavily

Bordering Countries: Romania, Bulgaria,

It connects to the Mediterranean Sea first

The Black Sea is also connected to the Sea of

The dam is being constructed on Jinsha

Three Gorges Dam, opened in 2003 on the Yangtze,

The 3,000 km-long China–Pakistan

CPEC eventually aims at linking the city

It is formed from Tethys geosyncline. Also

Pangong Tso is strategically crucial as it

ILL IN RUSSIA’S ARCTIC

The oil has been discharged into

Since then, Nagorno-Karabakh has

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