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knowledge questions magazine Published this article page no  02  ACONCAGUA  It is the highest peak (6962 metres) outside Asia located in Andes mountain range Argentina.  It has been in news as Indias Kaamya Karthikeyan became the youngest girl in the world to summit it.  The Andes Mountains were formed as the result of subduction of the oceanic Nazca Plate under the South American continent. DANAKIL DEPRESSION  Danakil Depression in northeastern Ethiopia (Afar Region) is one of the hottest driest and lowest places on Earth at 100 metres below sea level. o The Depression overlaps the borders of Eritrea Djibouti and the entire Afar Region of Ethiopia. It is part of the great East African Rift Valley.  At the northern end of the Great Rift Valley and separated by live volcanoes from the Red Sea the plain was formed by the evaporation of an inland water body.  All the water entering Danakil evaporates and no streams flow out from its extreme environment. It is covered with more than 10 lakh tonnes of salt.  Extremophile microbes can adapt to environmental conditions that are too extreme for everything else. New research however has pointed that Danakil Depression is too daunting even for these microorganisms. 1ST NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COASTAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND RESILIENCE (CDRR&R) – 2020  Conference was organised by the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) in New Delhi.  The conference focussed on enhancing human capacity in terms of better understanding about coastal disaster risks and effective collaborative actions by implementing Prime Ministers 10point agenda and Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.  NIDM under Ministry of Home Affairs was constituted under the Disaster Management Act 2005. o It has been entrusted with the nodal national responsibility for human resource development capacity building training research documentation and policy advocacy in the field of disaster management knowledge questions magazine buy.

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