The universe, where we live in is full of geographical dimensions. Our world has incorporated in itself, varied social, cultural, political, religious and economical aspects of specific significance.
Undoubtedly, the world has diverse and dissimilar physical features and people have different complexions, different cultures and different ways of living.
Different natures of soils, plateaus, mountains, islands, icelands, flora, fauna, water resources, river systems, landscapes, climate, monsoon etc., are our geographical assets and we are fortunate enough that we have such kind of possessions.
Physical geography is the branch o0f geography that deals with natural features of the earth’s surface.

Studying Physical Geography is not an easy task in the modern context. This demands separate books on selected topics. Hence, there is still a dearth for good books. This encyclopaedic work is in the same direction.

Geography is a vast discipline and India is a large country. So, Indian Geography is an interesting and fascinating field of study. This multivolume work offers a fresh insight and a new approach to study of Indian Geography.

Encyclopaedic in nature, this work encompasses all relevant information on Indian Geography. A veritable mine of information, this will prove a vade mecum to one and all.

Geography is as old as mankind. In the olden days people carried out long journey by land route and sea route. These travelers and conquerors on their return related accounts of their travel in the form of stories or poems. They were also successful in drawing charts and pictures of such travels and they also acquired knowledge about the natural features and physical features of the earth. The description of such journeys always included the description of various rivers, mountains, forests etc. and the difficulties the travelers had to face during their journey. Geography is broad based knowledge of all these things. Thus, the study of Geography influences our lives in all its fields. It is quite useful in economic research, helpful to Town and Country Planners etc. We find that knowledge of geography is important in understanding and acquiring knowledge of various social sciences. We also find that geography occupies an important place in various fields of life and in syllabi of primary, secondary and higher education.

This encyclopaedic work is designed to meet the requirements of students and teachers of geography.

The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, was an undersea earthquake that occurred  at
00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) on December 26, 2004. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWC) also estimated it at 8.5 shortly after the earthquake.

Tsunami is much more frequent in the Pacific Ocean due to earthquakes in the “Ring of Fire”, and an effective tsunami warning system has long been in place there. Tsunamis there are relatively rare, despite earthquakes being relatively frequent in Indonesia.

This work gives a vivid account of disaster management, and recent approaches of mitigation, relief and rehabilitation measures.