Seas:
1. Caspian Sea – TARIK – Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan
2. Black Sea – Turkish BURGeR – Turkey, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Romania
a. Rivers – Danube and Dnipro
b. Sea of Azov <-> Black sea c. Sea of Marmara – only borders with Turkey
d. Sea of Marmara <-> Black sea – Bosphorus strait
e. Sea of Marmara <-> Agean Sea – Dardanelles strait
f. Azov  Black sea  Marmara  Agean  Mediterranean sea
3. Red Sea – DESSEY – Djibouti, Eritrea, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Yemen
4. Dead Sea – JIP – Jordan, Israel, Palestine-West Bank
5. Balti Sea – RUDE Germany SELL Poland & Finland – Russia, Denmark, Germany, Sweden,
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland
a. Gulf of Bothnia – Sweden and Finland
b. Gulf of Finland – Finland and Estonia
c. Gulf of Riga – Estonia and Latvia
d. Baltic countries – Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
6. Aral Sea – UK – Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
7. Mediterranean sea – 22 countries –
a. European – CAB SIS F MGM - Spain, France, Italy, Malta(island), Monaco, Slovenia,
Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovnia, Montenegro, Albania, Greece
b. Asian – C-LIST P-Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine(Gaza Strip), Cyprus(island)
c. African – METAL - Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco
Equator passing countries: 13
1. Asia – KIM – Kiribati, Indonesia, Maldives
2. Africa – SDG SUCK – SaoTome, Demo Repub of Congo, Gabon, Somalia, Uganda, Congo,
Kenya
3. South America – BCE – Brazil , Colombia, Ecuador or ECB borrowing by poor countries
Prime Meridian countries: 8 - BSF GAME in Togo – Burkina Faso, Spain, France, Ghana, Algeria, Mali,
England(UK), Togo. Water bodies – Arctic ocean, Greenland sea, Norwegian sea, Mediterranean sea,
Atlantic ocean, Souther ocean
Prime meridian and T.of cancer intersect – Algeria
Tropic of Cancer countries: 17
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N.America – MBa – Mexico, Bahamas
Africa – SMaLl NAME – western Sahara, Mali, Libya, Niger, Algeria, Mauritania, Egypt
Asia – MOB IS CUTe – Myanmar, Oman, Bangladesh, India, S.Arabia, China, UAE, Taiwan
Water body – pacific ocean, gulf of California, gulf of Mexico, Atlantic ocean, red sea, Indian
ocean, Taiwan strait
5. Indian States – 8 - Guj, RJ, MP, CH, JH, WB, TP, MIZ – nearest city to t.of cancer is Udaipur in
TP
6. IST passes – MOUCA – 5 - MP, Odisha, CH, UP, AP
7. IST and T.of cancer intersection – Koriya District of CH
8. Mahi river is the only river in india that cuts T.of cancer twice
Tropic of Cancer countries: 10
1. S.America – ABC Production – Arg, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay
2. Africa – No Books to S.African MoM – Namibia, Bostwana, S.Africa, Mozambique,
Madagascar
3. Australia
4. Ocean – Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean
Minerals:
1. Bauxite – East coast of Odisha and AP
a. Odisha – 52% - Kalahandi, Koraput, Sundargarh, Bolangir, Sambalpur
b. AP – 18%
c. Guj – 7% - Jamnagar, Junagadh, Kheda, Kachh, Sabarkantha, Amreli, Bhavnagar
d. CH – 5% - Maikal rangein Bilaspur, Durg, Amarkantak region of Surguja, Raigarh
e. MH – 5% - Kolhapur
f. MP – 4%
g. JH- 4% - Ranchi, Palamu, LOhardaga, GUmla
h. World – Aus 30, China 18, Brazil 13, Guinea 8
2. Lead(Cubic sulphide-Galena) and Zinc
a. RJ 88; AP 3; MP 2; BH 1; MH 1
b. World Zn – Aus 68, China 44, Mexico 22, Peru 19, Kazakhstan 12, US 11, India 7.5
c. World Lead – Aus 40, China 15, Russia 10, US 6, Peru 8, MX 6