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Hello Kids! Welcome back to KidsCast! Today we are going to talk about a very sacred river which is really the pride of India. Crores of pilgrims visit the holy places located along this river and you saw it right from the title - Ganga or Ganges. So, get geared up for this article.  Route of Ganga So, first, we will tell you the route of Ganga or you can say that the path of Ganga. Ganga or Ganges river basin flows through India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Tibet (China). Most of it lies in India. It flows in the Bay of Bengal along with the Brahmaputra in Bangladesh where it makes a huge delta named Sunderban Delta, about which we will talk later in this article. Check out this map of the route of River Ganga. Indian cities through which River Ganga flows So, as most of the Ganga lies in India, there are many cities through which it passes. These cities are many times sacred or are industrialist cities. Many of them which are famous for these are: 1.  Patna   2. Kanpur ...

  Hey kids, welcome back to KidsCast! Today, we will learn about the Sahara Desert (the largest desert in the world). So let's start. How big is the Sahara: The Sahara Desert is 3.3 square miles and covers 25% of the African continent. Did you know that the desert is almost bigger than the United States of America? Location: The desert is located in the northern part of Africa. It covers the countries Algeria, Egypt, Chad, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan and Tunisia. It is directly north of the Sahel realm. It is southeast of the Atlas Mountains (in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia). People:  Although the Sahara is as big as The USA, it is estimated to contain only some 2.5 million inhabitants (which is excluding the Nile) - less than 1 person per square mile. Remember, 1 square mile is 0.4 square km. Climate: The Sahara desert's climate is scorching hot and parched dry. It has a short rainy season (monsoon season). Since the sky is clear and cloudless, the r...

Hello Kids! Welcome to KidsCast! As you all might know what are skyscrapers, today, we are going to explore some of the world's best future skyscrapers, which are to be made in a few years! Are you excited? So Let's Start!  1)  The Jeddah Tower (Kingdom Tower): The Jeddah Tower also known as Kingdom Tower and it will be built in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It will become tallest skyscraper and taller than Burj Khalifa in Dubai, and will be the tallest skyscraper in the world in future! It is planned to be of 1km . It will have 168 floors .  The construction started on 1 April 2013.   The construction is currently on hold due to issues with the contractor. This beautiful design is created by Am erican Archit ect Adrian Smith. The creator and leader of this project is the present country's prince  Al-Waleed bin Talal, who  is the grandson of Ibn Saud. This building will have all kinds of amenities such as  office, hotel, residential, apartments, observa...

  Antarctica is an icy island which is so big, and is at the southernmost tip of the Earth. Thus, the South Pole is located at the center of the Antarctica continent. Yes, Antarctica is an Continent. As you can see in the picture above, it is really big. It is the 5th Largest Continent in the World. But you know, there is not much life here, that is, not much people live in Antarctica. Only people come here for research and exploration. There are only small mountains, icebergs, and thick ice here. Let us know more about Antarctica! So above is the World Map, and you can see that Antarctica is at the most southern point. And on World Map it seems that it is Long, but it is actually kind of a circular shape, as you can see at the main picture at the starting of this Article. So this was all about Antarctica's general information. Now let us visit and check out Antarctica from inside, and see how is it. After seeing this picture, you'll get more interested. It's just that it...

  The Olympics or the Olympic Games were started long before most of the modern countries were established. These sport events are international and people from different countries came to participate in these events. For now you can refer to our new video on the same topic, Olympic Games!  The first ever Olympics were conducted thousands of years ago. But then they were closed permanently. But then many years ago, some people thought of starting the Olympic Games again! So these renewed Modern Olympics started in 1896.  The Olympics were actually sport events as a tournament. And there were many sport events like: Soccer, Baseball, Javelin Throw, Throw the Discus, Tennis, Shooting, Swimming and Badminton.  The next Olympics to be held will be this year in late Summer, in 2021. They were actually to be held in 2020, but due to the sudden worldwide Coronavirus emergency, these games got cancelled and were rescheduled to 2021 Olympics! People are really thrilled for ...

  Just to be cleared. KidsCast! Junior is a branch of the KidsCast, which focuses on making topics, articles and learning materials for the Kindergarten. Enjoy!  Continents are massive parts of land which are connected to each other. These continents can be mountains, deserts, islands, plains or forests! There are total 7 continents in the world. They are: Asia Africa Europe North America South America Australia Antarctica Each continent has several countries, together forming the continent . India, is in the continent of Asia. England, is in the continent of Europe. The USA, is in the continent of North America. Argentina, is in the continent of South America. Australia, is a country and a continent which includes other countries too. Egypt, is in the continent of Africa. Antarctica is the only continent with no official countries. It is just occupied by some countries for land and research. Antarctica is at the South Pole of the Earth and is very cold! There is ice everywh...