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प्रश्न
State and explain the classification of mass movements.
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उत्तर
Mass movements are divided into slow and rapid movements. Slow movement includes Creep, movement of soil and debris and Solifluction or clay formation Rapid movement includes landslide, Earth Flow or a heavy thick paste of soil down the slope, Mud Flow in the areas without vegetation cover and Sheet Wash in the form of large sheet flow snatching thick rock strata uncovering the rocks below. It may also take place by human activities of settlement.
A mass movement has built many remarkable landforms as Himalayan lakes, Terraces, escarpment, etc
संबंधित प्रश्न
Give a technical term for the following:
Disintegration or decomposition of rock.
Distinguish between :
Loess and Alluvium.
What do you understand by the following term:|
Exfoliation
What do you understand by the following term:|
Carbonation
What do you understand by the following term:|
Desilication
What do you understand by the following term:
Landslide
Give a geographical reason:
Human is an agent of weathering.
A region is having an annual mean temperature of 5°C and an annual rainfall of 1000 mm. Can you comment upon the weathering and the type with the help of the following questions? Discuss in class.
- Which type of weathering will be dominant here?
- Where will such a region be found?
Consider the given statement and choose the right option given below.
- The nature and magnitude of weathering differ from place to place and region to region.
- Granular disintegration takes place due to the action of volcanoes.
- Weathering is a prerequisite in the formation of soil.
Which of the above statement is/are the right statement.
Which one of the following materials is affected by hydration process?
