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प्रश्न
What is known as Sheet Wash?
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उत्तर
It is the rapid movement of rock debris etc in heavy amount taking the form of a thick sheet of thick fluid of soil and clay removing settlement and vegetation cover, too.
संबंधित प्रश्न
From encyclopedias and the Internet, find out the different types of soil found in India. Discuss the importance of these soils for crops cultivated in our country. You should form groups in class for this activity.
Name any two slow movements of mass wasting.
Give a technical term for the following:
Expansion of minerals in rocks on coming into contact with rainwater.
Distinguish between :
Loess and Alluvium.
What do you understand by the following term:|
Regolith
What do you understand by the following term:|
Humus
How are the different kinds of soils in Temperate zones formed?
Match the following pairs correctly:
| A | B |
| (a) A soil formed at a place or a particular site | Alluvium |
| (b) Over a long period of time this soil become mature | Transported soil |
| (c) It is most fertile soil when renewed every year | Podzol |
| (d) This soil is found is cool or cold humid areas | Residual |
How does frost action cause weathering?
Give a geographical reason:
Effect of mass movement will be greater along the western slope of the Sahyadri's than the eastern slope.
