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प्रश्न
Write short notes on the following: Cuestiform plains
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उत्तर
The plains marked by a concentric arrangement of ridges and lowlands are called Cuestiform plains. Paris and London are the typical examples of such plains. They are made by river action on hard and soft rocks. Consequently they become rolling like the downs of S.E. England.
संबंधित प्रश्न
What are known as exogenic forces?
Name the two land forms produced by exogenic forces.
The vertical movements which are the result of faults and cracks in the surface of the earth.
Fill in the blanks with suitable words:
The upfolds of the rock strata are called ______.
Fill in the blanks with suitable words:
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge rises ______ km above the floor of the Atlantic.
Fill in the blanks with suitable words:
The Great Plain of the USA was formed by ______.
What causes Orogenic movements?
Explain briefly the landforms created by volcanoes on the surface of the earth.
Match the following
| 1. | Breaking and crumbling of rocks | Glacier |
| 2. | Abandoned meander loops | Barchan |
| 3. | Large body of moving ice | Lagoon |
| 4. | Crescent shaped sand dunes | Weathering |
| 5. | Vembanad lake | Oxbow lake |
Fill in the corresponding columns with reference to the landform features given below
Barchan, ‘V’ Shaped valley, Cliff, Arete, Inselberg, Moraine, Alluvial fan, Lagoon
| S.No | Natural Agents | Landforms | |
| Erosion | Deposition | ||
| 1. | River | ||
| 2. | Glacier | ||
| 3. | Wind | ||
| 4. | Sea wave | ||
