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प्रश्न
Besides climatic factors, rock type, and structure, can you think of some more factors that affect weathering?
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उत्तर
Plants, animals, micro-organisms, humans are some more factors that affect weathering.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Identify the correct correlation:
A: Assertion; R: Reasoning
A: In areas of high rainfall, slides are very common.
R: Types of mass wasting movements are dependent on a region's climate.
A: Freeze and thaw weathering is common in desert areas.
R: Water gets into cracks and breaks the rocks.
Identify the correct correlation:
A: Assertion; R: Reasoning
A: Surface water helps solifluction.
R: Water table is responsible for the same.
Draw a neat and labelled diagram of Freeze and thaw weathering
Draw a neat and labelled diagram of Block disintegration.
Draw a neat and labelled diagram of Biological weathering.
Answer in detail:
Explain with examples the process of weathering happening in Konkan.
Can animals and plants also influence weathering? Will that be physical or chemical weathering? Which type of weathering does stone quarrying cause?
See the diagram and answer the following questions:
- Which rock layer has experienced the most weathering?
- Which rock layer has experienced the least weathering?
- What could be the reason behind the difference in weathering?
Think of the reason why landslides should be more frequent in the foothill zone of the Himalayas and Western Ghat region. Why do landslides not occur in Marathwada in Maharashtra or the Maidan area in Karnataka?
