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प्रश्न
Give a geographical reason:
Slope is a major factor in mass wasting.
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उत्तर
Slope is a major factor in mass wasting because -
- Mass wasting is the down-slope movement of a loose mixture of soil, land, and rock particles by the force of gravity.
- In mass wasting the materials come down the slope without the aid of transporting medium like running water, ice, or wind.
- Mass wasting occurs continuously on all slopes.
- Some act very slowly, others very suddenly, often with disastrous results.
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Which is the most important effect of weathering?
How are erosional plains formed?
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Expansion of minerals in rocks on coming into contact with rainwater.
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Erosion and Weathering.
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Weathering
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Soil texture
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Effect of mass movement will be greater along the western slope of the Sahyadri's than the eastern slope.
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