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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
Distinguish between the following pair:
Weathering and erosion
Which is the most important effect of weathering?
What is known as oxidation?
Give a technical term for the following:
Disintegration or decomposition of rock.
What do you understand by the following term:|
Oxidation
What do you understand by the following term:|
Humus
Rewrite the following sentence, choosing the right word from the options given below:
_______refers to the gradual disintegration and decomposition of rocks which lie exposed to the elements of weather.
Distinguish between the following :
Erosion and Weathering.
What do you understand by the following term:
Soil profile
Give a geographical reason:
Oxidation changes the size and colour of the rocks.
