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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
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Which is the most important effect of weathering?
What is known as mass wasting?
What do you understand by the following term:|
Regolith
What do you understand by the following term:|
Humus
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Soil texture
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What do you understand by the following term:
Soil texture
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Climate is the most important factor of soil formation.
Give a geographical reason:
Temperature is the main factor behind granular weathering.
On the basis of the given points, differentiate between weathering and erosion.
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