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प्रश्न
State the effects of weathering.
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उत्तर
Effects of weathering :
- It causes landslides.
- It causes mudflow, that is, the flow of weathered material, soggy with water, deacon a hillside, or a slope.
- Weathering breaks down the particles of rocks gradually and makes it easy for rivers and other agents of denudation to transport them down the slope. It exposes the rock to further weathering. Thus weather assists the agents of denudation.
- Weathering assists the formation of soils.
संबंधित प्रश्न
List any three factors that affect weathering.
Give a technical term for the following:
Expansion of minerals in rocks on coming into contact with rainwater.
Distinguish between the following:
Sheet erosion and gully erosion.
What do you understand by the following term:|
Exfoliation
What do you understand by the following term:|
Desilication
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.
What do you understand by the following term:
Weathering
Give reasons for the following :
Grassland soils are less acidic than forest soils.
Give a geographical reason:
Effect of mass movement will be greater along the western slope of the Sahyadri's than the eastern slope.
Which one of the following materials is affected by hydration process?
