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प्रश्न
What are the different types of Geosynclines?
थोडक्यात उत्तर
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उत्तर
There are three types of Geosynclines
- Monogeosynclines : Long, narrow geosynclines along narrow water bodies take the shape of narrow mountains such as Appalachian mountains of North America.
- Polygeosynclines : Geosynclines laid down in wide and long water basin take the shape of broad and long mountain ranges like Rockies in North America.
- Mesogeosynclines : The geosynclines lying between Europe and Africa continents resulted in various mountain ranges e.g. Alps and Pyrenees in Europe, Atlas in Africa.
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What are known as exogenic forces?
Give two points of importance of landforms.
The forces operating on the surface of the earth.
Fill in the blanks with suitable words:
The Great Plain of the USA was formed by ______.
Write short notes on the following: Cuestiform plains
Why and how are the plains the centres of all human activity?
Match the following
| 1. | Breaking and crumbling of rocks | Glacier |
| 2. | Abandoned meander loops | Barchan |
| 3. | Large body of moving ice | Lagoon |
| 4. | Crescent shaped sand dunes | Weathering |
| 5. | Vembanad lake | Oxbow lake |
Fill in the corresponding columns with reference to the landform features given below
Barchan, ‘V’ Shaped valley, Cliff, Arete, Inselberg, Moraine, Alluvial fan, Lagoon
| S.No | Natural Agents | Landforms | |
| Erosion | Deposition | ||
| 1. | River | ||
| 2. | Glacier | ||
| 3. | Wind | ||
| 4. | Sea wave | ||
What is the endogenic process?
What is gradation?
