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प्रश्न
What is known as Sheet Wash?
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उत्तर
It is the rapid movement of rock debris etc in heavy amount taking the form of a thick sheet of thick fluid of soil and clay removing settlement and vegetation cover, too.
संबंधित प्रश्न
List any three factors that affect weathering.
Say whether the following is ‘True’ or ‘False’.
Shear plane is the surface on which movement of a landslide takes place as a result of its breaking off.
On what factors does the weathering depend?
How is humus formed?
What do you understand by the following term:|
Oxidation
Distinguish between the following :
Erosion and Weathering.
What do you understand by the following term:
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A region is having an annual mean temperature of 5°C and an annual rainfall of 1000 mm. Can you comment upon the weathering and the type with the help of the following questions? Discuss in class.
- Which type of weathering will be dominant here?
- Where will such a region be found?
On the basis of the given points, differentiate between weathering and erosion.
| Weathering | Erosion | |
| Definition | ||
| Causes/Agents | ||
| Effect/Results | ||
| Examples |
Consider the given statement and choose the right option given below.
- Small streams that join the main river is tributary.
- River Gangas is a tributary.
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