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प्रश्न
What is Tsunami?
लघु उत्तर
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उत्तर
- The word Tsunami is a Japanese term that means harbour waves.
- It refers to large seismically generated sea waves caused by Earthquakes, submarine explosions and land slides.
- These waves travel at a great speed (more than 500 km per hour) and the length of the waves exceeds 600 km.
- These waves reach to a height of more than 15 m near sea shore and are capable of causing destruction along the coastal area.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Match the following
| 1. Endogenetic process | Seismograph |
| 2. Mantle | Subduction Zone |
| 3. Convergent boundaries | Volcanic |
| 4. Earthquake | Pacific Ocean |
| 5. Composite volcano | SIMA |
- Mt. Fuji is a dormant volcano.
- Mt. Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcano.
- Mt. Tanzania is a dormant volcano.
Which of the statement(s) is/are true?
In ______ boundary, the plates slide horizontally past each other.
______ this is a dead volcano
Volcanic eruption causes ______.
Match the following:
| (a) | Convergent Boundary | (i) | Away from each other |
| (b) | Divergent Boundary | (ii) | Tectonic Plates |
| (c) | Transform Boundary | (iii) | Towards each other |
| (d) | Huge slabs of rocks | (iv) | Folding |
| (e) | Lateral compressional forces | (v) | Horizontally past each other |
Give reason for the following:
Formation of the Tibetan Plateau.
Give reason for the following.
Why does the lava flow out in all directions in the shield volcano?
Give an account tsunami.
Which one of the following processes is a gradational process?
