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प्रश्न
State the effects of weathering.
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.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Distinguish between the following pair:
Weathering and erosion
Make a chart for your classroom showing the causes of different types of weathering.
What is known as mass wasting?
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.
How are the different kinds of soils in Temperate zones formed?
Define the following term briefly:
Soil texture
What are the various factors governing the formation of soil? Which one is the most important and why?
What do you understand by the following term:
Soil profile
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.
Which of the above statement is/are the right statement.
Name three types of weathering.
