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Draw a neat and labelled diagram for:
Deflation
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Deflation:
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Introduction of Agents of Erosion
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Complete the table:
| Agents | Erosional landforms | Depositional landforms |
| 1) River | ||
| 2) Wind | ||
| 3) Sea waves | ||
| 4) Groundwater | ||
| 5) Glacier |
Choose the correct option by identifying the correct correlation in the sentence:
Water or snow enters the cracks in the rocks and makes it weak. When the glacier passes on these rocks, it pulls the rocks at the bottom along with it. This process is called ________.
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- Can you mark the location where a waterfall may formed?
- Why is there a change in slope from A to B? How will it influence the flow of the river?
- Which human activities can be conducted in the region around A and B?
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Study the figure given below and answer the following questions.
Questions:
- Which rocks are mainly found here?
- Identify the spot where the stream disappears.
- Which major erosional process works in this area?
- Identify the landforms formed by deposition.
- Why do depositional landforms not form on the surface in areas of Karst terrain?
