Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Name four places in India which undergoes landslide.
Answer in Brief
Solution
- Western ghats and Konkan hills.
- Darjeeling and Sikkim (NE Himalayas)
- Northwest Himalayas (Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir)
- Eastern ghats (Araku region in Andhra Pradesh)
shaalaa.com
Hazards
Is there an error in this question or solution?
Chapter 2.3: Natural Hazards – Understanding of Disaster Management in Practice - Evaluation [Page 181]
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Define ‘hazard'.
______ is a event which causes enormous physical damage to property, loss of life and change in the environment.
Distinguish between
Hazard and disaster
The word ‘hazard’ Originated from the ______ language.
The meaning of hazard is ______.
______ can be broadly classified Into three types.
Natural hazards are classified into two broad categories: ______ and ______.
Hazards are termed as ______ when they cause widespread destruction of property and human lives.
Why mitigating the hazards essential?
Match the following:
| Hazard | a. | forecasting weather |
| Disaster | b. | reduce |
| Vulnerability | c. | a dangerous event |
| Mitigate | d. | severity |
| Meteorology | e. | loss of life |
