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Question
Observe the map and answer the following questions:
- Madagascar and Sri Lanka are related to which landform of the ocean floor?
- Near which continent are these landforms located?
- Which islands in our country are examples of peaks of submerged mountains?
Short Answer
Solution
- These can be considered Marine Islands, i.e., as peaks of the submerged mountains and hills on the ocean bed.
- Sri Lanka is located near Asia and Madagascar is near the African continent.
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands. These are considered to be emergent peaks of a submerged mountain range related to the Arakan Yoma range of Myanmar.
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Like there are landforms on land, ocean floor also has submerged landforms because ______.
Which part of the ocean floor is most useful to the man?
- Name the landforms shown in the figure.
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Give geographical reasons:
The study of ocean floor is useful to man.
