Description : Which of the following processes is responsible for producing the sand dunes in western Rajasthan? (1) Wind erosion (2) Erosion by water (3) Wind deposition (4) Mechanical weathering
Last Answer : (3) Wind deposition Explanation: In physical geography, a dune is a hill of sand built either by wind or water flow. Dunes occur in different forms and sizes, formed by interaction with the flow ... the sand grains: and (3) a topography whereby the sand particles lose their momentum and settle out.
Description : What are weathering erosion and deposition examples of?
Last Answer : Processes affecting the surface of the Earth and part of theRock Cycle.
Description : The formation of laterite soil is mainly due to: (a) weathering (b) erosion (c) leaching (d) deposition
Last Answer : Ans: (c)
Description : Mounds of sand formed by wind action are called (1) Cliffs (2) Cirques (3) Dunes (4) Hamadas
Last Answer : (3) Dunes Explanation: Cliff is a high and extremely steep rock face that approaches the vertical, either inland or along a coastline. Cirque refers to a deep rounded hollow having steep sides, formed ... by snow and ice. Dune is a hill or ridge of sand accumulated and sorted by wind action.
Description : Moon shaped sand-dunes, formed by which wind action?
Last Answer : Barkhans
Description : 1. In the context of Indian wild life, what is the flying fox? 2. Who appoints the Chairman of the UPSC ? 3. Why is In a hydel station the motion produced in turbines? 4. Moon shaped sand ... ? 20. Who was elected as the President of All-India Khilafat Conference when it met at Delhi in 1919?
Last Answer : Answer : 1 1. Bat 2. President 3. Due to the flow of water 4. Barkhans 5. Badan Singh 6. Wasp 7. Anemometer 8. Echinodermata 9. Amazon 10. 1761 11. Preamble 12. KEVLAR 13. Industrialisation 14. Lake Superior 15. Lord Cornwallis 16. Music 17. Vectors 18. England 19. Arabian Sea 20. Mahatma Gandhi
Last Answer : Dunes
Description : Rajasthan canal receives water from which of the following rivers ? (1) Yamuna (2) Jhelum (3) Ravi (3) Sutlej
Last Answer : Sutlej
Description : Which one of the following states does not form part of Narmada River basin? (1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Rajasthan (3) Gujarat (4) Maharashtra
Last Answer : Rajasthan
Description : Which state is irrigated by Ganga canal ? (1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Bihar (3) West Bengal (4) Rajasthan
Last Answer : Uttar Pradesh
Description : Tropic of Cancer passes through which of the following Indian states ? (1) Bihar, West Bengal, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram (2) Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Tripura ... , Tripura and Mizoram (4) Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and West Bengal
Last Answer : Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura and Mizoram
Description : Chilka lake is located in : (1) Orissa (2) Bihar (3) Rajasthan (4) Maharashtra
Last Answer : Orissa
Description : In which state is the Maikala range situated ? (1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Rajasthan (3) Bihar (4) Chhatisgarh
Last Answer : Chhatisgarh
Description : Which one of the following factors is the main reason for the peninsular rivers to flow towards east? (1) Western part is rainy (2) Western Ghats act as major water-divide (3) Rivers follow rift valleys (4) Eastern Ghats are lower than the Western Ghats
Last Answer : Eastern Ghats are lower than the Western Ghats
Description : Where do the Western and Eastern Ghats meet? (1) Nilgiri hills (2) Cardamom hills (3) Palani hills (4) Annamalai hills
Last Answer : Nilgiri hills
Description : Continuous chain of mountains that rise abruptly more or less parallel to the coastline of India is (1) Aravalli (2) Satpura (3) Eastern ghats (4) Western ghats
Last Answer : Western ghats
Description : Which of the following is formed out of volcanic eruptions in India? (1) Deccan Plateau (2) Lakshadweep Islands (3) Western Ghats (4) Himalayas
Last Answer : Deccan Plateau
Description : The two richest Eco-zones of India are (1) The Himalayas and Vindhyas (2) The Himalayas and Eastern Ghats (3) The Himalayas and Western Ghats (4) The Himalayas and Aravallis
Last Answer : The Himalayas and Aravallis
Description : Which of the following hills connect eastern and western ghats? (1) Satpura (2) Vindhya (3) Nilgiri (4) Aravalli
Last Answer : Nilgiri
Description : Where in India can ‘Mushroom’ rock be found ? (1) Eastern Ghats (2) Western Ghats (3) Thar Desert (4) Satpura Range
Last Answer : Thar Desert
Description : Which one of the following is not a part along the western coast of India ? (1) Nhava Sheva (2) Marmagao (3) Tuticorin (4) Kochi
Last Answer : Tuticorin
Description : Where are the Saltora Ranges located ? (1) Ladakh (2) Along the Vindhyas (3) Part of the Karakoram Ranges (4) Part of the Western Ghats
Last Answer : Part of the Karakoram Ranges
Description : Which of the following uplands is not a part of the Telangana Plateau ? (1) Aravalli (2) Western Ghat (3) Eastern Ghat (4) Satpura
Last Answer : Western Ghat
Description : India lies in the ................ hemisphere. (1) northern and eastern (2) southern and eastern (3) northern and western (4) northern and southern
Last Answer : northern and eastern
Description : Which of the following cities lies to the western-most longitude ? (1) Jaipur (2) Nagpur (3) Bhopal (4) Hyderabad
Last Answer : Jaipur
Description : What is the geographical name given to a deep and narrow Valley consisting of steep sides created by weathering and erosion by rivers, wind, rain and tectonic activity?
Last Answer : Canyon
Description : Wind energy received in abundance in Western Rajasthan and Gujarat has not been so far utilized and developed to the maximum. -SST 10th
Last Answer : Wind energy received in Western Rajasthan and Gujarat falls under the category of potential resources.
Description : Explain the types of sand dunes.
Last Answer : Explain the types of sand dunes.
Description : How are sand dunes and deltas similar?
Last Answer : The "sand dunes and deltas" are similar to that they are both "formed by weathering".
Description : How long do sand dunes form?
Last Answer : forever
Description : What is special about sand dunes in Namibia?
Last Answer : it says my dads name on it
Description : How are deltas and sand dunes alike?
Last Answer : because they are duh
Description : How are sand dunes and canyons alike?
Description : Depression formed due to deflating action of winds are called – (1) Playas (2) Yardang (3) Ventifacts (4) Sand dunes
Last Answer : (2) Yardang Explanation: A yardang is a streamlined hill carved from bedrock or any consolidated or semiconsolidated material by the dual action of wind abrasion, dust and sand, and deflation. Yardangs become ... more times longer than wide, and when viewed from above, resemble the hull of a boat.
Description : Deviation of the alignment of a trace cut may be permitted in areas involving (A) Land slides (B) Sand dunes (C) Dens (D) None of these
Last Answer : Answer: Option A
Description : Which of the following are barchans? w) deflation basins x) oases y) crescent-shaped dunes z) sand storms
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- CRESCENT-SHAPED DUNES
Description : Depression formed due to deflating action of winds are called (1) Playas (2) Yardang (3) Ventifacts (4) Sand dunes
Last Answer : Yardang
Description : How does running water groundwater waves and glaciers cause erosion and deposition?
Last Answer : Feel Free to Answer
Description : How does flood water and low gravity affect erosion and deposition?
Last Answer : What is the answer ?
Description : How are erosion and deposition related to the problems New Orleans has experience?
Last Answer : Need answer
Description : How are erosion and deposition related to the problems New Orleans?
Description : Is deposition occurs where the agents of erosion lay down sediment.?
Description : Are oxbow lakes erosion or deposition?
Description : Is a waterfall formed from erosion or deposition?
Last Answer : It is formed from both. The rocks forms the falls had one had tobe deposited and their current erosion by the river is resulting inthe waterfall.
Description : The term soil impoverishment relates to which one of the following? a. Soil erosion b. Soil deposition c. Soil getting very deficient in plant nutrients d. Soil getting enriched with plant nutrients
Last Answer : c. Soil getting very deficient in plant nutrients
Description : How does erosion and weathering affect people animals and plants?
Description : How is erosion the same as weathering how is erosion different from weathering?
Description : What can slow down weathering and erosion?
Description : How do weathering and erosion contribute to the formation of the Grand Canyon?
Description : Why is Weathering important to erosion?
Last Answer : weathering breaks down rocks, which makes the sediment easy tobe transported