MAJOR

LANDFORMS

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Tashi , Vihaan,
Vaibhav,Vanya,
Vanshika
 CONTENTS

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PLATEAUS 1
MOUNTAINS 2
RIVERS 3
DESERTS 4
PLAINS 5
 PLATEAUS
A plateau is a flat, elevated landform that
rises sharply above the surrounding area
on at least one side. Plateaus occur on
every continent and take up a third of the
Earths land. ... There are two kinds of
plateaus: dissected plateaus and volcanic
plateaus.
 MOUNTAINS
A mountain is an elevated portion of the
Earth's crust, generally with steep sides
that show significant exposed bedrock. ...
Mountains are formed through tectonic
forces, erosion, or volcanism, which act on
time scales of up to tens of millions of
years.
 RIVERS
A river is a natural water body flowing
freely on the land towards another larger
water body. A river gets more water from
other sources like pond, rain and another
river as flows downstream. The place
closest to the source of origination of the
river is class 'Upper Course'.
 DESERTS
A desert is a barren area of landscape
where little precipitation occurs and,
consequently, living conditions are hostile
for plant and animal life. The lack of
vegetation exposes the unprotected surface
of the ground to the processes of
denudation. About onethird of the land
surface of Earth is arid or semi-arid.
 PLAINS
We all know that one – fourth of the earth’s surface is covered by
land. The portion which forms land on earth’s surface is not the same
everywhere. At some places the land may be too high, at some places
very low, some areas would be lush green and certain areas are dry
and barren. Our planet earth is a beautiful collaboration of various
physical features. These different physical features are called the
various landforms on the surface of the earth. These are geographical
features that control the ecosystem, climate, weather and the essence
of life on earth. In simple terms, we say that any shape on the earth’s
surface is known as a landform. The various landforms that we have
come into existence due to natural processes such as erosion, wind,
rain, weather conditions such as ice, frost and chemical actions.
Natural events and disasters such as earthquake (the tectonic plates)
and eruption of volcanoes created the various shapes of the land that
we see.
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