Solution of Chapter 6. Major Landforms of the Earth (The Earth : Our Habitat Book)

Exercises

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What are the major landforms?
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What is the difference between a mountain and a plateau?
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What are the different types of mountains?
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How are mountains useful to man?
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How are plains formed?
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Why are the river plains thickly populated?
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Why are mountains thinly populated?
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The mountains differ from the hills in terms of
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Glaciers are found in
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The Deccan Plateau is located in
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The river Yangtze flows in
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An important mountain range of Europe is
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(a) A _________ is an unbroken flat or a low-level land.


(b) The Himalayas and the Alps are examples of ____________types of mountains.


(c) __________ areas are rich in mineral deposits.


(d) The ____________ is a line of mountains


(e) The __________areas are most productive for farming.