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Chapter 4 landforms of the world
Landforms of the world-class 4 questions and answers, major landforms of the world-class 4
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- Plains
- Deserts
- Antarctica
- Thar desert
- Cape
Answer the following questions:-
Q: What are the four main landforms?
The four main landforms are mountains, plains, plateaus, and deserts.
Q: What are mountains and hills?
Mountains and hills are rocky masses of land that rise higher than the surroundings, with the main difference being that mountains have steeper slopes and higher peaks.
Q: What is the highest mountain range in the world?
The Himalayas in the north of India is the highest mountain range in the world.
Q: Where is Mount Everest located?
Mount Everest, the highest mountain peak in the world, is located in the Himalayas in Nepal.
Q: How are some mountains formed?
Some mountains are formed when two large land masses push against each other, resulting in fold mountains like the Himalayas, the Rockies in North America, and the Alps in Europe.
Q: What are volcanic mountains?
Volcanic mountains are mountains that are formed when molten rock from deep inside the earth rises to the surface and forms a volcano. Examples include Mount Fuji in Japan and Mount Vesuvius in Italy.
Q: What are block mountains?
Block mountains are mountains that are formed by the splitting and sliding of large blocks of land. Examples include the Sierra Nevada mountains in the USA and the Black Forest mountains in Germany.
Q: What is a valley?
A valley is the lowland between hills or mountains, usually formed by glaciers or rivers wearing away rocks on mountains.
Q: What are passes in mountains?
Passes in mountains are low, narrow natural gaps that people can cross through. An example is the Khyber Pass in the Himalayas between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Q: What are some famous valleys in India?
Some famous valleys in India are the Kashmir Valley and the Brahmaputra Valley.
Q: What is a plateau?
A plateau is a large area of land that is higher than the surroundings and more or less flat at the top.
Q: What is the Deccan Plateau?
The Deccan Plateau is a plateau in South India that covers almost the entire Indian peninsula.
Q: What is the highest plateau in the world?
The Tibetan Plateau in the Himalayas is the highest plateau in the world, also known as the roof of the world.
Q: What are plains?
Plains are flat lands with gentle slopes, usually formed by the deposition of fertile soil by rivers flowing from the mountains.
Q: What are deserts?
Deserts are large, extremely dry areas of land with very little rainfall and very few plants. They have extreme temperatures, with very hot days and cool nights in summer, and cool days and very cold nights in winter.
Q: What is a coast?
A coast is a place where land meets the sea, which can be sandy and straight or rocky.
Q: What is a peninsula?
A peninsula is a land mass that projects into the sea and is surrounded by water on three sides. The southern part of India is a peninsula.
Q: What is a cape?
A cape is the tip of a peninsula that extends into the sea. Cape Comorin is the southernmost tip of the Indian peninsula.
Q: What is a bay?
A bay is a water body running into land and surrounded on three sides by land. The Bay of Bengal along the eastern coast of India is an example.
Q: What is an island?
An island is a land mass surrounded on all sides by water. Sri Lanka is an island, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal are a group of islands that are a part of India.
Q: What are perennial rivers?
Perennial rivers have water throughout the year and start in the mountains from melting snow or glaciers.
Q: What are seasonal rivers?
Seasonal rivers are formed by rainwater and do not have water throughout the year.
Q: What are tributaries?
Tributaries are smaller rivers that join the main river along its course.
Q: What is a delta?
A delta is a region where a river breaks up into channels or distributaries and spreads out like a triangle before falling into the sea.
Q: Which is the largest delta in the world?
The delta made by the Brahmaputra and the Ganga is the largest in the world.
Q: Which is the longest river in the world?
The Nile in Egypt is the longest river in the world.
Q: Why have great civilizations always developed along rivers?
Rivers provide water for drinking, domestic and agricultural purposes and the soil near the rivers is the richest.
Short Question Answers
Q: What are the major landforms on Earth?
Ans: Mountains, plains, plateaus, and deserts.
Q: What is the highest mountain peak in the world and where is it located?
Ans: Mount Everest, located in the Himalayas of Nepal.
Q: What are examples of fold mountains?
Ans: the Rockies in North America and the Alps in Europe.
Q: What are examples of block mountains?
Ans: the Sierra Nevada in the USA and the Black Forest in Germany.
Q: Name some famous valleys in India.
Ans: Famous valleys in India include Kashmir valley and Brahmaputra valley.
Q: Name two plateaus located in the USA?
Ans: Two plateaus located in the USA are the Columbia Plateau and the Colorado Plateau.
Q: Which two rivers made the largest delta in the world?
Ans: The Ganga and Brahmaputra rivers.
