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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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- Deserts
- Antarctica
- Thar desert
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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?
