What do you know about the lithospheric plates?
The earth’s crust consists of several large and some small, rigid, irregularly— shaped plates, Le., slabs which cany continents and the ocean floor.
GEOGRAPHY
Find out the names of a few rivers of the world that form a delta?
Name of some rivers (See the Map): Mississippi—Missouri. Amazon. Parana—Paraguay. The Nile. Zaire. Tigris—Euphrates. Ganga—Brahmaputra. Indus. Hwang Ho. The Yangtze. Irrawaddy. Salwin. Murray—Darling.
Buildings collapse due to earthquakes because of the following reasons:
Most buildings are not built/made earthquake-proof. When the earthquakes strike, the buildings are not capable of resisting thevibrations of the earthquakes. They tear apart due to shallow foundation, sub-standard interior material, and lack of adequate steel. They collapse and fall down like a pack of papers/cards.
Sea caves are turned into stacks.reson?
Sea caves are turned into stacks because of the following reasons: The sea waves strike the coasts and erode the soft rocks. Hard rocks remain uneroded. This action results in the formation of sea caves. In course of time the roofs of the caves also come down due to erosion and the arms/walls of the …
Flood plains are very fertile.reson?
Flood plains are very fertile because of the following reasons: They are made of the silt and other material brought by floods. Due to spread of the new silt, the flood plains are fertile areas.
Some rocks have the shape of a mushroom.
Some rocks have the shape of a mushroom, because of the following reasons: When’ rocks fall in the course of running dust-storms, the suspended particles of sand strike the lower portion of the rocks and erode them. The upper portions of the rocks remain unaffected/uneroded. In course of time the rocks take up the shape …
Ox bow lakes are found In?
River valleys.
Mushroom rocks are found In?
Deserts.