Geography

Landforms of Highland Glaciati

Landforms of Highland Glaciation

CORRIE, CIRQUE OR CWM The downslope movement of a glacier from its snow-covered valley-head an...

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Weathering Process

Weathering Process

Weathering is the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on Earth’s surface. Water,...

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Convection Current Theory

Convection Current Theory

Though Alfred Wegener’s Continental Drift was being rejected, Arthur Holmes elaborated one of ...

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Amarkantak Plateau Rivers

Amarkantak Plateau Rivers

RIVER NARMADA The Narmada originates on the western flank of the Amarkantak plateau at a heigh...

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Important Passes in India

Important Passes in India

o Jelep La Pass - This pass passes through the Chumbi valley. It connects Sikkim with Lhasa, the cap...

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Denudation

Denudation

The process of wearing away the earth causes a general lowering and leveling out of the surface. &n...

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Plate Tectonic Theory

Plate Tectonic Theory

A plate is a rigid lithospheric slab in the earth surface. If two tectonic plates collide, they form...

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Metamorphic Rocks

Metamorphic Rocks

The word metamorphic means ‘change of form’. These rocks form under the action of Pressu...

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Gradation

Gradation

The phenomenon of wearing down of relief variations of the surface of the earth through erosion is k...

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Continental Drift Theory

Continental Drift Theory

Alfred Wegener, a German meteorologist, proposed the “Continental Drift Theory” in 1912....

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The Course of a River

The Course of a River

YOUTH/UPPER/MOUNTAIN COURSE:   This begins at the source of the river near the water shed...

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River Landforms in Upper Cours

River Landforms in Upper Course

CAPTURE This is also known as river piracy or river beheading. Its development is dependent on...

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