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Geography

Landforms and life


Q2. Which colour is the Ganga plain?
Ans. Ganga plain is blue in colour.
Q3. What does the white expanse represent?
Ans. The white expanse represent the snow or ice sleets in the mountains (Himalayan
range).
Q4. Name the two highest peaks of the Himalayan range.
Ans. Mount Everest and Kanchenjunga.
Q5. Name the mountain that is not the part of any range.
Ans. Mount Kilimanjaro in eastern Africa is an isolated mountain that is not the part of any
range.
Q6. Name three types of landforms.
Ans. Mountains, Plateaus and Plains.
Q7. Name the highest mountain in South India.
Ans. Anamudi (in Kerala, also known as ‘Anai Peak’) is the highest peak in South India.
Q8. Name one hottest desert in Africa.
Ans. The Sahara Desert.
Q9. Which rock is found in layers?
Ans. Sedimentary rock.
Q10. Into how many categories are landforms classified?
Ans. The landforms are classified into three categories.
1. Mountains 2. Plateaus 3. Plains
Q11. What are the major types of landforms and their significance to life and culture?
Ans. The major types of landforms are the mountains, the Plateaus and the Plains.
Mountains: Mountains are the landforms that are much higher than the surrounding
landscape. Depending on their height, some mountains are covered with snow. At lower
altitudes, the snow melts every summer and turns into water that feeds rivers. At high
altitudes, the snow may never meet, leaving the mountain permanently snow-capped,
mountains with tall and sharp peaks like the Himalayas, are relatively young which means
that they were formed recently in the Earth’s history but that is still millions of years ago.
Shorted and more rounded mountains are much older and have been rounded by erosion.
Plateaus: A plateau is a landform that rises up from the surrounding land and has a more or
less flat surface, some of its slides are often steep slopes. Tibetan Plateau is the largest and
highest plateau in the world. The Deccan plateau is also another plateau in eastern part of
India. Plateaus are the stone house of minerals. They have been called the store houses of
minerals. Mining is the major activity on plateaus where many of the worlds largest mines
are found.
Plains: Plains are the landforms that have an extensive flat or gently undulating surface. They
do not have any large hills. They are generally not more than 300 metres above the sea level.
Significance of mountains, plateaus and plains in human life and culture.
Mountains: Mountain is a place of pure nature with very low pollution.
1. Terrace farming is practised on the slopes by cutting steps into the slope.
2. Tourism is often an important source of income for the people living in the
mountains.
3. The crisp mountain air and scenic beauty attracts many tourists.
Plateaus: Plateaus have rich mineral deposits.
1. Many of the mining areas in the world are located in the plateau region.
2. For e.g., the East African plateau is famous for Gold and Diamond mining.
3. The Chhota Nagpur plateau in eastern India has huge reserves of Iron, Coal, etc.
4. The Plateau Environment is very diverse across the world. Many plateaus have a
rocky soil, which makes them less favourable for farming.
5. Plateaus are the home to many spectacular water falls.
Plains: Thousand of years ago, the first civilisations developed around rivers in fertile plains.
In our times too, a large part of the worlds population lives in plains.
1. Plains in many areas are important for doing agriculture work on a large scale.
2. Plains have a gentle slope, river margination is easy and supports a lot of economic
activities.
3. Even today there are stretches along Ganga where people prefer to use boats to
move around.
Q12. What are the challenges and opportunities of life associated with each landform?
Ans. The challenges and opportunities of life associated with each landforms are:
1. Mountains: Challenges mountains areas are more susceptible to natural hazards and
disasters, such as avalanches, landslides debris flow and floods from landslide dams.
Mountains are very steep and rugged, which can impact daily life agriculture also.
Opportunities: Mountains are the store house of natural beauty. Soil is fertile.
2. Plateaus: Challenges plateau one of the main challenges of plateau is the outgoing erosion
of their surface.
• The erosion can lead to a patchy land-scape which can hinder the development of
agriculture and the construction of infrastructure like roads.
3. Plains: The plains are ideal for growing crops of all kinds. Agriculture is a major economic
occupation in the landforms.
• Plain also support a variety of flora and fauna.

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