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The class notes cover major landforms of the earth, focusing on mountains, plains, and plateaus. Key differences between mountains and plateaus are highlighted, along with the types of mountains and their usefulness to humans. The notes also explain the formation of plains, reasons for population density in river plains, and the sparse population in mountainous areas.

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The class notes cover major landforms of the earth, focusing on mountains, plains, and plateaus. Key differences between mountains and plateaus are highlighted, along with the types of mountains and their usefulness to humans. The notes also explain the formation of plains, reasons for population density in river plains, and the sparse population in mountainous areas.

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Class Notes

Class: VI Topic: Geography


Ch 6. Major landforms of the earth
Subject: Social Science

Instructions:-
 Write the questions and answers in your notebook.
 Write tick the correct answer and fill in the blanks in your textbook.

Textbook questions
Q 1. What are major landforms?
Ans: Mountains, plains and Plateaus.
Q 2. What are the differences between mountain and plateau?
Ans:-
Mountains Plateau
 A mountain is a very natural  Plateau is an elevation with a flat top
elevation higher than the earth standing above the surrounding area.
surface.  Plateaus are rich in mineral
 It has a peak at the top and deposites.
broad base.  Example: The deccan Plateau and the
 Example: The Alps, The Andes. Tibet Plateau.
Q 3. What are different types of mountains?
Ans: Different types of mountains are:
i. Block mountains – Black Forest Mountain in Europe.
ii. Fold mountains – The Himalayas.
iii. Volcanic mountains – Mt. Kilimanjaro.
Q 4. How are mountains useful to man?
Ans: Mountains are useful in many ways:
 Mountains are storehouse of water.
 Mountains have varieties of flora and fauna.
 Many rivers have their resources in mountains.
 People visit mountains for scenic beauty.
 Several sports like paragliding, hand gliding, skiing, and river rafting are
popular in mountains.
Q 5. How are plains formed?
Ans:
 Most of the plains are formed by river and their tributaries.
 The river flow down the slopes of mountains and erode them.
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 They carry the sediments consisting of stones, sand and silt along their
courses.
 The deposition of sediments forms the plains.

Q 6. Why are the river plains thickly populated?


Ans:
 The river plains are very suitable for human habitation.
 People get flat land for building houses and cultivation.
 The soil of river plains is very fertile.
 People live here and cultivate land for their living.

Q 7. Why are mountains thinly populated?


Ans:
 The climate is harsh at the mountain areas.
 Slopes are steep at the mountains and that reduces the land available for
farming.
2. Tick the correct answers.
(a) The mountains differ from the hills in terms of
(i) elevation

(b) Glaciers are found in


(i) the mountains
c) The Deccan Plateau is located in
(i) Kenya (ii) Australia (iii) India
(d) The river Yangtze flows in
(iii) China
(e) An important mountain range of Europe is
(ii) the Alps
3. Fill in the blanks.
1. A plain is an unbroken flat or a low-level land.
2. The Himalayas and the Alps are examples of fold types of mountains.
3. Plateau areas are rich in mineral deposits.
4. The range is a line of mountains
5. The plain areas are most productive for farming.

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