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Which deep valley is nearly equal in width at its top and bottom, with very steep sides?Read the answer and worked solution →Canyons commonly form in which kind of rock?Read the answer and worked solution →Large deep holes at the base of waterfalls are called:Read the answer and worked solution →River terraces at the same height on both sides of a river are called:Read the answer and worked solution →The cone-shaped deposit where a mountain stream breaks onto a gentle plain is an:Read the answer and worked solution →Unlike alluvial fan deposits, the deposits making up deltas are:Read the answer and worked solution →Low linear ridges of coarse deposits along the banks of large rivers are:Read the answer and worked solution →Point bars, also called meander bars, form on which side of a meander?Read the answer and worked solution →Deep meander loops cut off at their inflection points are left as:Read the answer and worked solution →Karst topography takes its name from a limestone region in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Long narrow trenches formed when sinkholes and dolines join are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Which limestone cave deposits rise up from the floor?Read the answer and worked solution →The Bhagirathi is fed by meltwater from the snout of which glacier?Read the answer and worked solution →A lake left in a cirque after the glacier disappears is a:Read the answer and worked solution →Matterhorn and Everest are examples of which glacial landform?Read the answer and worked solution →Deep glacial troughs filled with sea water along high-latitude coasts are:Read the answer and worked solution →The unassorted coarse and fine debris dropped by melting glaciers is glacial:Read the answer and worked solution →A sinuous ridge of coarse material left by a stream flowing under the ice is an:Read the answer and worked solution →India's west coast is described as which type of coast?Read the answer and worked solution →A barrier bar keyed up to the headland of a bay is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →Crescent-shaped dunes with wings pointing downwind are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the glacial landformsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the karst featuresRead the answer and worked solution →Run the landform agentsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the desert landformsRead the answer and worked solution →Erosional or depositionalRead the answer and worked solution →Sort by geomorphic agentRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Landforms bingoRead the answer and worked solution →99 per cent of the atmosphere's mass lies within what height of the earth's surface?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which deep valley is nearly equal in width at its top and bottom, with very steep sides?

  1. Rill
  2. Gorge
  3. Canyon
  4. Gully
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Correct answer: B. Gorge

1. A canyon is wider at the top than the bottom. 2. A gorge is equal in width top and bottom. 3. Gorges form in hard rocks. _Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 7, Landforms and their Evolution._

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Canyons commonly form in which kind of rock?

  1. Horizontal bedded sedimentary
  2. Hard crystalline igneous rock
  3. Foliated metamorphic rocks
  4. Soluble limestone and dolomite
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Correct answer: A. Horizontal bedded sedimentary

1. Canyons have step-like side slopes. 2. They form in horizontal bedded sedimentary rocks. 3. Gorges form in hard rocks. _Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 7, Landforms and their Evolution._

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Large deep holes at the base of waterfalls are called:

  1. Tarn lakes
  2. Plunge pools
  3. Potholes
  4. Sinkholes
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Correct answer: B. Plunge pools

1. Rotating boulders and water impact dig them. 2. They are plunge pools. 3. Potholes form on rocky hill-stream beds. _Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 7, Landforms and their Evolution._

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