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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 →An upland such as a mountain that separates two drainage basins is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →The Indus rises in Tibet near:Read the answer and worked solution →The Indus emerges from the mountains at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Satluj, Beas, Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum join together to enter the Indus near:Read the answer and worked solution →Under the Indus Water Treaty of 1960, India can use what share of the water carried by the Indus system?Read the answer and worked solution →The Bhagirathi is joined by the Alaknanda at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Ghaghara, Gandak and Kosi, which flood the northern plains yearly, rise in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Namami Gange was approved as a flagship programme in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Ganga bifurcates at the northernmost point of its delta at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Brahmaputra takes a U turn into Arunachal Pradesh on reaching:Read the answer and worked solution →In Arunachal Pradesh the Brahmaputra is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Which two long peninsular rivers flow west and make estuaries?Read the answer and worked solution →The Narmada rises in the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Narmada flows west through a rift valley formed by:Read the answer and worked solution →The largest peninsular river, also called the Dakshin Ganga, is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Godavari rises in which district of Maharashtra?Read the answer and worked solution →The Krishna rises from a spring near:Read the answer and worked solution →The Kaveri reaches the Bay of Bengal south of:Read the answer and worked solution →The second biggest waterfall in India, made by the Kaveri, is:Read the answer and worked solution →The largest freshwater lake in India, formed by tectonic activity, is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Sambhar lake in Rajasthan is a seasonal lake whose water is used for producing:Read the answer and worked solution →The Ganga Action Plan, India's first river cleaning programme, was launched in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the east-flowing riversRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Himalayan riversRead the answer and worked solution →

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Run the landform agents

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Questions
  1. Correct
    River
    Choices
    1. River
    2. Glacier
    3. Wind
  2. Correct
    Glacier
    Choices
    1. River
    2. Glacier
    3. Wind
  3. Correct
    Wind
    Choices
    1. River
    2. Glacier
    3. Wind
  4. Correct
    River
    Choices
    1. River
    2. Glacier
    3. Wind
  5. Correct
    Glacier
    Choices
    1. River
    2. Glacier
    3. Wind
  6. Correct
    Wind
    Choices
    1. River
    2. Glacier
    3. Wind
Instructions
Pick the lane of the agent that makes each landform.
_Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 7, Landforms and their Evolution._

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Slice the desert landforms

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Does not match the category
  1. Fjord
  2. Esker
  3. Delta
  4. Levee
Matches the category
  1. Barchan
  2. Seif
  3. Playa
  4. Inselberg
  5. Pediment
Instructions
Slice only the desert landforms. Spare the others.
_Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 7, Landforms and their Evolution._

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Erosional or depositional

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Upper category
Erosional
Lower category
Deposition
Items
  1. Category
    Erosional
    Item
    Gorge
  2. Category
    Erosional
    Item
    Cirque
  3. Category
    Erosional
    Item
    Sea cliff
  4. Category
    Erosional
    Item
    Pothole
  5. Category
    Deposition
    Item
    Delta
  6. Category
    Deposition
    Item
    Moraine
  7. Category
    Deposition
    Item
    Beach
  8. Category
    Deposition
    Item
    Barchan
Instructions
Send each landform to the erosional or the depositional track.
_Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 7, Landforms and their Evolution._

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