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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 →Oxygen becomes almost negligible at what height above the surface?Read the answer and worked solution →Carbon dioxide and water vapour are found only up to what height?Read the answer and worked solution →Which gas is transparent to incoming solar radiation but opaque to outgoing terrestrial radiation?Read the answer and worked solution →The rise in carbon dioxide in recent decades is mainly due to:Read the answer and worked solution →Ozone is found between which heights above the earth?Read the answer and worked solution →Ozone acts as a filter absorbing which rays from the sun?Read the answer and worked solution →In the warm wet tropics, water vapour may make up what share of air by volume?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Point bars, also called meander bars, form on which side of a meander?

  1. Upper
  2. Lower
  3. Concave
  4. Convex
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Correct answer: C. Concave

1. Sediments are laid in a line along the bank. 2. Point bars form on the concave side. 3. Undercutting happens on the convex bank. _Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 7, Landforms and their Evolution._

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Deep meander loops cut off at their inflection points are left as:

  1. Tarn lakes
  2. Playa lakes
  3. Lagoon lakes
  4. Ox-bow lakes
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Correct answer: D. Ox-bow lakes

1. Meanders grow into deep loops. 2. Cut-off loops become ox-bow lakes. 3. The Burhi Gandak shows many. _Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 7, Landforms and their Evolution._

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Karst topography takes its name from a limestone region in the:

  1. Balkans
  2. Pyrenees
  3. Rockies
  4. Himalaya
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Correct answer: A. Balkans

1. It lies next to the Adriatic Sea. 2. The Karst region is in the Balkans. 3. Solution and deposition shape it. _Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 7, Landforms and their Evolution._

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