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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 →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 →

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A sinuous ridge of coarse material left by a stream flowing under the ice is an:

  1. Esker
  2. Drumlin
  3. Moraine
  4. Cirque
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Correct answer: A. Esker

1. Meltwater flows in channels beneath the glacier. 2. The ridge left is an esker. 3. Drumlins are oval ridges of till. _Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 7, Landforms and their Evolution._

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India's west coast is described as which type of coast?

  1. Deltaic
  2. High rocky
  3. Low sandy
  4. Coral reef
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Correct answer: B. High rocky

1. Erosional forms dominate there. 2. The west coast is a high rocky retreating coast. 3. The east coast is low and sedimentary. _Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 7, Landforms and their Evolution._

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A barrier bar keyed up to the headland of a bay is called a:

  1. Cliff
  2. Dune
  3. Spit
  4. Stack
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Correct answer: C. Spit

1. Bars are ridges of sand parallel to the coast. 2. A bar tied to a headland is a spit. 3. Bars and spits blocking a bay make a lagoon. _Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 7, Landforms and their Evolution._

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