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C. Short Answer Type Questions.

1. What are the two types of forces that bring about gradation?

2. What is a gorge?

3. What are moraines?

4. What are lagoons? Give an example.

5. Name four beaches of India and also mention the states where they are located​

Answer 1

Answer:

1.Internal forces: These are the forces that act from within the Earth's surface. For example, volcanos and earthquakes.

External forces: Such forces act over the Earth's surface. For example, winds and waves. 2.narrow valley between hills or mountains, typically with steep rocky walls and a stream running through it. 3.mass of rocks and sediment carried down and deposited by a glacier, typically as ridges at its edges or extremity. 4.Lagoon is defined as a shallow body of water separated from the ocean or from larger bodies of water by a reef or other barrier. An inlet off of the Pacific Ocean that is separated from the ocean by a coral reef is an example of a lagoon. 5.Goa. When in doubt, go Goa! ...

Gokarna, Karnataka. ...

Ganpatipule, Maharashtra. ...

Marari, Kerala. ...

Kovalam. ...

Havelock, Andaman. ...

Pondicherry. ...

Mahabalipuram.

Answer 2

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1. What are the two types of forces that bring about gradation?

➡️Internal forces: These are the forces that act from within the Earth's surface. For example, volcanos and earthquakes.

External forces: Such forces act over the Earth's surface. For example, winds and waves.

2. What is a gorge?

➡️a narrow cleft with steep.

3. What are moraines?

➡️A moraine is material left behind by a moving glacier. This material is usually soil and rock. Just as rivers carry along all sorts of debris and silt that eventually builds up to form deltas, glaciers transport all sorts of dirt and boulders that build up to form moraines.

4. What are lagoons? Give an example.

➡️A lagoon is a body of water separated from larger bodies of water by a natural barrier. Although lagoons are well defined geographically, the word “lagoon” is sometimes used as a name for a larger region that contains one or more lagoons.

5. Name four beaches of India and also mention the states where they are located.

➡️ • Goa

• Maharashtra

• Kerala

• Karnataka