Question

Describe meanings of the following

1. Topography

2. Scree

3. Perpetual snow zone

4. Snow field

5. Gorge

6. Pass

7. Piedmont plain

8. Alluvial fans

9. Braided channel

10. Doab

11. Meander

12. Oxbow lake

13. Bar/alluvial terrace

14. Active flood plain

15. Old flood plain

16. Delta

17. Tributaries

18. Distributaries

19. Ravine

20. Basin

21. Inland drainage

23. Non perennial rivers

24. Residual hill

25. Lobe

26. Cuesta

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Topography is the study of the shape and features of land surfaces. The topography of an area could refer to the surface shapes and features themselves, or a description
2. Scree is a collection of loose pieces of rock found on the sides of hills and mountains.
3. perpetual snow. continuing or continued without intermission or interruption; ceaseless: a perpetual stream of visitors all day.
4. The term snowfield is usually applied to mountain and glacial regions to refer to an area of snow-covered terrain with definable geographic margins.
5. a narrow valley between hills or mountains, typically with steep rocky walls and a stream running through it.
6. A pass is a gap, or break, in high, rugged terrain such as a mountain ridge
7. A piedmont is an area at the base of a mountain or mountain range.
8. An alluvial fan is a triangle-shaped deposit of gravel, sand, and smaller materials called alluvium.
9. Braided channels are a distinctive alluvial river morphology characterized by multiple, inter-woven branches separated by ephemeral braid bars (Bridge, 1993,figure b24).
10. Doab is a term used in South Asia for the tract of land lying between two converging, or confluent, rivers. It is similar to an interfluve.
11. A meander is a bend in a river channel.
12. An oxbow lake is a U-shaped lake that forms when a wide meander of a river is cut off, creating a free-standing body of water
13. a river terrace composed of alluvium rather than carved in solid rock, resulting from a change in the regimen of the stream from alluviation to downcutting
14. a nearly flat plain along the course of a stream or river that is naturally subject to flooding
15. A flood plain is a flat area on the edge of a river, where the ground consists of soil, sand, and rock left by the river when it floods
16. Deltas are wetlands that form as rivers empty their water and sediment into another body of water.
17. a stream that flows to a larger stream or other body of water. a person or nation that pays tribute in acknowledgment of subjugation or the like.
18. an outflowing branch of a stream or river, typically found in a delta
19. A ravine is a landform that is narrower than a canyon and is often the product of streambank erosion.
20. A basin is a depression, or dip, in the Earth's surface.
21. A river usually has deta or estuary in sea or ocean. If instead it fall into a lake or disappers in the sands of a desert then this is known as inland drainage. Some characteristics are: 1. In inland drainage streams join lake and inland sea.
22. A non-perennial river is one that is partially or fully dry for part of the year
23. Residual mountain are those mountain. which have been eroded by the agents of degradation such as winds,rain,Frost and running water.The hard rocks that are left behind are called residual mountain. The sierras.
24. a curved or rounded projection or division specifically : a usually somewhat rounded projection or division of a bodily organ or part
25. Cuesta, (Spanish: “slope”, )also called Homoclinal Ridge, physical feature that has a steep cliff or escarpment on one side and a gentle dip or back slope on the other.

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