Question

F Fill in the blankes.
1. Large gorges are called ...
2. The Grand Canyon in the USA has been carved by the river ..........
3. ........ are long, narrow inlets of the sea into the land.
4. A glacier is a large mass of slow-moving ..........
5. Alluvium is to rivers what ...... is to glaciers.
6. In crescent-shaped sand dunes, the ...... slope is gentle, while the ......... side is steep and concave.
7. A cave formed in a headland may ultimately cut through the headland to form ..........
8. Salt-water lakes cut off from the sea by deposition on the sea bed are called ........​

Answer 1

Answer:

1) Canyons

2)Colorado Rivers

3)fjord

4)ice and snow.

5)silt, sand, clay, and gravel

6Barchans are convex facing the wind, with the horns of the crescent pointing downwind and marking the lateral advancement of the sand. These dunes are markedly asymmetrical in cross section, with a gentle slope facing toward the wind and a much steeper slope, known as the slip face, facing away from the wind.

7) arch

8) Sambhar lake (Rajasthan) and chilka lake