SPEAK 10 LINES ON THE MAJOR LANDFORMS OF THE EARTH
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Explanation:
Mountains, hills, plateaus, and plains are the four major types of landforms. Minor landforms include buttes, canyons, valleys, and basins.
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Major Landforms of the Earth Class 6 Notes Social Science Geography Chapter 6
Mountains
A mountain is any natural elevation of the earth surface.
There are permanently frozen rivers of ice. They are called glaciers.
Mountains may be arranged in a line known as the range.
The Himalaya, the Alps and the Andes are mountain ranges.
There are three types of mountains—Fold Mountains, Block Mountains and Volcanic Mountains.
The Himalayan Mountains and the Alps are young fold mountains.
The Aravalli range in India is one of the oldest fold mountain systems.
Block Mountains are created when large areas are broken and displaced vertically.
Volcanic mountains are formed due to volcanic activity, e.g. Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa.
Plateaus
A plateau is an elevated flat land.
The Deccan plateau in India is one of the oldest plateaus.
The Tibet plateau is the highest plateau in the world.
The African plateau is famous for gold and diamond mining.
The lava plateaus are rich in black soil that are fertile and good for cultivation.
Plains
Plains are large stretches of flat land.
Most of the plains are formed by rivers and their tributaries.
In India, the Indo-Gangetic plains are the most densely populated region of the country.
Landforms and the People
Humans have been living in different kinds of landforms in different ways.
Sometimes, natural calamities such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, storms and floods cause widespread destruction.
The surface of the earth is not the same everywhere.
Mountains, plateaus and plains are different landforms of the earth.