• Write one word for the following sentences.
1. The difference between the highest and the lowest point of a landscape.
2. Any natural and the artificial feature of the solid surface on earth.
3. The land lying between the two rivers.
4. The crescent shaped sand dune.
5.A landform formed by the deposition of sand and silt by the rivers.
Answers
Answer:
Q1 From the highest mountain peak to the deepest ocean trench, the surface of the Earth spans a total of 12.3 miles (19.8 kilometers) of vertical distance. The highest point, atop Mount Everest, is 29,029 feet (8.9 km) above sea level. The deepest point, the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean, is 35,814 feet below sea level (10.9 km).
Q2 A landform is a natural or artificial feature of the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body. Landforms together make up a given terrain, and their arrangement in the landscape is known as topography
Q3 Mesopotamia
Answer:
1. Relief
2.Landform
3.Mesopotamia
4.Barchan
5.Delta
Explanation:
One word substitution is the use of one word in place of a wordy phrase in order to make the sentence structure clearer.
- Relief : In geography, the elevation of a place is the difference between the highest and lowest elevations of that place. For example, the area has mountains and valleys, and the local reliefs of Yosemite National Park are impressive. A two-dimensional relief map shows the terrain of a specific area.
- Landform: Terrain (Landform) Earth or other planetary bodies. Lands together form special lands and their location in the landscape is known as land.
- Mesopotamia : The word "Mesopotamia" is derived from the ancient word "Meso", "Meso" meaning something in between and "Potamos" meaning river. Located in a fertile valley between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, this region now hosts present-day Iraq, Kuwait, Turkey, and Syria. Map of Mesopotamia.
- Barchan : Barchan or Barchan hills are crescent-shaped hills. The term was introduced in 1881 by the Russian naturalist "Alexander von Middendorff" to describe crescent-shaped sand dunes in Turkestan and other interior desert regions.
- Delta : A delta is a triangular shaped land that is formed by the accumulation of sediments carried by the river when the flow leaves the estuary towards stagnant water.
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