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Major Landform of The Earth

The document discusses various major landforms of the Earth, including mountains, plateaus, and plains, detailing their characteristics and formation processes. It highlights different types of mountains such as fold, block, and volcanic mountains, as well as the significance of plateaus and plains in human habitation and agriculture. The document emphasizes the impact of these landforms on human life and the environment.

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Major Landform of The Earth

The document discusses various major landforms of the Earth, including mountains, plateaus, and plains, detailing their characteristics and formation processes. It highlights different types of mountains such as fold, block, and volcanic mountains, as well as the significance of plateaus and plains in human habitation and agriculture. The document emphasizes the impact of these landforms on human life and the environment.

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MAJOR

LANDFORM OF
THE EARTH
INFORMATION OF LAND FORM FEATURES

You must have seen some of the land form features as


shown in the figure.

The earth has an infinite variety of land form

Some part of the lithosphere maybe rugged and some flat.

These landform are a result of two process.

You will be amazed to know that the ground you are


standing is slowly moving.

Within the earth, a continuous movement is taking place.


LAND FORM
MOUNTAINS

A mountains is any natural elevation of the earth surface.

1. The mountain may have a small summit and a broad bas.

2. It is consider higher than the surrounding area.

3. Some mountains are even higher than the clouds.

4. In some mountains, there are permanently frozen rivers of


ice, they are called Glaciers.

The Siachen Glacier in Kashmir is the second longest


World’s on-polar areas
FOLD MOUNTAINS

The Himalayan mountains and the alps are young


fold mountains with rugged relief and high conical
peaks.

The Aravali rang in India is one of the oldest fold


mountains systems in the world.

The Appalachians in north America and the Ural


mountains in Russia have rounded features and low
elevation . They are very old fold mountain.
FOLD MOUNTAINS
BLOCK MOUNTAINS

Block Mountains are crated when large area


are broken and displaced vertically.

The Rhine valley and the Vosges mountain


in Europe are examples of such mountain
system

The mountain has a flat top


BLOCK MOUNTAINS
VOLCANIC MOUNTAINS

Volcanic Mountains are formed due to


volcanic activity

Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa and Mt. Fujiyama in


Japan are examples of such mountains.

Volcanic mountains have a hole in the top


middle where the lava comes out just as the
experimental figure of a volcano shown.
VOLCANIC MOUNTAINS
ICELAND VOLCANOES
PLATEAU

A plateau is an elevated flat land. It is a flat topped table land


standing above the surrounding area.

A plateau may have one or more sides with step slopes.

The height of plateaus often varies from few hundred meters


to several thousand meters.

The Deccan plateau in India is one of the oldest plateaus.

The East African Plateaus in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda


and the western plateau of Australia are other examples.
PLATEAU
PLAINS

Plains are large stretches of flat land.

They are , generally, not more than 200 meters


above main sea level.

Some plains are externally level.

Most of the plains are formed by rivers and their


tributes.

Generally, plains are very fertile


PLAINS
NORTHERN PLAINS
SOUTHERN PLAINS
LANDFORMS AND THE PEOPLE

Humans have been living on different kinds of


lands forms in different ways . Life is difficult in
mountainous areas .

Plains provide much easy conditions of life.

There are many way to live in plains they can


make roads, house, or easy to grow crops.
THANK YOU

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