IT CONTAINS ALL THE LAND FORMS

3. The place where a river originates is
the called a source of a river

5. A place where river joins another water
body is called mouth of a river

7. The area drained by the river and its
tributaries is called the river basin

9. The erosional work of a river results in
the widening and deepening of the river
valley . Such a valley is called V-Shaped
Valley

11. When the water of the river falls
almost vertically down a steep valley
side, waterfall is formed

13. The river twists and turns to form large
bends or loops . These are called as
meanders

15. The circular loop that is left behind,
completely cut-off from the main
channel , forms an ox-bow lake

17. The fine alluvial soil brought by the
river is deposited on the valley floor .
This fertile part is called as flood plain

19. Long ridges of low height are formed
along the banks. These are called
natural levees

21. When the main channel of the river is
divided into many channels. These are
called as distributaries

23. A triangular shaped land that is
formed due to deposition of sediments
a the mouth of the river is called as
delta

25. When the sea waves strike or dash
against the rocks sea caves are formed

27. The through passage created by the
headland due to sea waves is called as
sea arch

29. The erosion of the sea arch the pillars
of rocks are left standing in the open
water these are called sea stacks

31. A steep vertically wall facing the sea is
called sea cliff

33. Beaches are formed by the deposition
of sand, gravel and pebbles on the sea
shore

35. Lagoons are formed when sea water is
enclosed between the coast and
sandbars

37. The boundary of the snow fields is
called snowline

39. Some rocks rub against the sides of the
valley floor forms an
U-Shaped valley

41. The river of snow and ice, which
moves very slowly is called glacier

43. When water is collected in depression
tarn is formed

45. When the rock materials are deposited
on the sides and floor of the valley
glacier moraines are formed

47. When the lower part of the rock is
eroded it forms mushroom rocks

49. The deposition of fine dust particles in
large areas is called loess

51. The hills of sand in a desert is called as
sand dunes

53. THE EXCESS LOAD OF ALLUVIAL IS
BROUGHT BY RIVERS ARE
DEPOSITED AS SANDBARS

55. When the broken rock materials are
deposited on the near the coast,
sandbars are formed