Fill in the blanks with appropriate words

Question

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:

1. ____ is the main work of a river in the upper course
2. The naturally formed raised banks of a river are called ____.
3. Sundarbans is located in the delta of the three rivers ____, ____.
4. ____ are low elongated hills formed by glacial deposition.
5. _____ or rock pedestal is produced by wind erosion.
6. The hard stony ribs of ridge and furrow topography formed due to wind erosion (on vertical bands of hard and soft rocks) are called ____.
7. ____ is the process by which a glacier steepens the back wall in the mountains.

Answer

1. Erosion is the main work of a river in the upper course.
2. The naturally formed raised banks of a river are called levees.
3. Sundarbans is located in the delta of the three rivers Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna.
4. Drumlins are low elongated hills formed by glacial deposition.
5. A pedestal or rock pedestal is produced by wind erosion.
6. The hard stony ribs of ridge and furrow topography formed due to wind erosion (on vertical bands of hard and soft rocks) are called zeugen.
7. Plucking is the process by which a glacier steepens the back wall in the mountains.