TThe place on the surface above the focus is called the epicentre.
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WWeathering
Weathering is the breaking up of the rocks on the earth’s surface
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Erosion
Erosion is the wearing away of the landscape by different agents like water, wind and ice.
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Meanders
As the river enters the plain it twists and turns forming large bends known as meanders.
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Ox-bow lake
In due course of time the meander loop cuts off from the river and forms a cut-off lake, also called an ox-bow lake. At times the river overflows its banks. This
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Floodplain
This leads to the formation of a flat fertile floodplain.
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Levees
The raised banks are called levees.
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Sea Caves
Thus, hollow like caves are formed on the rocks. They are called sea caves.
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Sea Arches
As these cavities become bigger and bigger only the roof of the caves remain, thus forming sea arches.
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Stacks
Further, erosion breaks the roof and only walls are left. These wall like features are called stacks.
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Glacial Moraines
The material carried by the glacier such as rocks big and small, sand and silt gets deposited. These deposits form glacial moraines.
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Mushroom rocks
An active agent of erosion and deposition in the deserts is wind. In deserts you can see rocks in the shape of a mushroom, commonly called mushroom rocks.
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Sand dunes
When the wind blows, it lifts and transports sand from one place to another. When it stops blowing the sand falls and gets deposited in low hill – like structures. These are called sand dunes
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Loess.
When the grains of sand are very fine and light, the wind can carry it over very long distances. When such sand is deposited in large areas, it is called loess.
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TThe place on the surface above the focus is called the epicentre.
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