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Question

Match the following
AEvaporitesOVentifacts
BDeflationPDesert varnish
CSandblastingQPlaya
DWeatheringRDesert pavement
EStreamlined hillsSYardangs

The correct answer is
A – Q, B – R, C – O, D – P, E – S

To solve the given matching problem in Physical Geography, let's understand each term and correctly associate them:

  1. Evaporites (A) – Playa (Q): Evaporites are minerals that form when water evaporates and leaves behind a deposit. These are commonly found in playas, which are dry lake beds in deserts where water from seasonal rainfall collects and subsequently evaporates.
  2. Deflation (B) – Desert Pavement (R): Deflation is a process where fine particles are lifted and removed by wind from a land surface, which can lead to the formation of a desert pavement. Desert pavements are surfaces covered with closely packed, interlocking rock fragments left behind after finer particles are blown away.
  3. Sandblasting (C) – Ventifacts (O): Sandblasting refers to the process of wearing down surfaces due to wind-driven sand. This mechanism is responsible for creating ventifacts, which are rocks that have been shaped or polished by the abrasive action of wind-blown sand.
  4. Weathering (D) – Desert Varnish (P): Weathering is the breakdown of rocks and minerals over time due to various chemical, physical, and biological processes. In deserts, weathering can result in the formation of desert varnish, a dark coating found on exposed rock surfaces, composed of clay minerals and oxides of manganese and iron.
  5. Streamlined hills (E) – Yardangs (S): Yardangs are streamlined hills that have been carved by wind erosion in arid regions. They are elongated landforms formed by the action of wind deflation and abrasion on soft rock beds.

Based on these associations, the correct matching set is:

A – Q, B – R, C – O, D – P, E – S

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Important Questions from Geomorphology

  1. Match List-I with List –II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists
    List-IList-II
    ABajadaPAeolian
    BDreikanterQDesert
    CKarnRGlacial
    DDolinesSKarst
  2. Indentify the sand dune forms that are likely to develop 

  3. If L=sediment load, $\text{D}_{50}$=median sediment size, $\bar{Q}$=mean discharge and S=slope then which one of the following relationships is correct?
  4. Unpaired non-cyclic river terraces are NOT associated with
  5. The diagrams given below show the influence of three types of cap rocks on cliffs in arid regions. Identify the correct answer.

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