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The 'Doctrine of Uniformitarianism' was postulated by

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Hutton

James Hutton established the principle underlying uniformitarianism: geological processes observable today help explain rocks and landforms produced over Earth’s history. Charles Lyell later developed and popularized this approach.

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Important Questions from Geography (World Geography)

  1. The soil ideal for growing cotton is:

  2. Which of the following is Prime Meridian?

  3. Considering the average distance between the Sun and Earth, approximately how much time does it take for sunlight to reach our planet? (Assume the average Earth-Sun distance is approximately $1 \text{ AU} \approx 149.6 \times 10^6 \text{ km}$ and the speed of light in a vacuum is $c \approx 2.998 \times 10^5 \text{ km/s}$)
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