Geography Theme 2: Landforms [Page 31 onwards]

Plains support large populations for example MISSISSIPPI PLAIN.

Plains that lie near the sea of oceans are called...

Plateaux are also referred to as a Tableland.

Plains are usually less than _________________ metres above sea level.

An island is...

India has 3 groups of islands.

An isthmus is NOT an elongated narrow piece of land with water on each side.

Europe IS a peninsula of peninsulas.

The isthmus of _________________ joins North America and South America.

These are surrounded by mountains and are the most common types of plateau.

India is almost as big as a continent.

Plains or lowlands are...

Which basin is of inland drainage?

Which crops can be grown in plains?

India is NOT a land of rivers

An example of a coastal plain is Easter plain of France.

Sri Lanka island is in the Pacific Ocean.

Ways that landforms affect humans

Madagascar is another big island in the Indian Ocean.

Rift valley in other words is land between 2 block mountains.

Plateaux CANNOT yield gold, diamonds, copper, manganese and chromium.

Basins are NOT found alongside plateau edges and DO NOT form areas of inland drainage.

A rift valley is

Sri Lanka is an island just west to India

Examples of Rift Valley's

It is formed by the movement of the earth's crustal plates.

There is only 1 type of plateaux.

It lies between a mountain and a plain or an ocean.

Valleys are...

Plains are NOT found along the edges of the continents. adjacent to sea's.

A basin is surrounded by

Plains that are found along the edges of continents adjacent to sea's are called...

They have irregular surface marked by canyons, gorges and steep, narrow valleys formed by the process or erosion.

The hard and bumpy surface makes it hard to make roads and railway tracks.

India is bound by the Himalayas in the East.

Plateaux are NOT of great economic value.

River plains ARE fertile.

A peninsula is...

Examples of River valley's are...

Plains that are formed by sediments brought down in a large scale are called...

It is easy to construct...

A plateau is usually referred to as...

Plateaux are...

River Valley's are usually O shaped.

A rift valley is...

Is a basin a depressed section of earth?

Large cities and towns are NOT located in plains.

Plains are also know as...

Of all the landforms on earth the most unsuitable are plains.

It is formed by the spread of successive layers of molten lava on a particular region.