Action of moving ice. Glacier – Mass of ice moving outward from an area of accumulation. Formed when snow accumulates on the surface, lower layers are compressed to a harder mass resulting in opaque ice due to air bubbles and accumulation continues compression lower layers squeezing out air forming glassy ice called glacier. Types Cirque […]
An ocean is a large and extensive body of saline water occupying a basin between continents while a sea is a large body of saline water on the margins of continents. Nature of Ocean Water Ocean water is salty Due to abundant sodium chloride which rivers dissolved from land, from rocks that the water is
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A lake is a depression on the earth‟s surface where water has accumulated. Classification /Types of Lakes According To the Nature of Water Fresh water lakes which contain fresh water. Salty lakes which have salty water. According To the Mode of Formation of Depression They Occupy by Earth or Tectonic Movements Faulted or Rift Valley
Endless interchange of water between the sea, atmosphere and land. Processes in Which Circulation Is Carried Out 1. Evaporation Changing of water into water into water vapour when it‟s heated by solar radiation. Evapotranspiration: Combined loss of water from the soil through direct evaporation and transpiration by plants. 2. Cooling Reduction of water vapour temperature
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