LANDFORMS OF THE EARTH

 Landforms ....

 You will notice that the

surface of the earth is not the same everywhere. The

earth has an infinite variety of landforms. Some parts

of the lithosphere may be rugged and some flat.

These landforms are a result of two processes. You

will be amazed to know that the ground you are

standing on is slowly moving. Within the earth, a

continuous movement is taking place. The first,or the

internal process leads to the upliftment and sinking

of the earth’s surface at several places.

A hill is a land

surface that

rises higher than

the surrounding area.

Generally, a steep hill with

an elevation of more than 600

metres is termed as a

mountain

The second, or the external process is the continuous

wearing down and rebuilding of the land surface. The

wearing away of the earth’s surface is called erosion.

The surface is being lowered by the process of erosion

and rebuilt by the process of deposition. These two

processes are carried out by running water, ice and

wind. Broadly, we can group different landforms

depending on elevation and slope as mountains,

plateaus and plains.