Endogenous Processes and Associated Landforms — Chapter Summary
ICSE · Class 11 · Geography
Summary of Endogenous Processes and Associated Landforms for ICSE Class 11 Geography. Part of the ICSE Class 11 Geography syllabus.
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Overview
Endogenetic forces are internal forces generated in the interior of the earth. They create major relief features such as mountains, plateaus and plains, and are also responsible for volcanoes and earthquakes. These forces act as earth movements and may be slow or sudden. Diastrophism is the slow def
Key Concepts
These are internal forces generated inside
These are internal forces generated inside the earth. They are responsible for the formation of mountains, plateaus and plains, and also for volcanoes
Diastrophism is the slow disturbance
Diastrophism is the slow disturbance or deformation of the earth's crust, including folding, faulting, uplift and depression. It acts over very long p
These are vertical forces that cause
These are vertical forces that cause continents to rise or sink. They build continents on a large scale but do not greatly disturb the horizontality o
These are horizontal mountain
These are horizontal mountain-building forces. They act through compression and tension and greatly disturb the arrangement of rock strata.
Folding is the bending of horizontal
Folding is the bending of horizontal rock layers due to compression. It produces anticlines, synclines and several other fold forms such as symmetrica
Learning Objectives
- Identify endogenetic and exogenetic forces and their role in landform formation
- Explain diastrophism and its two main types: epeirogenetic and orogenetic forces
- Describe folding and faulting and their main forms
- Classify mountains, plateaus and plains on the basis of origin
- Understand the distribution, characteristics and human importance of major landforms
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