Geography
In the middle course of a river the gradient is gentle so the flow of the river slows down such that it appears like a snake over its floodplains forming which of the following?
- Deltas
- Gorges
- Meanders
- Rapids
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Assertion (A): River meanders are bends of longitudinal courses.
Reason (R): Meanders are the result of both erosion and deposition under conditions of a gentle slope and sufficient water in rivers.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true but R does not explain A.
- A is true but R is false.
- A is false but R is true.
In the upper course the dominant activity of a river is:
- Valley
- Meander
- Erosion
- Mass wasting
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- Dunes
- Sand Dunes
- Barchan
- Seifs
Stationary, long and narrow sand-ridges which grow parallel to the direction of the prevailing wind and remain in a fixed position.
- Dunes
- Sand Dunes
- Barchan
- Seifs