What are the various mobile and mighty exogenic geomorphic agent
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What are the various mobile and mighty exogenic geomorphic agents and what is the prime job they perform ?


The various mobile and mighty geomorphic agents are flowing water, glaciers and wind.

Their prime jobs are :

1. wearing down the relief

2. transportation and

3. filling up of basins or depressions on the earth’s surface.
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 It is weathering that is responsible for bio-diversity on the earth. How ?

Weathering processes are responsible for the bio-diversity on the earth. Biomes or biodiversity is basically a result of forests and forests depend upon depth of weathering mantles.
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“Our earth is a playfield for two opposing groups of geomorphic processes.” Discuss.

It is correct to say that our earth is a playfield for two opposing groups of geomorphic processes.

i. We know that the earth’s crust is dynamic and it moves vertically and horizontally. The internal forces of the earth operating within the earth which build up the crust have also been responsible for the variation in the outer surface of the crust.

ii. The external forces are involved to degrade the landforms built up by the internal forces. The action of the exogenic forces results in wearing down of relief of elevation and filling up of basins on the earth’s surface.

iii. The endogenic forces continuously elevate or build up parts of the earth’s surface and hence the exogenic processes fail to even out the relief variations of the surface of the earth.

iv. Thus variation remains as long as the opposing actions of exogenic and endogenic forces continue. So in this way our earth is a playfield for two opposing groups of processes.

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Is weathering essential as a prerequisite in the formation of soils ? Why?

Weathering plays an important role in the formation of soils. Rock debris is generated out of the weathering process. It is the weathering mantle which is the basic input for the soils to form.
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What are mass movements that are real rapid and perceptible ? List.

Mass movements are those movements involving the  transfer of mass of rock debris down the slopes under the direct influence of gravity without an assistance of kinetic energy of any geomorphic agent.

Some of the mass movements that are real rapid and perceptible are :

1. Earth flow

2. Mud flow

3. Avalanche.

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