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Q90 (NDA-I/2022) Geography › Indian Physical Geography › Indian physical features Answer Verified

If you want to observe moraines, eskers and outwash plains, which one of the following Union Territories you may have to visit?

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Moraines, eskers, and outwash plains are characteristic glacial landforms formed through the erosional and depositional activities of glaciers [2]. Moraines consist of rock debris like gravel and sand carried and deposited by ice, categorized as ground, lateral, medial, or terminal depending on their position [2]. Eskers are long, winding ridges of glacio-fluvial deposits, while outwash plains are formed by meltwater streams at the glacier's margin [1]. In India, these features are found in high-altitude regions that experienced Pleistocene glaciation, specifically the Karakoram and Greater Himalayan ranges. Ladakh, located in the Trans-Himalayan region, contains extensive evidence of such landforms, including the Drang Drung and Rongdo basin glaciers [2]. In contrast, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep are of volcanic/tectonic and coral origin respectively, lacking glacial activity [3].

Sources

  1. [1] Certificate Physical and Human Geography , GC Leong (Oxford University press 3rd ed.) > Chapter 6: Landforms of Glaciation > Landforms of Glaciated Lowlands > p. 64
  2. [2] Physical Geography by PMF IAS, Manjunath Thamminidi, PMF IAS (1st ed.) > Chapter 17: Major Landforms and Cycle of Erosion > Moraine > p. 233
  3. [3] Geography of India ,Majid Husain, (McGrawHill 9th ed.) > Chapter 2: Physiography > 3. The Pleistocene Ice Age > p. 28
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