Use the colour code to add a landform to each name. For instance, ‘Tibetan plateau'. Class 6

Use the colour code to add a landform to each name. For instance, ‘Tibetan plateau'. Class 6

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Question 1.

Use the colour code in Fig.(given in Textbook) to add a landform to each name. For instance, ‘Tibetan plateau’, ‘Rocky range’, ‘Nile plain’. (You do not have to remember the names in this map.) Class 6

Answer:

Mountain range: Alaska Range, Rocky Range, Andes Range, Atlas Range, Ural Range and Himalayan Range.

Plateau: Patagonian Plateau, East African Plateau, Tibetan Plateau and Mongolian Plateau.

River Plain: Mississippi Plain, Amazon Plain, Nile Plain, Indus Plain, Ganga and Brahmaputra Plain and Yangtze Plain.

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Question 2.

The picture in Fig.(given in Textbook) has been taken from a satellite. It captures a portion of north India from a high altitude. Observe and discuss the image as a class activity. Class 6

1. Which colour is the Ganga plain?
2. What does the white expanse represent?
3. What does the brown expanse at the bottom left of the image represent?

Answer:

1. The Ganga plain is shown in green colour.
2. The white expanse represents snow or ice-covered areas of Himalayan mountains.
3. The brown expanse at the bottom left represents Thar Desert or dry land.