What kind of land and water make up Earth’s surface?

What kind of land and water make up Earth’s surface?

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About 71 percent of the Earth’s surface is water-covered, and the oceans hold about 96.5 percent of all Earth’s water. Water also exists in the air as water vapor, in rivers and lakes, in icecaps and glaciers, in the ground as soil moisture and in aquifers, and even in you and your dog.

Q. How do streams affect the land surface?

Streams and rivers erode and transport sediment. They erode bedrock and/or sediment in some locations and deposit sediment in other areas. Moving water, in river and streams, is one of the principal agents in eroding bedrock and sediment and in shaping landforms.

Q. How do streams shape the land?

Streams sculpt and shape the earth’s surface by eroding, transporting, and depositing sediment. By eroding sediment from uplifted areas and creating landforms made of deposited sediment in lower areas, streams shape the earth’s surface more than glaciers do, more than waves on a beach do, and far more than wind does.

Q. How do rivers change the earth’s surface?

Answer. Through the processes of erosion and deposition, rivers and streams can drastically alter the Earth’s surface. The rushing water of rivers helps to carve new features into the surface of the Earth.

Q. How rivers and streams change the earth’s surface?

Water moving across the earth in streams and rivers pushes along soil and breaks down pieces of rock in a process called erosion. The moving water carries away rock and soil from some areas and deposits them in other areas, creating new landforms or changing the course of a stream or river.

Q. Is the Mississippi River longer than the Nile?

The information in different sources is between parentheses. Nile River in Egypt….List of rivers longer than 1000 km.

RiverMississippi – Missouri
Length (km)6,270 (6,420)
Length (miles)3,896 (3,989)
Drainage area (km²)2,980,000
OutflowGulf of Mexico

Q. Is the Mississippi River the longest in the world?

Although the Mississippi can be ranked as the fourth longest river in the world by adding the length of the Missouri-Jefferson (Red Rock) system to the Mississippi downstream of the Missouri-Mississippi confluence—for a combined length of 3,710 miles (5,971 km)—the 2,340-mile length of the Mississippi proper is …

Q. Which is the longest river of India?

Sl. No.RiverLength (km)
1.Indus2,900
2.Brahmaputra2,900
3.Ganga2,510
4.Godavari1,450

Q. Which is longer Ganga or Brahmaputra?

The Ganges is the longest river in India if we consider the total distance covered by a river within India. Two major rivers of the Indian subcontinent – Brahmaputra and Indus – are longer than the Ganges in total length.

Q. Why is Ganga longest river in India?

The Ganges, known as Ganga in India is the most sacred river when it comes to Hindu beliefs and it is also the longest river, enclosed with the Indian subcontinent. Its origin is the Gangotri Glacier in Uttarakhand and it starts at the confluence of Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers in Devprayag, Uttarakhand.

Q. Which is the longest lake in India?

Wular Lake

Q. Which is known as city of lakes in India?

Picturesque and elegant, Udaipur is known by many names, including “the City of Lakes”. Undoubtedly one of India’s most romantic cities, it nestles between the glassy waters of its famous lakes and the ancient Aravelli Hills.

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