denudation

geology
Also known as: degradation

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Chhattisgarh

  • Indravati River: Chitrakot Waterfall
    In Chhattisgarh: Relief

    …topographic variations resulting from extensive denudation (wearing away of the earth by such processes as weathering and erosion). Knolls, undulating interfluves (areas between adjacent watercourses), and valleys flanked by belts of clayey soils are characteristic of the region. About 100 miles (160 km) wide, the Chhattisgarh Plain is bounded by…

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intrusive rock

  • temperature of Earth
    In igneous rock

    …after a long period of denudation or by some tectonic forces that push the crust upward or by a combination of the two conditions. (Denudation is the wearing away of the terrestrial surface by processes including weathering and erosion.) Generally, the intrusive rocks have cross-cutting contacts with the country rocks…

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