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WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Which of the following is concerned with the study of characteristics, origin and development of land forms?
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Ecology
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Geography
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Geology
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Geomorphology
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Geomorphology is literally the study of the form or shape of the Earth, but it deals principally with the topographical features of the Earth’s surface. It is concerned with the classification, description, and origin of landforms.
Detailed explanation-2: -Geomorphology is the branch of geography which deals with the study of origin and evolution of landforms.
Detailed explanation-3: -The landforms can be classified into three ranges as large-scale (plains, mountains), small-scale (individual hills, valleys) and their components (hilltops, valley bottoms, exposed ridges, flat plains, and upper or lower slopes) (Klingseisen et al. 2008; Mokarram and Sathyamoorthy, 2018) .
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