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Landforms of the Earth — Geography STD 9 — Question

ICSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 9GeographyLandforms of the Earth3 Marks
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What are the different types of Geosynclines?
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Answer

There are three types of Geosynclines
  1. Monogeosynclines : Long, narrow geosynclines along narrow water bodies take the shape of narrow mountains such as Appalachian mountains of North America.
  2. Polygeosynclines : Geosynclines laid down in wide and long water basin take the shape of broad and long mountain ranges like Rockies in North America.
  3. Mesogeosynclines : The geosynclines lying between Europe and Africa continents resulted in various mountain ranges e.g. Alps and Pyrenees in Europe, Atlas in Africa.

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