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Travelling through #India you can't miss such boulder heaps...
Think of Hampi's ruins (below) or Sravanabelagola (Karnataka), or Mt Abu (Rajasthan)?
#DidYouKnow, such isolated hill/ridge features that jut out from the surrounding plains are called #inselbergs?
#Geo thread/
Think of Hampi's ruins (below) or Sravanabelagola (Karnataka), or Mt Abu (Rajasthan)?
#DidYouKnow, such isolated hill/ridge features that jut out from the surrounding plains are called #inselbergs?
#Geo thread/
Derived from German words meaning 'island mountain', #inselbergs are residual features that form across climatic zones.
Yet are most abundant in tropical regions with granite-gneiss outcrops, like those on the cratons across India, as also in the zones marked BCG, CGC, and SGT.
Yet are most abundant in tropical regions with granite-gneiss outcrops, like those on the cratons across India, as also in the zones marked BCG, CGC, and SGT.
Debates rage on how #inselbergs formed, yet most concede they are the result of weathering (breaking down of rocks at site) and erosion (transport of weathered material).
In #India, insolation (heat from sun's rays), rainwater, and rivers have shaped landscapes for millennia.
In #India, insolation (heat from sun's rays), rainwater, and rivers have shaped landscapes for millennia.
