MAJOR LAND FORMS OF

EARTH

By moizuddin

MOUNTAINS

There are many types of mountains some of the following are

Fold mountains

Block mountain

Volcanic mountain

Residual mountain

USES OF MOUNTAINS

Mountain make up one –fifth of the world’s landscape and

provide home to at least one-fourth of the world people

Mountains provide habitats to human being and animal species

Mountain are a storehouse of various mineral like ,coal , gold ,

silver and gems

PLATEAUS

The types of plateaus are :

Intermontene plateau

Piedmont plateau

Continental plateau

USES OF PLATEAUS

People use them for agriculture

They are storehouse for minerals like copper iron e.t.c

PLAINS

Types of plains :

Structural plains

Glacial plains

Coastal plains

USES OF PLAINS

90 percent of world population lives in plains

Centre of civilization