Land on the earth is getting changed continuously, forming different landforms.

The major processes that result in different landforms on the Earth are Weathering, Erosion, and deposition.

For these processes to occur, agents like ice and wind play an important role.

First, let us see how Ice plays its role in forming different landforms

The rivers of ice formed at a place are called glaciers.

Glaciers can carve out deep hollows in the mountains, which are filled with melted ice and form beautiful lakes.

Glaciers also erode the land by pushing soil and stones forward and expose the solid rocks below them.

The material carried by the glacier such as rocks, sand, and silt gets deposited.

These deposited materials are called "Glacial Moraines".

Now we will see the role of the wind

The wind is an active agent of erosion and deposition in the deserts.

At some rocks in the desert, the wind erodes the lower part more than the upper.

That gives the mushroom-like shape to the rocks, and they are called mushroom rocks. They have a narrow base and a wider top.

Wind also transfers sands from one place to another.

And when the wind stops blowing the sand falls and gets deposited in low hill like structures called Sand Dunes.

When the sand particles are very fine and light, the wind carries them over long distances.

Such sand is deposited in large areas, and it is called loess.

Large deposits of loess are found in China.

Revision

For the processes of Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition to occur, agents like ice and wind play an important role.

Ice forms large glaciers that erode the materials like sand and stone. These eroded materials are called glacial moraines.

Glaciers can carve out deep hollows in the mountains, which are filled with melted ice and form beautiful lakes.

Wind in the desert carries sand from one place to place and makes mushroom rocks and sand dunes.

When the sand particles are very fine and light, the wind carries them over long distances forming loess.

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