The Earth's Crust

The course seeks to cover aspects related to Earth's Crust, i.e., the three layers (Crust, mantle and core), the three rocks (igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary), mountains, plateaux and plains (their types and formation), covering the related NCERT chapters and G.C. Leong. This is for UPSC-CSE aspirants and interested people.

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The Earth's Crust for UPSC CSE

Physical Geography

Geography

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The lesson deals with a very basic introduction to the earth's movements and majorly with the types of mountains based on their formation (fold, block, volcanic and residual) along with some examples

Introduction to Earth's Movements and Mountains: Types and Formation

Overview

Structure of the Earth: Three Layers

Rocks: Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary

Plateaux

Plains

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Introduction to Earth's Movements and Mountains: Types and Formation

Sarthak Sonwalkar

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