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What do you mean by denudation?

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It is an external stimulus that creates landforms on the surface of the Earth.
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It is an internal force that acts from inside the Earth to cause changes in earth's topography.
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It refers to the wearing away of Earth materials that causes a certain levelling of the surface.
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It is a physical disintegration or chemical decomposition of rocks through the actions of various elements of weather and climate.
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The correct option is C It refers to the wearing away of Earth materials that causes a certain levelling of the surface.
The diverse landforms of Earth have been created over a long time by the exogenic processes on the earth. All these exogenic processes are covered by a general term called denudation. It refers to the wearing away of Earth materials that causes a certain levelling of the surface.

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