PHYSICAL LANDSCAPE OF SRI LANKA -I

What is formed when sediments brought by rivers are deposited as sand banks and block the estuaries?

• Marshes

• Lagoons

• Islands

• Bays

Which coastal feature has a wider opening of the sea protruding towards the land filled with saline water?

• Bays

• Lagoons

• Sea Cliffs

• Marshes

What is a land area with hard stone that protrudes towards the sea called?

• Points or Headlands

• Islands

• Delta

• Sea Cliffs

Which coastal feature is a land area composed of hard rocks standing at an edge of the coast with a steep slope?

• Marshes

• Sea Cliffs

• Bays

• Delta

What is a land area formed with the deposit of sediments carried by a river close to river mouths with a shape of a triangle called?

• Marshes

• Bays

• Lagoons

• Delta

Based on the relief features, Sri Lanka has been divided in to ....................................................... geographical zones.

The region from ............................. up to the 30m contour line along the coast belong to the coastal plain of Sri Lanka.

Bundala, Kalametiya, Anavilundawa, and Kiralakale are ................................................ .

.......................... is the largest island that belongs to Sri Lanka.

...................................... is a magnificent place in Kudawella, attached to the coast which splash sea water through a cave making a sound.