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What do you mean by dykes? (1) It a barr...

What do you mean by dykes? (1) It a barrier used to regulate or hold back water from a river, lake, or even the ocean. (2) It is a tributary of Krishna river (3) Form of heavy mountain rocks (4) badlands soil

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When the lava makes its way through cracks and the fissures developed in the land, it solidifies almost perpendicular to the ground. It gets cooled in the same position to develop a wall-like structure. Such structures are called dykes.
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