Isostasy simply means a mechanical stability between the upstanding parts and low-lying basins. It has always been a matter of discussion among geologists that how feature of varying magnitudes e.g. mountain, plateau, plain, lake, sea and oceans, fault, rift valleys etc are standing on the earth surface.
This lecture is part of online class of Geography graduate students of PPN PG College, Kanpur (Affiliated to CSJM University, Kanpur)