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PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS ALONG PLATE BOUNDARIES : - Coggle Diagram
PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS ALONG PLATE BOUNDARIES :
TOPOGRAPHY-the study of the current terrain features of a region and graphic representation
GEOMORPHOLOGY- is the scientific study of landforms and processes that shape them
LANDFORMS - natural physical features of earth
AEOLIANS FORMS- are formed by the chemical and mechanical action of the wind. The word is derived from the greek God of winds, Aeolus.
DUNES- are mounnds or small hills made up of sands. They maybe shaped in a dome, crescent,star, linear, or parabolic.
LOESS-predominantly silt-sized sediment formed by the accumulation of windblown dust.. It appears yellowish or brownish in color and exhibits "cat steps"
MUSHROOM ROCK- also called rock pedestal,is a naturally occuring rock that resembles the shape of mushroom
EROSONIAL FORMS-are created from exclusively erosonial and weathering activities.
MESAS- also called as table mountains , mesas are elevated areas of land with a flat top and sides that are usually steep cliffs.
BUTTES- This type is almost similar to mesas as it has flat topped hill and steep sides. The difference is that buttes cover a smaller amount of area when compared to mesas.
CANYONS- sometimes called as gorge, is a deep ravine between cliffs that is often carved from the landscape by a river, wind or glacier .
MOUNTAINOUS LANDFORMS-are those landforms that rise higher than the rest of their surroundings.
VOLCANOES- are landforms that are controlled by geological processes that form them and continually act on them after their formation. Identified from its opening at the top called, vent.
HILLS- are elevated portions of land that are formed by geologic activities such as faulting. They are smaller than mountains.
VALLEY- - or you can call dale is a low-lying area of land situated between hills or mountains. They are usually form by the actions of rivers and glaciers. Could be V-shaped or U-shaped.
GLACIAL LANDFORMS -are the results of the actions of glaciers
glaciers- are huge slow- moving bodies of ice.
FLUVIAL LANDFORMS AND COASTAL LANDFORMS- are those that underwent sedimentation, erosion, or deposition on the river bed.
DELTA -a low-lying triangular area located at the mouth of rivers where it meets an ocean, sea or an estuary.
PENINSULA-also called byland or biland, a piece of lands that projects into a body of water and is connected with the mainland by an isthmus.
MEANDER- is a bend in a sinuous watercourse of river.It is formed when moving water in streams erodes the out banks then widens its valley.
SEA CLIFFS- are high rocky coasts that plunge down to the edge of the sea. They are the results of the erosional actions of wind and water.
PLAINS - are flat and broad land areas that have no great changes in elevation when measured with reference to the sea levels.
PLATEOUS- also known as table lands or flat-topped mountains, are portions of land elevated thousands of feet above their surroundings.