1 Processes And Landforms Along Plate Boundaries

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(4) Classification of Landform

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Aeolian Landforms
Erosional Landforms
Mountainous and Glacial Landforms
Fluvial and Coastal Landforms

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are formed by the chemical and mechanical action of the wind.

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Aeolian Landforms

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are mounds or small hills made up of sand.

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Dunes

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A predominantly silt-sized sediment formed by the accumulation of windblown dust. It appears yellowish or brownish in color and it exhibits “cat steps”

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Loess

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also called rock pedestal, is a natural occurring rock that resembles the shape of a mushroom. Formed by earthquake or glacial action.

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Mushroom Rock

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created from exclusively erosional and weathering activities.

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Erosional Landforms

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also called table mountains. They are elevated areas of land with a flat top and sides that are usually steep cliffs.

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Mesas

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Almost similar to mesas as it has a flat topped hill and steep sides are formed in arid to semi-arid desert conditions. It covers a smaller amount of area

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Buttes

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Sometimes called “gorge” is a deep ravine between cliffs that is often carved from the landscape by a river, wind or glaciers.

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Canyons

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They rise higher than the rest of their surroundings.

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MountainousLandforms

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are controlled by geological processes that form them and continually act on them after their formation.

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Volcanoes

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Are elevated portions of land that are formed by geologic activities such as faulting. They are usually covered with grass and smaller than mountains.

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Hills

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Are low-lying areas of land situated between hills or mountains.

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Valleys

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Are the results of the actions of the glaciers. Glaciers are huge slow-moving bodies of ice.

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Glacial Landforms

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There are two main types of glaciers, namely:

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alpine and continental

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(glacial landforms)
are formed in high mountains

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alpine glaciers

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(glacial landforms)
are formed in cold polar regions

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continental glaciers

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are those that underwent sedimentation, erosion, or deposition on the river bed.

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Fluvial and Coastal Landforms

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Typically a low-lying triangular area located at the mouth of rivers where it meets an ocean, a sea, or an estuary.

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Delta

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Also called byland or biland, is a piece of land that projects into a body of water and is connected with the mainland by an isthmus.

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Peninsula

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is a bend in a sinuous watercourse of river.

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Meander

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are highly rocky coasts that plunge down the edge of the sea.

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Sea Cliffs

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are flat and broad land areas that have no great changes in elevation when measured with reference to the sea level.

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Plains

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also known as table lands or flat-topped mountains, are portions of land elevated thousands of feet above their surroundings.

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Plateaus

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describes the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on the surface of the Earth

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Weathering