positive and negative land forms Flashcards
small ridge or hill of sand
sand dunes
larger/hill sized proturberence, carved by wind
yardangs
result of wind abrasion, like a mushroom looking rock
pedestal rock
flat-topped elevated area
plateau
flat-topped hill surrounded by cliffs
messa
narrow hill with flat top and steep sides
butte
highly resistant rock
inselberg
hallow area formed by wind action
blowouts
sharp crested ridge
arete
meeting point of 2 or more aretes
pyramidal peak / horns
raised area / land
hill
drowned glaciated valley
fjords
hallows left by melting of ice
kettles
funnel shaped depressions
sinkhole
natural cavity or cavern
caves
low lying land borded by steep slopes and high lands
valleys
underwater mountain/volcanoo
seamounts
shallow body of water separated from larger body of water by bars
lagoons
ring-shaped corals
atoll
round shaped basin that has risen above the ground
dome
basin with faults
pull-apart basins
fault bounded crustal rift
graben
hill resulting from erosion of former volcanic tube and surrounding rock
volcanic neck
butas ng volcano
crater
a very large bowl-shaped volcanic depression
caldera
a large natural elevation
mountain
deep, steep-walled gorge cut by a river
canyon
depressions formed by an impact of a meteor
impact craters