What makes a landscape distinctive Flashcards
What is a landscape
All the visible features of an area of land.
What is a Natural Landscape?
A landscape with more physical features, such as mountains or forest.
What are the elements to a landscape
Water:rivers,lakes and adjoined seas
Human:landuse and infrastsrture
Biological- flora and fauna
Landforms like mountains
What do the uplands and lowloands of the uk consist of
The uplands consist of older igneous rocks and metamorphic rocks
The lowlands consist of younger sedimentary rocks
What are examples of igneous rocks
Basalt
Granite
What are examples of metamorphic rocks
Slate
Marble
Schist
What are examples of sedimentary rocks
Limestone
Chalk
Clay
Sandstone
Millstone
What is the role of climate on the landscape
Lowest temp and highest precipitation is in north west scotland
Lowest precip is in the east of England
What is the role of human activity on landscape
Upands-Sparsely populated but evidence of human activity
Lowlands-Often densely populated with commercial farming built up towns and cities
What is an example of a upland landscape in the UK
The lake district
Facts about the Lake district
It is a Cumbrian upland that contains England’s highest mountains
Glaciers create deep u shaped valleys and now contain lakes rivers and fertile land
Angular rock created by freeze-thaw weathering
What is an example of a lowland in the UK
The Weald
Facts about the Weald
The Weald are gently rolling hills in Sussex and Kent
And was previously a dome of tectonically folded rock forming an arch
Has gone through erosion
How are igneous rocks formed
cooling deep magma and lava and they are resistant to erosion
How are metamorphic rocks formed
From sedimentary rocks being heated and compressed
Also very resistant to erosion
