Landforms and Processes

Geomorphology is the
scientific study of
landforms and the
processes that shape
them.

 Landforms are defined

as the natural physical
features on the surface
of the Earth.

1. Aeolian landforms are

formed by the chemical
and mechanical action
of the wind.

Types of Aeolian Landforms

a. Dunes are mounds or

small hills made up of
sand

Sand dune in Sossusvlai, Namibia

Features:

Tallest sand dunes in

the world
380 m in height
Reddish in color
Stretches against the
backdrop of a blue
sky

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Edhan-Mursuq

b. Loess

It is predominantly siltsized sediment formed

by the accumulation of
windblown dust.

 Also called rock pedestal

A natural occurring rock
that resembles the shape
of a mushroom.

 Erosional landforms are

created from exclusively
erosional and weathering
actvities.

a. Mesas
Also called table
mountains
Elevated areas of
land with a flat top
& sides that are
usually steep cliffs.

OTHER OF EXAMPLES OF MESAS

b. Buttes
It is similar to mesas as it has a flattopped hill and steep sides and are
formed in its arid to semi-arid desert
conditions.
The difference is that buttes cover a
smaller amount of area
Its name is originated from a French
word w/c means hillock or small hill.

C. CANYONS
Sometimes called gorge
It is a deep ravine between cliffs that is often
carved from the landscape by a river, wind or
glacier
They were not produced by tectonic activities
or natural disasters but by water and wind
erosion over a long period of time.

4. MOUNTAINOUS LANDFORMS
Landforms that rise higher
than the rest of their
surroundings.
They can be created by
tectonic activities.

TYPES OF MOUNTAINS
A. Volcanoes

It can be identified from its

opening at the top called
vent.

Smaller than mountains

Usually covered with grass and
used as grazing lands for goats,
cattles and carabaos
Formed by geologic aactivities

C. VALLEY
Also called dale
Low-lying area of land situated
between hills or mountains
Formed by the actions of rivers and
glaciers

EXAMPLES OF VALLEY

 Results of the actions of

glaciers
Created by the movement of
large ice sheets

a. ALPINE GLACIERS

Alpine glaciers
are formed in
high mountains

B. CONTINENTAL GLACIERS
They are
formed in
cold polar
regions

 Landforms that underwent

sedimentation, erosion or deposition
on the river bed
If the bodies of water associated
with these landforms interacted with
glaciers or ice caps, they are called
glaciofluvial or fluvioglacial.

TYPES OF FLUVIAL LANDFORMS

A. Delta
Typically a lowlying triangular
area located at the
mouth of rivers
where it meets an
ocean, a sea or an
estuary

B. Peninsula
Also called byland
or biland
A piece of land
projects into a body
of water & is
connected with the
mainland by an
isthmus.

C. Meander
A bend in a
sinuous
watercourse of
river
It is formed when
moving water in a
stream erodes the
out banks then
widens its valley.

D. Sea cliffs
High rocky coasts
that plunge down
to the edge of the
sea

E. Plains
Flat & broad land
areas that had no
great changes in
elevation when
measures with
reference to the
mean sea level

 Plains that are found

in the deepest part of
the ocean

F. Plateaus
Also known as table
lands or flat-topped
mountains
Results of geologic
uplifts or the slow
movement of large
parts of stable areas
of Earths crust

CRITERIA
Coherence
The students were able to include all the
related words in the landforms
Explanation
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why they put all those words together/ the
students used all the words included in the
wordles in the explanation
Organization

The students were able to organize the words

(Bigger in size for the most important words
and smaller size for the not so important
words)

YES (510)

NO (04)