A Science

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Project
Submitted By:

Angel Olimpo

Danielle Ban

Rowela Jingco

Submitted To:
 Mrs. Ellen Tapaya

Aeolian Landform

Aeolian Landforms are found in regions of the Earth

where erosion and disposition by wind are the
dominant geomorphic forces shaping the face of the
landscapes. Wind can also cause erosion and
disposition in environments where sediments have
been recently deposited and disturbed. Water and
ice can have greater erosive power primarily
because of their greater density. Vegetation can also
reduce erosional effects of wind by binding soil particles
to roots.

Examples of the this landform is found in the Arabian

Peninsula, Canadian Landscapes that create dunes due
to the force coming from disturbing winds. Most of these
dunes are created in deserts and may have varied
classifications such as Seif, Dome and etc.
 Source:http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamenta
ls/10ah.html

Erosional Landform
Erosional landforms are formed from the breaking of rocks. There are many different kinds
of agents like gravity, ice, water, wind that may be linked also to weathering. Through
erosion new landscapes are formed although there are differences in sizes and shapes.
Examples of this landform are:

First in my research Florida, a place which is composed of

limestone that is vulnerable to erosion due to the water
surrounding it. Even under the satellite Florida seems
fading away .

Second, the famous Haystack Rock off the Oregon coast

with a story of a once magnificent rock by the shoreline
that even after erosion it still remained and survived.
Referring to the picture at the left, it has become a tourist
attraction because of its firmness despite the battle
between the agent of erosion, water.

Another example are cliffs which are also created due to

erosion and are overlapped by escarpments. One is a
cliff from New York that may look steep and dangerous
but is perfect for adventure seeking people.
 Source:http://geology.about.com/video/What-Is-an-
Erosional-Landform-.htm

http://geology.about.com/od/structureslandforms/

Plain

A plain is a flat area usually at the bottom of valleys or in uplands. It may be surrounded
on two sides or completely either by mountains, hills or
cliffs.

Plains are smooth and even land areas and it occurs on

lowland, it is one of the major landforms, or types of land,
on Earth. An example of this is grasslands, prairies and
steeps. Plains form in many different ways. Some plains
form as ice and water erodes, or wears away, the dirt
and rock on higher land

It can be created through bits of rocks that in the due process

have worn away into dust and covered former seas or lakes
that later became flat plains.

Locations of Great plains are from places to name some: North and South Dakota,
Nebraska, Kansas and etc.

Natural vegetation in the Great Plains is dominated by grassestallgrass and medium

grass prairie in the east and short grass and bunchgrass steppes in the west.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain
 Plateau
A plateau extensive area of flat upland, it is a landform that
rises sharply above the surrounding area. It is created
during the slow movements of large parts of stable areas, it
can be also formed by a volcanic eruptions. Plateaus take up a
third of the Earths land and are one of the major landforms such
as mountains and plains.

Processes that forms plateaus includes the upwelling of

volcanoes, extrusion of lava and erosion of water and glaciers. As the
magma rises and swells the ground the flat areas of the rocks are
uplifted.

Examples of plateaus are:

A volcanic plateau is formed through small volcanic eruption that build through time.This
volcanic plateau has active volcanoes like Mount Tongariro, Mount Ngauruhoe, and Mount
Ruapehu.

Valleys when a river cuts through the middle of the plateau, one example is the Columbia
Plateau that is cut through by the Columbia River.

And last, the Tibetan Plateau which is considered the largest and is located in central Asia. Its
size round up to 1.5 square miles or four times the size of US. Large indeed!

http://nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/plateau/

Mountainous & Glacial Landforms

Mountainous landforms obtain higher ground compared to its surroundings that may
have slopes and a summit formed by different tectonic activities. An example of this are
volcanoes that are controlled by geologic processes.
 Hills are smaller than mountains covered with grass used
for gazing animals like goats, cattle and carabaos.
The most common example of this is found in Bohol,
the Chocolate Hills. During dry season the hillls turn
brown which look like chocolate, that is why it is
called Chocolate Hills.

A valley can be also called by its name dale which is

run through water in between. It can either be U-
shaped or V-shaped.

Glacial landforms are resulting from huge bodies of

slow-moving of ice sheets during the Quaternary
Glaciations.

There are two types of glaciers: the Alpine and

Continental.

Alpine Glaciers:
Columbia Glacier, Alaska (picture at the left)
Snows of Kilanmajaro, Tanzania
Grindelwald Glacier, Switzerland

Contiental Glaciers:
Greenland Ice Sheet (picture at the right) and Antarctic
Ice Sheet

Antarctic Ice Sheet

Continental Glaciers are formed in cold polar

regions while an Alpine is in high mountains.
Part of these are plateaus that are mountains
with flat tops.

Source: http://www.slideshare.net/juliusalison/mountainous-
and-glacial-landforms

https://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100124101005AAjDd2B

Fluvial & Coastal Landforms

 Years ago, the shorelines of this
planet was carved by the force from
the sea. It can either be a Delta
which is low lying and triangular in
form usually located in mouths of
rivers meeting ocean, sea, or an
Nil estuary . An estuary which is an
e entrance for river into sea or tidal
waves into the river

Fluvial and Coastal Landforms went through the

process of sedimentation, erosion or a disposition in
the river bed. One is Ganges Delta, the largest in the
Mississi world.
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When glacier or ice caps interact with glaciofluvial, it forms new landforms from the
washing away of soil by running water.

Examples of Delta are Nile Delta, Mississippi Delta, Amazon Delta, Huang He, Tiber
Delta and Ithmus which means in latin almost an island.

A Peninsula is formed also by movements in the lithosphere, the elevation of water and
erosion.

https://prezi.com/m5qt-gzigggd/fluvial-and-coastal-landforms/
http://www.slideshare.net/juliusalison/mountainous-and-
glacial-landforms