Bay Click on the bay landforms to make the picture larger. The picture will keep you on this page. A bay has 2 main characteristics Part of a body of salt water Reaches into the land Bay Examples: San Francisco Bay Bay of Biscay What is a Bay Landform? In general terms, a bay landform […]
Estuary Landforms Estuary Landforms Have 3 Main Characteristics: A body of water fed by a river Partially enclosed Open to the ocean or other body of saltwater Example of an Estuary Landform: Chesapeake Bay, Virginia and Maryland, USA The estuary picture above shows the river running into an ocean. What is an Estuary Landform? An […]
Bight Landforms Bight Landforms Have 2 Main Characteristics: A partial bay or curve in the shoreline By an ocean or large body of water Example of a Bight Landform: Great Australian Bight, southern coast of Australia What is a Bight Landform? A bight is a bay or curve in the shoreline that generally has less […]
List of Landforms on Earth Types of Landforms and Definitions Alluvial fan: land formation that occurs when sedimentary materials such as rocks, gravel, and silt, are deposited onto land as a result of decreasing or stopped water flow from a river or stream source. Altitude (elevation): the height above sea level Anabranch: a flowing part of […]
Cove Landforms Cove Landforms Have 2 Main Characteristics: Small bay or inlet Sheltered or restricted entrance Example of a Cove Landform: Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia The cove picture above is of is of Ballena Bay in Costa Rica. What is a Cove Landform? A cove is a small bay or inlet with a sheltered or restricted entrance. […]
Ria Ria Landforms Have 2 Main Characteristics: Partially submerged valley Open to the sea or a large body of water Example of a Ria Landform: Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA The ria picture is of Ria de Arosa in Spain. As you can see the valley is going in the sea. What is a Ria Landform? […]
Lava Field Landforms Lava Field Landforms Have 2 Main Characteristics: Flat area of land Covered by lava flows Example of a Lava Field Landform: Hell’s Half Acre, Snake River Plain, Idaho, USA The lava field picture above is on Savaii Island in SamoaThe picture is of a black lava field on Savaii Island, in Samoa What […]
Raised Beach Raised Beach Landforms Have 2 Main Characteristics: A beach raised above the shoreline Above the waters at high tide Example of a Raised Beach Landform: Ballyhillin Beach, Ireland A raised beach picture on the Coast of Santander, Cantabria, Spain What is a Raised Beach Landform? A raised beach is a beach at a […]
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Barchan Landforms Barchan Dunes have 3 main characteristics Crescent shape like a quarter moon Formed of desert sand Always faces the wind Examples of a Barchan Grand Erg Oriental, Sahara Desert Great Sand Dune National Park, Southern Colorado Nebraska Sand Hills, Nebraska Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Lake Michigan What are Barchan Landforms? A barchan dune […]
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In Asia, China, India, Nepal, and Bhutan are home to one of the eight wonders of the world and one of the most beautiful mountains in the world, the Himalaya Mountains also called the Himalayas. Boasting as the world’s highest and most famous mountain peak, Mt. Everest. Within the verse of the ‘Kumarsambhava’, Sanskrit […]
Nature have provided us with fascinating landforms and features. The most often adored landforms are volcanoes. Like the perfect cone structure of Mayon Volcano in the Philippines or Mount Fiji in Japan, people look at their beauty and wonder with great appreciation to nature. Volcanoes are mountains with a very disastrous nature. Their only […]
Taal Volcano is the second most active volcano found in the province of Batangas. A complex volcano in the middle of Taal Lake and is often called an island within a lake, that is an island within a lake that is on an island as well as one of the lowest volcano in the […]
Mayon Volcano is one of the active volcanoes in the Philippines. Located in the southern part of Luzon about 473 kilometers (294 miles) from Makati Business District of the Philippines, Mount Mayon is the main landmark of the Province of Albay of Bicol Region. According to local folklore, the volcano was named after Daragang […]
The global temperature and weather is to a large extent a direct result of the sun’s effect to our planet. Together with the atmosphere and the rotation of the earth on its axis. The earth on which weather moves on has its own effect on the weather. The different landforms like mountains, volcanoes, plains, and the […]
