Confluence Landforms Confluence Landforms Have 2 Main Characteristics: Two or more bodies of water meet at the same location The waters mix, sharing qualities of each Example of a Confluence Landform: Niagara River and Lake Ontario, Canada The picture of the confluence is of Zanskar and Indus rivers connecting in Leh, Ladakh, India What is […]
Hanging Valley Hanging Valley Landforms Have 2 Main Characteristics: 1. A valley that leads to another valley below 2. A cliff or steep wall below the meeting point Example of a Hanging Valley Landform: The hanging valley picture is of Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA What is a Hanging Valley Landform? A […]
Ravine Ravine Landforms Have 2 Main Characteristics: Like a canyon or valley with steep sides Smaller than either of the above Example of a Ravine Landform: Sages Ravine, Connecticut, USA The ravine picture is in the middle of a farm field. What is a Ravine Landform? A ravine is similar to a canyon or a […]
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 […]
Terrace Terrace Landforms Have 2 Main Characteristics: A flat, sometimes narrow, portion of land Above a shoreline, valley or plain Example of a Terrace Landform: Pacific Coast, Fort Bragg, California, USA The terrace picture above is of a tea plantation in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. What is a Terrace Landform? A terrace is a raised portion of […]
Beach Landforms Beach Landforms Have 3 Main Characteristics: The shoreline of a body of water Contains sand, gravel, or other sediment Shallow slope Example of a Beach Landform: Santa Monica Beach, California, USA What is a Beach Landform? A beach is a shoreline formation that meets a body of water and contains sand, gravel, soil […]
Mud Volcano Mud Volcano Landforms Have 2 Main Characteristics: A hill shape or other form Created by mud ejected from underground due to geothermal activity. Example of a Mud Volcano Landform: El Totumo, Colombia The mud volcano picture is from Buzau, Romania What is a Mud Volcano Landform? A mud volcano is a formation created by the […]
Dell Landforms Dell Landforms Have 2 Main Characteristics: Small valley Has trees Example of a Dell Landform: Fern Dell of Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California, USA The dell picture above is of Maroon Bells and Maroon Lake in Aspen Colorado What is a Dell Landform? A dell is a small valley with trees, often as […]
Dry Lake Landforms Dry Lake Landforms Have 2 Main Characteristics: A lake bed Remains dry during most of the year Example of a Dry Lake Landform: Salar de Uyuni, Andes Mountains, Bolivia The dry lake picture is an example of a dried up landform. What is a Dry Lake Landform? A dry lake is a […]
Pond Pond Landforms Have 2 Main Characteristics: Small body of water Generally smaller than a lake Example of a Pond Landform: The pond picture above is of Walden Pond, Concord, Massachusetts, USA What is a Pond Landform? A pond is a small body of water, usually smaller than a lake. A pond can be part […]
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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 […]
