shaping landscape
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Simple presentation to explain easily how landscape is shaped by water, wind, glaciers...TRANSCRIPT
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Wind
Wind may erode, transport and deposit rock materials to change the landscape. It is only an
effective agent in places where it is strong, usually in dry regions with scant vegetation.
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Glaciers
Glaciers are masses of moving ice. They cut U-shaped valleys known as glacial valleys.
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RiversRivers also carry out erosion, transportation and
deposition which change the landscape. The dominant process depends on the velocity of the
water.
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Rainwater
Rainwater is a very effective agent for eroding and shaping relief features in areas
with dry climates and torrential rain.
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Beach at Hilo Bay (Hawaii).
Heavy rains
caused some
erosion.
Groundwater
Groundwater causes the
dissolution of limestone rock and
forms karst landscapes.
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Limestone – piedra caliza
Ocean waves
Ocean waves,
tides and currents shape coastal
landscapes.
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Wave – olaTide – marea
Current - corriente
Sources• http
://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Im_Salar_de_Uyuni.jpg• http://monalisasmiles.edu.glogster.com/• http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2304732• http://www.hawaii247.com/2009/10/12/wish-you-were-here-hilo-bay/• http://www.topnews.in/glacial-erosion-changes-internal-mountain-
structure-responses-plate-tectonics-290396• http://www.sfu.ca/~jkoch/older_stuff/glacierglossary.html• http://geozeum.com/landslide/big/28.html• http://www.aplicaciones.info/naturales/natura05.htm
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