GEOMORPHOLOGY
• Is the scientific study of landforms and
the processes that shape them.
TOPOGRAPHY
• The study of the current terrain
features of a region and graphic
representation.
LANDFORMS
• Natural physical features of Earth.
AEOLIAN FORMS
Are formed by the chemical and
mechanical action of wind.
The word is derived from the Greek
God of winds, Aeolus.
Examples are Dunes, Loess, and
Mushroom Rocks.
DUNES
Are mounds or small hills made up of
sand.
They maybe shaped in a dome,
crescent, star, linear, or parabolic.
DUNES
LOESS
Predominantly silt-sized sediment
formed by the accumulation of
windblown dust.
It appears yellowish or brownish in color
and exhibits “cat steps”.
LOESS
MUSHROOM ROCK
Also called rock pedestal, is a naturally
occurring rock that resembles the shape
of mushroom.
MUSHROOM ROCK
EROSIONAL LANDFORMS
Are created from exclusively erosional
and weathering activities.
Examples are mesas, buttes, and
canyons.
MESAS
Also called as table mountains, mesas
are elevated areas of land with a flat top
and sides that are usually steep cliffs.
MESAS
BUTTES
This type is almost similar to mesas as
it has flat-topped hill and steep sides.
The difference is that buttes cover a
smaller amount of area when compared
to mesas.
BUTTES
CANYONS
Sometimes called as gorge, is a deep
ravine between cliffs that is often carved
from the landscape by a river, wind, or
glacier.
CANYONS
MOUNTAINOUS and
GLACIAL LANDFORMS
MOUNTAINOUS LANDFORMS
Are those landforms that rise higher
than the rest of their surroundings.
VOLCANOES
Are landforms that are controlled by
geological processes that form them
and continually act on them after their
formation.
Identified from its opening at the top
called, vent.
VOLCANOES
HILLS
Are elevated portions of land that are
formed by geologic activities such as
faulting.
They are smaller than mountains.
HILLS
VALLEY
Or dale is a low-lying area of land
situated between hills or mountains.
They are usually formed by the actions
of rivers and glaciers.
Could be V-shaped or U-shaped.
VALLEY
VALLEY
GLACIAL LANDFORMS
Are the results of the actions of the
glaciers.
Glaciers- are huge slow-moving bodies
of ice.
GLACIAL LANDFORMS
FLUVIAL LANDFORMS and
COASTAL LANDFORMS
Fluvial landforms are those that
underwent sedimentation, erosion, or
deposition on the river bed.
DELTA
A low-lying triangular area located at
the mouth of rivers where it meets an
ocean, sea, or an estuary.
DELTA
PENINSULA
Also called byland or biland, a piece of
land that projects into a body of water
and is connected with the mainland by
an isthmus.
PENINSULA
MEANDER
Is a bend in a sinuous watercourse of
river.
It is formed when moving water in
stream erodes the out banks then
widens its valley.
MEANDER
SEA CLIFFS
Are high rocky coasts that plunge down
to the edge of the sea.
They are the results of erosional actions
of wind and water.
SEA CLIFFS
PLAINS
Are flat and broad land areas that have
no great changes in elevation when
measured with reference to the sea
level.
PLAINS
PLATEAUS
Also known as table lands or flat-topped
mountains, are portions of land elevated
thousands of feet above their
surroundings.
PLATEAUS
