Geomorphology

Processes and Landforms

 

 

 

Rivers

Erosion

 

Transportation

 

Deposition

River profile

Hydraulic Action

 

Suspension

 

Decrease in velocity

Rejuvenation

Abrasion

 

Solution

 

Reduction in volume

Flooding

Attrition

 

Saltation

 

Increase in Bedload

Drainage patterns

Solution

 

Traction

 

 

Human Interaction

 

 

 

 

 

 

Landforms

Upper

V-Shaped Valleys

     

 

 

Interlocking Spurs

     

 

 

Waterfalls

     

 

 

Gorges

     

 

 

VERTICAL erosion

     

 

Middle

Meanders

 

 

 

Meanders

 

LATERAL erosion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lower

 

 

 

 

Floodplain

 

 

   

 

Point Bars

 

 

   

 

Levees

 

 

   

 

Braiding

 

 

   

 

Oxbow lakes

 

 

 

 

 

Deltas

Glaciation

Erosion

 

Transportation

 

Deposition

 

Plucking

 

On-glacial

 

Glacial

Economic Value

Abrasion

 

En-glacial

 

FLUVIO-glacial

Boulder Clay

Glacial

 

sub-glacial

 

 

Fertile lake beds

FLUVIO-glacial

 

FLUVIO-glacial

 

 

Sands and gravels

 

 

 

 

 

 

Landforms

Tourism

Cirques (corries)

 

 

 

Moraines

Scenery

Pyramidal Peaks

 

 

 

Drumlins

Energy (HEP)

Arete

 

 

 

Boulder Clay

Water Supplies

U-Shaped Valleys

 

 

 

Erratics

 

Truncated Spurs

 

 

 

Outwash Plains

 

Hanging Valleys

 

 

 

Kames

 

Rock Steps

 

 

 

Kettle Holes

 

Ribbon Lakes

 

 

 

 

 

Roche Moutonees

 

 

 

 

 

Cols

 

 

 

 

 

Moraines

 

Moraines

 

 

Coasts

Erosion

 

Transportation

 

Deposition

 

Hydraulic Action

 

Longshore Drift

 

Constructive Waves

Impact of

Compressed Air

 

 

 

Longshore Drift

·          Waves

Corrasion

 

 

 

Refraction

·          Currents

Abrasion

 

 

 

 

·          Tides

Attrition

 

 

 

 

 

Destructive Waves

 

 

 

 

 

Landforms

Impact of

Cliffs

 

 

 

Beaches

·          Eustatic Movement

Caves

 

 

 

Spits

·          Isostatic Adjustment

·          Human Interaction

Blowholes

 

 

 

Bars

 

Arches

 

 

 

Tombolos

Coastlines

Stacks

 

 

 

Lagoons

·          Classification

Bays

 

 

 

Dunes

 

 

 

 

 

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