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| OF Apri os
: Geomo tpholoass
“Topeapaphy, associated with .. Horreontal
argred focks )
“Tris soy °, ’ Sh AS nated! with
| — Rape 9p. pography - asscial
[Suratip lec oecks and He \ayers_ are called Strata-
The. Glones Sparatiina ‘then from each other are ,
called Leddins, planes: 3 ILE
-+| Character etic A processes. ocaciated! “wrth “the
development, hofizontally Layered
“Tike develop when hotxcntal sedlinensara arcsks ave
logigted witrose _choraine, “the, “Uke _hevizontal_ postion.
rie, also. develop. vahen” Lave flows on “the! safe Surface
te cools forman 4 horizantsa | lauer op Fopscus rook
westnatina,- bt 4s tthe. . breakin dovon & rocks into.
? Smaller particles_ or Pe pieces: There are S
Physical. | mechanical nesitenngs fe 1s the breakclovan
Ficka clue to digerence io ern perature:
LChemice\ ‘Weathering \t 1 the breakefoon x cooks
ue to chemical reac with minerals in The mocks:
+ Biological heathering’ Which 1s clue the activites of
Dlants and animals hat lbreakdoven the rock.
{tb ts_also port. hen 9€1\). \s expase ‘to the Surpce:io April as
lo tpril_ es
Hor \ lars sedimentary Tocks
[Sechmentarsy rocks ave mode up. Of lets which mag be
\nedtherecl “st eroded at dligferents cateseg Sheles Srodes
Strata s _ oe berizentaly
ireol_meoks
Seclimentory rocks develop. fim _seditmenta en lard and
at the bottom Of “thes Comseie lier Bi -
lageous Intrusion (all) ens
Aken very bot moama squeezes: leétiveen legen sxcimentony
Keeles onto the Surface, cocls and sav ee aheny
llqneous Sts “formed |n USF Mans sills composed of
[ey Ignecus rocks which. are. moe resistant and does
roe endes faster Plithera, ‘ust outSde Heiemnith “ig |
a efample af taneous ail. i
Basalt is an exemple of a Noleams rock ond is formed}
due te rapid - Ceoling, wscesity land rich ia Mh and Fe.
Pate Ib is q rise Neve of fla area With SREP sicleo.
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Coryen Beep doce arrow Valley in otal area.
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Canupns deo — vshere: horizontal \ en
es " of rocke erodes
cit chiee chprereat rale: \pitioly, Awe \ond is level but fungi
ater son inds weak greas on te larch rocks to ende
[Pertiy wore the Verd ancl form deep Valleys called GarasngBesa Ite plateau anol canyon landscape
‘Succesive USS 100 eruption have cousec! lava te
flow onto the earth surface and g, Alsen
over thousanals ep em: when: tt,cad is. gaol
Solidipies a Narge plat area \s, formedd calc
\s called kagaltic plateau~ '
It ts olipgicatt ts Lind rivers cuter across these
flats basaltic gisteau because they are Tesistaat
ito erosion and weathering: the few. qvers that love
across the pie tut cep) Narre) valle 1
s the Fish cer canyon in Namibia
Fenny WW USf '
Caqgons .es.
and cthe,, ~.
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karoe landscape (mesa, butter; conica) hnll),
In arid and emi-arid Areas Such qs the arco
there \S Adtle range | so ther 1S [ite rurrage
+o remove eroded meatercl loasloper the few
recs that \nove taken —theit Source
com Vicky roel) areas: Westheri'a and erosion op
Ca 2 5 xg Very slow. oYET 3 sng gered fF
Us)
lafeau which gies
wideo -
‘time canupn cat inte ¢er open by bacle LaPS EO
Features of karco landscape
F Rook wasting the paralle| erosion of Slopes
rom. ther ofeyos! positon: ; 5 }
Mesa -f ot eee Will wth dishance @eross \XS
Top being areatsr than “Heit of ws. bells:
Butte is smalier than. a mesq le has f lat top
Kill with distence across the: top being lesser:
than ts. Wil or Ineranie TO ipa ek or 3
Contes) fill~ a srent= lb counel., copped. hill that are
rmed Ptr he TesiSGent. cap cock of mesa OF
ite has been remove by weatheria ancl, erosion
Soorp ” qebresit | ack _ és anh Ed ivy
\t refers xo the Cha e. ithe position of the
Slope as a ge cegult F_eresion his means that tt
erodes back-iards | \p the ScarP is copped by a havo
rock. Cresicte' the scarp will maintsia it’s height as \b
g t
PScorp retest take place gona the :
fiteou, Mesa. ond) ished. ca edges i teSANDSIANG POSITION Mm
THE PAST
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tater erate fl
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[Willsction of.
ill Aonelseape E 7
othe” “steep. slopes: “Aienit, _-eerlve cultivation f
ithe, ; Slopes | are Suitoble,, for < racin Lad
af “The_ basaltic plateau produce | fertile soil sort rich
“leon gece fer cul wation -
fe high rainpall = fertile sal _prduce ogriculhurel
anol
+ Access te akigh a altitucle plateau \ 1S “\imnited -
r Conupa steep sideels and \imited! valley, floor space
Makes it dippicalt to fare:
Water in the valles, is N07 alnns\ accessible
LCongtruction of \Mfrastucture ts expensive
Lib attracts tourists becouse of Ik beauty
“te 1 Sciteble foc sheep farming—— . .
ORNS hY assecjatecl vith inchne anel
yied Pek trata
Ths +t ‘ype 4 * associated With snekree—
Strotign ied Kee re ave. been *lted leu forces
Within, the Crust: They are’ i i
gece Slope on a. Slope
When Surface etposec| fe waclineo! rock stats, the resulti
ee
Tides oye a Scarp Slope which ‘is on
lane] more _gentie slope which are porn d nding.
bn the ong \e at. which the resistant rick dipens ces
peta ® lesson the — dip’ slope: because. op. the lag
rd TOocks:The. scarp, sexte Slope‘ ed through
Sheet wash anc mass resting dip_s Step! Slo pe
r \homedins\ iclae. oe maar Bstieisn take # pees
he ridge does not. leecourn: %>
@® Cuesta _§ Heqsback
— Cussta ig a Cidee with mle dip Seale stslope
and Scorp slope. A NP Strata op 1 hoa back are more
tran anale of asy A Cauvesta Tidge 1S formed by
igentie A\\WWed Strattes “i, g hemoclinal structure; When
ahe rod layers Art exposed fe erosion. When. the, titled
ayers Of reks en earth supace, the ridges are
formed ave called assypmettical ridge’ They have one sided
‘Made ua oes gertle alie slope ancl? the other steep
|Scarp_ slope called” homoctinal ridge. Hogsback is an
as mmetiical ridge caused by) ek. vincline. st an angie
of between) Qg° ard 45° i ae ‘
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