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THE BIG PICTURE
Geographers are interested in features or forms that can be observed on the earth's surface, in what produced those features and what effect they have on human life there. The surface of the earth is composed largely of water but on land, the earth's surface is mostly made of different types of rock and soils. In studying the landforms observable on land we will focus on five main issues or categories of landform:
- Landscapes associated with horizontally layered rocks
- Landscapes associated with inclined or tilted rock strata
- Features associated with massive igneous rock
- Slopes
- Mass movements of land
Horizontally layered rocks
Horizontal layers of rock are formed by [sedimentation] of different types of deposits. the result is layers of [sedimentary rock] of different hardness. Eroding agents, especially water have an impact on these rocks that results in uneven wearing down of the rock [strata] causing various landforms to emerge such as:
[canyons] [mesas] [buttes] [spitskops] [conical hills], and [bad lands]
The following links explain and illustrate in great detail how these processes work: Source 1 Topography and Source 2 Landforms associated with horizontal rock layers
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