GEOMORPHOLOGY : THE STUDY OF THE CONFIGURATION OF THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH RELATED TERMS : • PHYSIOGRAPHY • RELIEF • TOPOGRAPHY • LANDFORMS • LANDSCAPES SURFACE FEATURES EARTH = 2 PRINCIPAL PARTS 1. 1/3 LAND (CONSISTS OF FOUR LARGE LAND MASSES DIVIDED INTO SEVEN CONTINENTS & THOUSANDS OF SMALLER LAND MASSES 2. 2/3 WATER (FOUR MAJOR OCEANS & HUNDREDS OF SMALLER BODIES OF WATER CONTINENTS (by the number of countries) #1 Africa - (53)
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HYDROLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF SOILS ALONG TOPOSEQUENCES IN IKPA RIVER BASIN‚ AKWA IBOM STATE‚ SOUTH-EASTERN NIGERIA. A RESEARCH PROJECT BY WILLIAMS‚ UBONG OKON SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SOIL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF UYO IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF AGRICULTURE (B. AGRIC.) DEGREE IN SOIL SCIENCE DECEMBER‚ 2012 CERTIFICATION This is to certify that this research project Hydrological Classification of Soils along Toposequences in Ikpa
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AIM OF STUDY The aim of this study is to describe the features found along the course of the Wag Water River at Golden Spring St. Andrew and Toms River St. Mary and explains how they were formed. . LOCATION OF STUDY AREA The Wag Water River is located in the parishes of St. Andrew and St. Mary‚ Jamaica. The river flows northwards from the hilly interior of Stony Hill and enters the Caribbean Sea at Annotto Bay St. Mary as shown in figures 1 and 2. Figure 2: Map Extract
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Lithosphere Lithosphere The lithosphere is vital to life on earth. It supports the food webs that sustain life; it provides us with a vast collection of natural resources‚ and it plays a vital role in the purification of the water we drink. We also depend on it to dispose of some of our wastes. The increasing population within the world has had an impact on the lithosphere and consequently as led to the deterioration of this essential component of the biophysical environment. Land degradation
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Mass Wasting (also Mass Movement): - is the down slope movement of earth materials under the influence of gravity. The detachment and movement of earth materials occurs if the stress imposed is greater than the strength of the material to hold it in place. - Mass movement is a naturally occurring process that contributes to the cycle of tectonic uplift‚ erosion‚ transportation‚ and deposition of sediments. They are responsible for the topography of mountain ranges and river
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A lateral fault is one that is not vertical Earthquakes occur at the plate boundaries Anticlines/synclines are associated with folding Hawaiian volcanoes are shield volcanoes (no explosivity‚ etc.) Collymer joints are formed by magma crystallizing… What is the earth made of? Sediments can form from pre existing rocks‚ they collect and undergo a process called lithification‚ then form layered rocks The crust of the earth is largely covered up with sedimentary rocks When sedimentary rocks
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Denudation Processes While volcanic activities are a mountain’s building process‚ denudation processes are trying to level them down. Denudation includes processes which removes rock debris and carrying them to a new location. These processes happen through gravity‚ wind‚ ice and water. In the Tongariro Volcanic Centre‚ winds are an effective denudation agent because the mountain top gales are frequent and severe. Winds can transport and deposit debris. They carry with them fine silts and sand
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Geology Final Chapter 18 Mass Wasting (movement) Mass Wasting – process in which gravity pulls soil‚ debris‚ sediment‚ and broken rock (collectively known as regolith) down a hillside or cliff Avoidance – approach for avoiding a geologic hazard such as mass wasting by learning to recognize the characteristics of an unstable slope and by not building or engaging in other activities there * with growing population‚ people are now building communities with neighborhoods in places like stream
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Geography Skills * Legend/key- a table showing what each symbol means on the map * Are reference- 4 figure e.g. 24 26 * Grid reference- 6 figure e.g. 243 265 * Latitude- left to right * Longitude- up and down * Direction of flow of a creek- usually towards a bigger river or sea and you can tell the direction by where the origin point is and where it finishes or joins a bigger river. Also the slope. * * Relief is the difference between the highest and
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Introduction Throughout the completion of my geography controlled coursework I am going to investigate the Collin River and how its river features change as we go downstream. Aims Through the completion of this piece of coursework I aim to measure the cross-sectional area of the Collin River at five points along the river’s course. I aim to measure the amount of discharge along the river’s course. I aim to notice how the bed load changes by size and shape as we go downstream. Theoretical Context
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