Transcript What characteristics are common to all landscape regions

What characteristics are
common to all landscape
regions?
LANDSCAPE
When
an artist paints a
landscape painting- what
does he paint?
Why isn’t there a palm tree in this
landscape?
Landscape
Association
of the physical
features of the earth’s
surface in that region
While L/S are different there are
three characteristics that are
common to all L/S regions
 These
characteristics are used to
describe landscapes and explain the
processes involved in their
development
 Topographic relief
 Slope
 Bedrock structure
 Rock type
Mountains
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Highest topographic relief
(Elevations)
Steep slopes
Young rivers (V – shape
valleys)
Metamorphic Rocks with
distorted rock structure,
due to plate collisions
Igneous Rocks – crustal
uplift from magma
pushing up.
Common along
convergent boundaries
Plateaus
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Mid to High
Topographic relief
Horizontal Bedrock
Structure (no folding)
Flat tops
Sedimentary rocks
Catskills ARE NOT Mountains
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Catskills – are a part
of a dissected plateau
The tops are rounded
b/c the climate is
Humid
They have horizontal
bedrock and are
composed of
sedimentary rocks
Plains
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Least topographic
relief
Old Rivers
(meandering)
Sedimentary Rocks
Good Farm land b/c
water is retained
since there is less
runoff on flatter lands
Interface boundaries btn
landscape regions are very
distinct in rock structure.