uplands & lowlands landscapes
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- Created on: 12-09-18 18:34
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- uplands & lowlands landscapes
- KEY WORDS
- marshlands ~muddy wet land
- relief ~ how high or low the land is.
- eroding / erosion ~ to ware away
- glacier~is a river of ice
- glaciation ~prosses of aglacier eroding the land
- wethering ~ the breakdown of rocks
- chemical weathering~caused by numerous things both living and physical. it changes the chemical state
- physical wethering~ caused by allthe weather and moving water;it dosn't change the chemical stae of the rock
- LOWLANDS
- found in the south and the east of the uk .
- around the wash (east anglia and lincolnshire)
- rock type found there is sedimentary which is permeable
- The term "bottomland" refers to low-lying alluvial land near a river.
- Untit lowlands was formed by eroded material of the shield that was deposited by the seasled
- Structural plains tend to be large flat surfaces that make up extensive lowlands.
- UPLANDS
- is generally considered to be land that is at a higher elevation
- types of rock there is metermorphic and igiouse rock
- Wales - Snowdonia and the Brecon Beacons. Snowdon is the highest mountain in Wales and is found in Snowdonia.
- found in the north and the west of the uk .
- weathering and the river alley
- wethering ~ the breakdown of rocks
- chemical weathering~caused by numerous things both living and physical. it changes the chemical state
- physical wethering~ caused by allthe weather and moving water;it dosn't change the chemical stae of the rock
- chemical weathering
- the erosion or disintegration of rocks, building materials, etc., caused by chemical reactions
- Rainwater and seawater can be a weak acid.
- Over time a coastline made up of rocks such as limestone or chalk can become dissolved by the acid in the water.
- freeze thaw
- There are two main types of physical weathering:Freeze-thaw
- Untitl occurs when water continually seeps into cracks, freezes and expands, eventually breaking the rock apart.ed
- There are two main types of physical weathering:Freeze-thaw
- biological weathering
- Plants and animals can have an effect on rocks.
- Roots burrow into the rock, weakening the structure of the rock until it breaks away.
- wethering ~ the breakdown of rocks
- KEY WORDS
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