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Types of Landforms Overview

Types of Landforms This document provides examples and descriptions of different types of landforms, including: - Padre Bay, a bay within Lake Powell in Utah reaching an elevation of 1129 meters. - The Borra Caves in Andhra Pradesh, India, one of the largest caves in the country exhibiting a variety of cave formations. - Shipton's Arch in China, the tallest natural arch on Earth. - Various other landforms like coves, cliffs, oases, geysers, waterfalls, cirques, capes, bays, deltas, mesas, moraines/glaciers, peninsulas, gulfs, isthmuses, can

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Types of Landforms Overview

Types of Landforms This document provides examples and descriptions of different types of landforms, including: - Padre Bay, a bay within Lake Powell in Utah reaching an elevation of 1129 meters. - The Borra Caves in Andhra Pradesh, India, one of the largest caves in the country exhibiting a variety of cave formations. - Shipton's Arch in China, the tallest natural arch on Earth. - Various other landforms like coves, cliffs, oases, geysers, waterfalls, cirques, capes, bays, deltas, mesas, moraines/glaciers, peninsulas, gulfs, isthmuses, can

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Types of Landforms

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S. R. S. SANTHOSH KUMAR REDDY


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Padre Bay is a bay within Lake Powell,
BUTTE on the Colorado River in Kane County
and San Juan County, Utah. Its waters
reach an elevation of 1129 meters.
• The Borra Caves are located on the
CAVES East Coast of India, in the Ananthagiri
hills of the Araku Valley of the
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The
caves, one of the largest in the country,
at an elevation of about 705 m,
distinctly exhibit a variety of
speleothems ranging in size and
irregularly shaped stalactites and
stalagmites.
• SHIPTON’S ARCH, CHINA
ARCH • MEANING HOLE IN HEAVEN, IS THE
TALLEST NATURAL ARCH ON EARTH.
• Lulworth Cove is a cove near
COVE the village of West Lulworth, on
the Jurassic Coast World
Heritage Site in Dorset,
southern England.
• The Burren and Cliffs of Moher
CLIFF Geopark is an internationally
designated area of geological
interest in County Clare,
Ireland.
• Huacachina, Peru
OASIS • The desert oasis Huacachina is
home to an extraordinary
adventure tour called the dune
buggy and sandboarding tour.
• Fly Geyser is located

GEYSER on FlyRanch, a 3,800-acre parcel


of land in northern Nevada
• The Burren and Cliffs of Moher
CLIFF Geopark is an internationally
designated area of geological
interest in County Clare,
Ireland.
CONTARACT • Waterfall
whitewater
loop features
pouring
over tiered rock ledges
of Indiana's Upper Cataract
Falls.
• Lake Seal, Mt. Field National
CIRQUE Park, Tasmania – a cirque
formed from a glacier is visible
in the walls around Lake Seal.
• Cape Agulhas is a rocky
CAPE headland in Western Cape,
South Africa. It is the
geographic southern tip of the
African continent and the
beginning of the dividing line
between the Atlantic and Indian
Oceans
• Man-o-War Bay (Hail to
BAY England)
TORDERA RIVER flows into the sea forming a small

DELTA delta between the towns of Malgrat de Mar and


Blanes and works as a natural frontier that
separates Girona and Barcelona provinces.
Cerro Negro is a mesa in Argentina.
MESA
The Salmon Glacier is a glacier located - 25 km
MORAINE north of Stewart, British Columbia, and
Hyder, Alaska, just on the Canadian side of the
border. The glacier, one of hundreds in the
/GLACIER Boundary Ranges, is notable for its major
potential as a natural hazard.
The Mornington Peninsula is an Australian wine

PENINSULA region located south of Melbourne, Victoria.


Florida Everglades is the only place in the world

PENINSULA where the American Alligator and the American


Crocodile co-exist in the wild.
Natural region of tropical wetlands in the southern
portion of the U.S. state of Florida
GULF The Gulf of California is an important region
tectonically as it marks a transitional corridor
that separates the East Pacific Rise to the
south, and the San Andreas Fault to the north.
GULF Norwegian fjords, Norway has a multitude of
fjords, all of which have their own unique
characteristics.
ISTHUMUS Geologically, Bruny Island is actually two land
masses - North Bruny and South Bruny - that are
joined by a long, narrow sandy isthmus. Bruny
Island has a total length of approximately 100
kilometres
CANYON Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Lovell,
Wyoming
MOUNTAIN The Matterhorn is a mountain of the Alps,
straddling the main watershed and border between
Switzerland and Italy. It is a large, near
symmetrical pyramidal peak.
CANAL A Canal Near Damme, Belgium
ISLAND The MEEDHUPPARU ISLAND is one of the best
Maldives resorts with a promise to delight you.
Thank You

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