All about the Earth's natural environment, features, and processes, focusing on landforms, climate, soils, water, and ecosystems.
Stream Erosion/Water Erosion refers to the process by which flowing water (rivers or streams) wears away the Earth’s surface, thus transporting away the sediments and shaping the landscape. Some prominent…
There are two types of landforms; (i) erosional landforms, and (ii) depositional landforms. Landforms resulting from erosional activities of different erosional agents, like water, glaciers, and wind are known as…
Stonehenge rocks wales Stonehenge is actually located in Wiltshire, England, not Wales. These rocks are associated with Wales because they are taken from Wales. It is a prehistoric monument consisting…
Longitudinal Profile The plot of the relative elevation of a stream bed from headwaters to mouth is called its “longitudinal profile”. In other words, the longitudinal profiles are plots of…
A natural drainage system refers to the network of flowing water. We can find flowing water in the form of rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands, and groundwater. This network of natural…
What is Geomorphology? Geomorphology is a branch of Geography, which is similar to the subject of Geology. It deals with the study, origins, development and classification of the landforms. It…
The present status of geomorphology is the result of the gradual, but successive evolution of geomorphological thoughts postulated in different periods by innumerable philosophers, experts and geoscientists in the subject…
A glacier is a thick mass of ice, which moves over the ground under the influence of gravity. It originates on land from compaction and recrystallization of snow. Glaciers form…
A stream in geology refers to a body of water that flows on the Earth’s surface, typically in a channel with defined banks. A water channel is known to be…
A large portion of the rainwater is absorbed by the earth’s surface. Streams are created when excess water from rain, snowmelt, or near-surface groundwater accumulates on the ground surface and…