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My Lanform Project Abby Kosisko 1st Period
Badlands
Fjord
Drumlin
Caldera
Horst and Graben
Badlands are found in South Dakota west of the Missouri River. They are semiarid with sparse vegetation. For badlands to form, the land must be in alternating layers of hard and soft rocks. This is essential because when soft rock has harder rock ontop of it, it is protected from erosion. Deposits of soft rock are weathered down and rolling hills are formed.
Fjords are U-shaped valleys found in the northern hemisphere near ice or in cold climates. This one is found in Norway. Fjords are formed by glacial abrasion, or when a glacier cuts a path through a river valley to the sea. Many fjords are easily navigable by ships since they are deeper than the adjacent sea.
Drumlins are found in the northern united states. This one is in Belmont. Drumlins were most likely formed by withdrawing glaciers that scraped halves of hills away or deposited large amount of sediments. They are found in clusters with there narrow ends pointing in the direction of which the glacier withdrew.
Calderas are collapsed volcanoes. They are formed when the magma chamber in the volcanoe empties out. It can be explosive or noneexplosive when formed. This one is in Mount Aso.
Horst and Grabens are landforms lying along faults. They form when faults shift and land on one side of the fault has a higher elevation then the other. This one is located in Malta.
