Distinctive Landscapes
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What makes a landscape distinctive?
What is a landscape?
How the concept of a landscape can be defined, including the differences between built and natural landscapes.
Where are the physical landscapes of the UK?
Overview of the distribution of upland, lowland and glaciated landscapes in the UK.
Overview of the characteristics of these landscapes which make them distinctive including their geology, climate and human activity.
What influences the landscapes of the UK?
What physical processes shape landscapes?
The geomorphic processes that are involved in shaping landscapes, including weathering (mechanical, chemical, biological), mass movement (sliding, slumping), erosion (abrasion, hydraulic action, attrition, solution), transport (traction, saltation, suspension, solution), deposition.
The formation of coastal landforms including headlands, bays , cave, arch, stack, beach and spit.
The formation of river landforms including waterfall, gorge, v-shaped valley, floodplain, levee, meander, ox-bow lake.
What are the characteristics of your chosen landscapes?
Case study of two landscapes in the UK:
Coastal Landscape: Jurassic Coast (including Swanage Bay)
River landscape: The River Wye
For each case study you must know:
its landforms created by geomorphic processes
the geomorphic processes operating at different scales and how they are influenced by geology and climate
how human activity, including management, works in combination with geomorphic processes to impact the landscape.