Geomorphology

This report presents a number of findings that are based on the natural landscape of The Spit, such as the geomorphic processes that have shaped The Spit and the geographical features. The Spit contains many geographical features, both natural and built. A natural geographical feature that was identified was headlands. These boulders were being constantly eroded due to abrasion waves, causing bits of rock and sand in the waves to grind down surfaces of the rock. Other natural features sighted…

Diary of a traveling survivalist Dear diary, Today I investigated the desert. I investigated the hot and the cold deserts. Deserts can be found in the United States, Africa, Asia, and even Antarctica. Out here in the desert there is a harsh unforgiving terrain. The climate in both is almost unbearably dry. In the hot desert, there are extreme temperatures. In the day, the temperature is sweltering hot and at night it is freezing cold. The cold desert retains the cold temperature throughout the…

Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock named after Sir Henry Ayers is a huge sandstone rock formation in the Northern Territory of Central Australia. Uluru is the most iconic landform in Australia and was formed over 500 million years ago. This single massive rock stands 348m tall with most of its 863m bulk lying under the sea. Uluru is a famous tourist destination allowing visitors to climb and camp around the base while allowing the view of breathtaking sunrise and sunset over the big rock. Uluru…

Mass wasting, also known as slope movement or mass movement, is the geomorphic process by which soil, sand, regolith, and rock move downslope typically as a mass, largely under the force of gravity, but frequently affected by water and water content as in submarine environments and mudslides When the gravitational force acting on a slope exceeds its resisting force, slope failure (mass wasting) occurs. The slope material's strength and cohesion and the amount of internal friction between…

After exploring the Botanical Gardens, Hospital Bridge and Mouth, located within the Pioneer River Catchment, it is evident the major impact human influence and industrial practices have had on the river. From exploring the Pioneer River, the main issues were faeces, litter, urbanisation, roads, bridges the use of concrete and fishing. At the Botanical Gardens dog faeces was seen. (See Figure 1.3) This is hazardous as the biodiversity can be effected if it is washed into waterways. Litter was…

How many volcanoes are going off right now? What are the volcanoes doing to the people; what are they doing to the earth? So, how do volcanoes shape the earth? Volcanoes can be very harming but, they can also be helpful. For instance they help the soil become richer overtime. They can also be harmful because, they can wipe out towns and cities. They can also be harmful because, they put so, much smoke into the air during the eruption. So, as you can see volcanoes are more than just hot lava.…

The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies are a masive mountain range located in western North America. It is believed that to the south the American Rockies exsisted under sea level at some point millions of years ago. Looking similarly too florida and it's tropical tempertures. Proof of this is in the Colorado Rockies, sediment left behind, mostly large fossils of female ammonites or squid, crabs and other sea creature fossils. Just outside Denver, Colorado lay large 60 degree a ngeled…

This is my paper on the desert. It is one of the harshest environments. It is empty, arid, and quiet. A bit too quiet for most people. You will die if you do not have water with you if you go hiking in the desert. If you live there though it is no big deal, because you obviously live in a settlement of some sorts. The desert is a strange place, but I love it because I live in the desert. It is like an alien world to most people. That's why some sci-fi movies have been filmed there. For example,…

Stonehouse pond was observed to be igneous rock, with evidence of batholith, an igneous specific type of intrusion that spans for miles at a time. This is evident in figure 8. Various minerals and a grainy texture were also observed. Because of this, and identification of minerals such as quartz, as observed in figure 6, and orthoclase, in figure 9, this rock was concluded to be the igneous rock, granite. Granite forms when magma under the Earth slowly crystallizes. Igneous rock forms when…

As much as Ralan hated Karch, he didn’t want to see anyone die, so he pushed his horse to the edge of its speed and endurance. He wasn’t sure how he could stop Karch, but if he could just warn him, it would be something. As he sped down the road, Ralan again marveled at how smooth and well-maintained it was. It was paved in large flat stones and was wide enough for two wagons to pass each other without having to enter the dirt. He couldn’t imagine the labor it took to create it, as it extended…