SUBJECTS: Geography, Science YEARS: 5–6, 7–8 Humans can alter and change landforms and landscapes by transforming them to suit their needs. For example, developing the land for housing, farms ...

The essential processes that continuously shape the surface of the Earth: weathering, erosion, and deposition. Weathering is the breakdown of rocks and minerals through physical (mechanical) and ...

What happens when you take away a village's natural sea defences? Filmed along the Dorset coastline, this film provides up-to-date explanations and examples of the processes and landforms that shape ...

Dorset is located in the south of England. Its coastline has examples of many erosional and depositional landforms. For example: Old Harry Rocks are located on the headland between Swanage and ...

Balme'sanalysis indicates that the landforms he examined formed by the melting ofice-rich soils during "freeze-thaw" cycles that continued until asrecently as 2 million years ago.

The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) is the Learned Society representing Geography and geographers. It was founded in 1830 for the advancement of geographical ...

UNESCO World Heritage CentreThe Lut Desert, or Dasht-e-Lut, is located in the south-east of the country. Between June and October, this arid subtropical area is swept by strong winds, which transport ...

The formation and preservation of sandstone landforms such as pillars and arches is enigmatic. Experiments and numerical modelling show that load-bearing material weathers more slowly, and thus ...