toybta.blogg.se - Constructive processes that build mountains

Orogenesis is the thickening of the continental crust and the building of mountains over millions of years and it translates from Greek as “birth of mountains”, ( oros is the Greek word for mountain).

People: influences on natural resources and earth surface processes.

Climate: temperature, precipitation, water cycle, atmospheric conditions.

Other Agents and Processes that Affect Landform Development.Mass wasting is the rapid down-slope movement of materials by gravity.Erosion is the removal and transportation of weathered material by water, wind, ice, or gravity.Weathering is the disintegration of rocks by mechanical, chemical, and biological agents.Destructive processes break down landforms through weathering, erosion, and mass wasting.Deposition is the accumulation or accretion of weathered and eroded materials.

Tectonic processes include movements at plate boundaries, earthquakes, orogeny, deformation, and volcanic activity.Constructive processes build landforms through tectonic and depositional processes.