Mr. Threatt's Class
Landform Projects
Geomorphology:
The study of the earth and its
changing landforms
MAMMOTH CAVE
By Hunter Hughes & Vincent
Michel
Facts about MAMMOTH CAVE
Cavemen have lived
in mammoth cave. It
is located in
Kentucky.
It is impossible to explore the cave in
a day. Maybe even a week.
Dead Sea Rift Valley
by
Allison Stewart
Facts
1. The Dead Sea Rift Valley is 67 km. long & 18 km. wide.
2. It is part of the Great Rift Valley.
3. It extends from Lebandon to the north Mozambique in
the south.
Formation
The Dead Sea Rift Valley was formed by continental drift
called
"subduction".
The Dead Sea Rift Valley
By Dalton Barron
Facts about the Dead Sea Rift Valley
The dead sea rift valley
is inside the dead
sea rift valley.
Niagra Falls
by Wilson Upchurch
and Jacob Leer
Facts
It is located in Ontario, Canada, and New York.
The total height is 167 ft.
It has three drops, Horseshoe Falls, American Falls,
Canadian Falls.
Samuel De Champlain discovered this famous waterfall in 1604,
on his exploration of Canada.
It was formed by........
Glaciers receding at the end of the Wisconsin glaciation
period carved the Niagara Falls.
HORSESHO
E FALLS
By:Shaelyn H.
&
Kelly J.
Class of 2017
CSI 2009-2010
Did you know...
1. Horseshoe Falls is
separated from the
American Falls by Goat
Island and got its name
from its curving, 3,000
foot crest.
2. The Falls are in two
principle parts.The larger
division, called Horseshoe
Falls' height is 185 feet,
the length of this
magnificent landform's
curve is 2,200 feet.
3. The name "Horseshoe
Falls" comes from its
"horseshoe like" curve.
Horseshoe Falls was created when glaciers went
back at the end of the last ice age.
THE GREAT SANDY
DESERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BY TY BUCHANAN
AND KORRIGAN KORTHAUER
Facts About The Great Sandy Desert
The most common plants are
Bloodwood and Acacias.
360,000 km. of sand cover Australia
which is the same size as Japan.
No one knows the population but
there are people.
Formation of the
Great
Sandy
Desert
The Great Lakes
Written by: Brette Kohring and
Gina Lopez
1
Simple as
2 3
INTERESTING Facts of The Great
Lakes
The Great Lakes gives the
largest amount of fresh water
to the people of the United
States and Canada on the
continent if North
America.The Great Lakes are
all connected by a series of
dams and rivers.
That is very
interesting!!
What formed the Great Lakes?
DEVIL'S HOLE
(SINKHOLE)
BY: Jillian Werth & Jordan
Newsome
FACTS
#1The Devil's Hole is located in Florida.
#2 Devil's Hole has an endangered pet, the pupfish.
#3 Devil's Hole has bedrock-edged sides.
How it's formed
The sinkhole was
formed when the
rock under dissolved
and the land fell
straight through
along with everything
on it.
Paricutin
by:Holden, Zachary
Facts..........
The Paricutin Volcano grew out of a cornfield.This Volcano
is located in the state of Michoacan, Mexico.The Paricutin
eruption took place between February 1943, and February
1952. The Volcano grew quickly, reaching five stories tall in
just one week.
HOW IT WAS FORMED
Cinder Cones are the simplest type of volcano. They are
built from particles and blobs of hardened lava ejected
from a single vent. As the gas charged lava is blown
violently into the air, it breaks into small fragments that
solidify and fall as cinders around the vent to form a
circular or oval cone.
Hawaiian Islands Archipelago
By: Lois Kate Kolkhorst and
Annie Cangelosi
Interesting Facts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Hawaii (the Big Island) is the largest and youngest
island in the chain, built from five volcanoes.
• An archipelago is a chain or cluster of islands that are
formed tectonically
• Mauna Loa comprising over half of the Big Island, is
the largest shield volcano on the Earth
Formation of the Hawaiian Islands
• The chain of islands or archipelago formed as
the Pacific plate moved slowly northwestward
over a hotspot in the Hawaiian Islands.
Victoria Falls
By: Teylor Thomas and
Juliana Murphy
CSI 2009-10
Interesting Facts
•
Victoria Falls was named in honor of Queen
Victoria of England.
•
Victoria Falls is the largest sheet of water in
the world at 100 meters tall and 1 mile wide.
•
The first person to discover the falls was
David Livingstone of Europe on November 17,
1855.
• You could probably see the Falls from 25-40
miles away!
How Did Victoria Falls Form?
Victoria Falls was formed by a deep rift, or crack
in the Earth's crust, in the rock that lies directly
across the path of the Zambezi River in Africa.
The rift was caused by movement of the Earth
about 150 million years ago.
The Grand Canyon:
An Extraordinaire
By: Auggie Robertson and
Sara Spencer
Cool Facts
• The Grand Canyon covers 1,904 square miles
• The Grand Canyon was created about 6 million years ago
by the Colorado River.
• The Grand Canyon is a deep valley located in the
Colorado Plateau, in Arizona
Grand Canyon Formation
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