Erosion Landform ( 21.Rock formations )

                                                                                                                                                      Back to Erosion Landform

Ongamira Valley, Sierras de Córdoba, Argentina

• Rock formations  include ;

                             Isolated

                            Scenic

                           Spectacular

• These formations result of,

                       weathering

                      erosion

A rock structure can created any rock type

1. Sedimentary rocks

• Created by;

                         deposition
                         grain by grain
                         layer by layer
                         in water
                         on land

• The action of wind/ moving ice.
• example is Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.

Belogradchick Rocks and the fortress,Bulgaria

2.Metamorphic rocks

• Created by transformed into another kind of rock.

• Combination of;

                                heat
                                pressure
                               chemical alteration.

• example are the Seneca Rocks in West Virginia.

Candle Rock ,Yoichi, Hokkaidō, Japan

3. Igneous rocks

Domes de Fabedougou, Burkina Faso.

• Created by molten rock cools and solidifies.

• They may be plutonic  or volcanic extrusives.

• example is Half Dome in Yosemite National Park.

Meteora, Greece

• Inselberg /monadnock 
• Peak
• Stack
• Mesa
• Butte
• Escarpment
• Gorge
• Sea cliff
• River cliff
• Stone run
• Crag
• Tor
• Promontory

Paşabağı, Cappadocia Turkey