How Does the Earth Create Different Landforms? Crash Course Geography #20

Cliffs and canyons, beaches and dunes, floodplains and river valleys, plateaus and mountains — these are all products of a restless Earth. In today’s episode we’re going to take a closer look at how landforms greatly influence how people live and derive meaning and a sense of place. From the hills and ponds we see everyday to impressive landscapes like Uluru in Australia or the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia they all have stories to tell. SOURCES Petersen, et al 2011. Fundamentals of Physical Geography. Cengage Christopherson, R.W. 2010: Elemental Geosystems. Prentice Hall Strahler, A. 2011. Introducing Physical Geography. 5th and Sons. Knox and Marston. 2016. Human Geography Place and Regions in a Global Context. 7th Edition. Pearson Huggett, R.J. 2007. Fundamentals of Geomorphology. 2nd Edition. Routledge Luhr, J.F. 2003. Earth. Dorling Kindersley. Zurick D and Karan P.P. 1999. Himalaya Life on the Edge of the World. John Hopkins Press.