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Landscape Regions of NY
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Landscape Regions of NYLandscape Regions of NY
Landscape regions are categorized Landscape regions are categorized by:by:
Bedrock structureBedrock structure ElevationElevation Stream patternsStream patterns
Division between landscape Division between landscape regionsregions
Bodies of waterBodies of water MountainsMountains Other natural boundariesOther natural boundaries
MountainsMountains
High elevation, High elevation, High ReliefHigh Relief
Mountaneous Mountaneous regions are regions are sometimes called sometimes called highlands.highlands.
PlateauPlateau
Medium to high Medium to high elevation, high to elevation, high to low relieflow relief
Flat TopFlat Top
Steep or gentle Steep or gentle cliffscliffs
Deeply eroded plateau – Deeply eroded plateau – flat top, steep valleyflat top, steep valley
Grand Canyon plateau – rim Grand Canyon plateau – rim elevation is 4000 - 7000 ft.elevation is 4000 - 7000 ft.
Allegheny Plateau – why is it Allegheny Plateau – why is it rounded?rounded?
Plains or LowlandsPlains or Lowlands
Low elevation, low Low elevation, low reliefrelief
Gently rolling hillsGently rolling hills
Climates affect landscape Climates affect landscape developmentdevelopment
Humid-lots of Humid-lots of precipitation and precipitation and vegetations, well vegetations, well rounded hillsrounded hills
Arid – dry, little Arid – dry, little vegetation, large vegetation, large canyonscanyons
Identify the landform…Identify the landform…
In which two present-day New York State landscape regions is the most Precambian bedrock likely to be exposed on the land
surface?