Questions tagged [landscape]
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What are these large elevated regions in Northern Canada?
Complete newbie to any earth sciences here. Please tell me if this is the wrong stack exchange website
I was browsing around on google earth (as one does), and I noticed these "discoloured" ...
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How do canyons form?
I read that canyons are the result of long-time erosion from a plateau but is there any simulation I could play with to understand the phenomenon better?
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How does the west coast of Japan have cliffs?
In Ireland, sea cliffs tend to be on the west coast, because it's exposed to waves coming across the full width of the Atlantic, and therefore gets a lot of erosion, whereas the east coast is only ...
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What is this geographical feature? (as seen in maps)
Can someone help me identify this peculiar geographical feature I've noticed in satellite imagery?
This particular screenshot is from satellite imagery of northern Russia, however this kind of ...
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Current debates in Earth Science? [closed]
What are the current research areas of Earth Science in which there is no absolute consensus of agreement on something?
For example:
What is the current status of the Raymo & Ruddiman ...
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Global areas below sea level dataset?
Anyone know of an existing dataset of areas below sea level? Vector extents would be ideal. Doesn't need to be super detailed for my purposes, but it would be good if it included all areas (e.g. over-...
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How did these grassy hillsides in Colombia become terraced?
In Colombia, many grassy hillsides are terraced, like in the photo below. This terracing also occurs on hillsides that never had these palm trees on them. I assume that it also occurs outside of ...
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How did the Rhine originally look like? (before human intervention)
For personal reasons I decided to examine the shape and formation of the Rhine.
Unfortunately though, the Rhine has long been diverted from its original course by human intervention, so I tried to ...
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What are these clearings in Amazon rainforest?
I was surfing around on Google Maps and found dozens of clearings amid a sea of vegetation.
What are they? Some look like rocks, others can't be made out due to the image resolution.
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