physical landscape of UK

• Geology


  The type of rock that makes up the landscape
• The map shows the Tees-Basejing the River Tees in north east England with the River Esk in the south-west
• Landscape types in the UK

  • Uplands of England, Wales and Scotland (made of hard rocks like granite and slate)
  • Lowlands of central and eastern England (made of softer rocks like clays and sands)
• Landscape


  An area whose character is the result of the action, and interaction of natural and human factors
• The UK has a varied landscape, and much of it is determined by geology
• River systems


  Most rivers have their source in mountain ranges or hills and flow to the sea
• The River Severn, for example, rises in the Cambrian Mountains in Wales, is joined by the River Avon and flows into the Bristol Channel
• How waves form


  1. Wind blowing over the sea

  2. Interaction with the surface of the water causes ripples that develop into waves
• Tsunamis


  Form when earthquakes or volcanic activity shake the sea bed
• Fetch


  The distance that wave-generating winds blow across the water
• The longer the fetch, the bigger the wave
• In the open sea there is deep horizontal movement of water
• Wave breaking


  Caused by the wave encountering shallow water near the coast
• Types of waves


  • Constructive waves (formed by storms often hundreds of kilometres away, common in summer)
  • Destructive waves (formed by local storms close to the coast, common in winter)
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