VIRTUAL FIELD

TRIP
presented by: Sharen
Primero
 INTRODUCTION
Landforms are features on the Earth's
surface that make up the terrain, such
as mountains, valleys, plains or
plateaux. They also include coastal
features, such as peninsulas or bays,
and underwater features, such as
ocean basins and mid-ocean ridges.
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THE GRAND
CANYON
Arizona , USA
THE GRAND CANYON

● One of the most remarkable natural

wonders of the earth.
● One of the deepest gorges on earth.
● One of only a few places to explore
nearly two billion years of earth’s
history.
THE FORMATION

Uplift of the Colorado Plateau was a key step in

the eventual formation of Grand Canyon. The
action of plate tectonics lifted the rocks high
and flat, creating a plateau through which the
Colorado River could cut down. The way in
which the uplift of the Colorado Plateau
occurred is puzzling.
 THE ROCK LAYERS
Grand Canyon displays more
than 20 layers of rocks, and
each layer is like a page in
Earth's history book.
The Grand Canyon's topmost
layer of rock, the Kaibab
Limestone, was created at the
ocean's bottom. But today,
the Kaibab Limestone can be
found at altitudes of up to
9,000 feet at the tip of the
Colorado Plateau.
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TINAGO
FALLS
Lanao del norte,
Philippines
TINAGO FALLS
Tinago Falls is a waterfall on the Agus
River, located in between the town of
Linamon and Iligan City, Lanao del Norte
in the northern part of the Philippine
island of Mindanao. It is one of the main
tourist attractions of Iligan, a city known
as the City of Majestic Waterfalls.
Approximately 240 feet
high
its colossal rock structures are dotted by
thick masses of trees and natural foliage.
Its cascading water falling from 30-50ft to
a spacious basin is relentless and strong.
Another thing that made it so stunning
are the rock formations surrounding the
main pool. This falls was named such
because prior to developing it, it was
literally tucked safely beneath the lush
forest and huge rocks limiting access
from the outside world.
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DEVILS TOWER
USA
 DEVILS TOWER

● Devils Tower is a butte, possibly

laccolithic, composed of igneous rock in
the Bearlodge Ranger District of the
Black Hills, near Hulett and Sundance in
Crook County, northeastern Wyoming,
above the Belle Fourche River. It rises
1,267 feet above the Belle Fourche River,
standing 867 feet from summit to base.
THE FORMATION
● Devils Tower is a stock—a small intrusive body
formed by magma which cools underground
and was later exposed by erosion (Figure 1). In
1907, scientists Darton and O'Hara decided that
Devils Tower must be an eroded remnant of a
laccolith.

● Current research supports the conclusion that

Devil's Tower was not a volcano, but was
injected between sedimentary rock layers and
cooled underground. The characteristic
furrowed columns are the result of contraction
which occurred during the cooling of the
magma.