A Review of Fundamental Concepts of Geomorphology

Exploring the Earth's Landforms

Abstract

The term geomorphology derives from 3 Greek words gew, logoV, and morfh. Geomorphology is therefore' a discourse on Earth forms'. It's the analysis of Earth's bodily landsurface characteristics, the landforms of its - rivers, hills, plains, beaches, sand dunes, along with myriad others. Certain employees include submarine landforms within the scope of geomorphology. And many would include the landforms of various other terrestrial type planets as well as satellites in the Solar System - Mars, Venus, the Moon, etc. Landforms are conspicuous capabilities of the Earth and exist each time. They vary in size from molehills to mountains to main tectonic plates, and also their' lifespans' range from days to millennia to aeons. Geomorphology was primary utilized as a phrase for describing the morphology of the Planet's surface in the 1870s as well as 1880s.