Natural landscapes are native landscapes without the influence of human culture. The natural landscapes are beautiful. We all need access to unaffected nature for our own good, but nature is increasingly threatened by human activity. We need to protect, preserve, and maintain our invaluable natural world.
Here are the main types of natural landscape:
The desert
A desert is a barren landscape in which little rain makes the life of plants and animals difficult. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to processes of degradation. The large variation in temperature between day and night puts pressure on the rocks which break into pieces as a result. The wind picks up sand storms producing sand and dust. Sand grains that break any concrete.
the object in their path can overwhelm the surface. The rocks are smoothed, and the wind holds the sand in equal deposits. The grains are finished as sand level sheets or piled high forming sand dunes.
The other deserts are flat, rocky plains where all fine material has been blown away and the surface has a mosaic of smooth stones. These areas are known as desert pavements. There may be underground sources of water in the form of springs and seepage from aquifers. Where these are found, there can be filthiness.
Desert plants and animals are adapted to survive in harsh environments. Plants are hard and wavy with small or leafless, water-resistant cuticles, and are often spread to restrain animals after feeding. Some annual plants sprout, bloom, and die in a few weeks after rainfall, while other long-lived plants survive for years and are capable of absorbing moisture from deep root systems underground.
The animals need to find enough food and water to keep them cool and survive. Many are nocturnal and live in the shade or underground during the heat of the day. They are skilled in conserving water, removing their needs from their food, and concentrating their urine.
Some animals remain in a state of lethargy for a long time, ready to reactivate when rare rains occur. They then breed rapidly, while conditions adapt before returning to lethargy.
The plains
The plain is flat, downstream along the banks of valleys or mountainsides, as coastal plains, and extensive landslides present as plateaus or satellites.
In a valley, a plain is surrounded on two sides, but in other cases, a plain may be characterized by hills or rocks, painted by a full or partial ring of hills. The coastal plains mostly rise above sea level until they reach The plains exist on all continents and cover more than one-third of the world’s land area. They may be mountains or plateaus.
formed by flowing lava, deposited by flowing water, snow, wind, or erosion by these agents from hills and mountains.
The plains are usually grassland, steppe, savanna, or tundra. Rare deserts and rainforests can also be plains. Plains with soil deposited as sediment may be fertile and well adapted for crop production and grazing for livestock.
Taiga
Taiga is a boreal forest or snow forest in which pine, sprays, or larch found. Taiga is the type of natural landscape that covers the largest area of the Earth. In North America, it covers most of inland Canada and Alaska, as well as parts of the extreme northern continental United States where it is known as the North woods or “North Woods”.
In Europe, it covers Sweden, Finland, most of Norway, some of the Scottish Highlands, some Terai / coastal areas of Iceland. Much of Russia is covered in the west from Karelia to the Pacific Ocean, and areas of northern Kazakhstan, northern Mongolia, and northern Japan from Taiga.
However, the main tree species, the length of the growing season, and summer temperatures vary. For example, taiga in North America consists mostly of sprays; Scandinavian and Finnish taiga has a mixture of spruce, pines, and birch.
The Russian taiga has sprays, pines, and larch depending on the region, while the eastern Siberian taiga is a vast larch forest.
Tundra
The tundra is a natural landscape where tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons. The word tundra is Russian in origin and means “upland” or “trellis mountain tract”. There are three types of tundra: Arctic tundra, alpine tundra, and Antarctic tundra.
In the tundra, the vegetation is composed of dwarf shrubs, sedges, and grasses, mosses, and lichens. Scattered trees grow in some tundra areas. The boundary area between the tundra and the forest is known as the tree line or timberline.
Antarctic tundra
The Antarctic tundra occurs in the Antarctic region. Much of Antarctica is too cold and dry to support vegetation, and most of the continent is covered with snowfields. However, parts of the continent, particularly the Antarctic Peninsula, are areas of rocky soil that support plant life.
Alpine Tundra
Alpine tundra does not have trees due to its high elevation where it is too cold and windy to support tree growth. The alpine tundra transition into sub-forest forests below the tree line. With increasing elevation, it ends at the snow line where snow and ice persist through summer.
Alpine tundra occurs in mountains around the world. The vegetation of the alpine tundra is characterized by dwarf bushes close to the ground. The cool climate of the Alpine tundra is similar to the polar climate.
Volcanoes form when one plate is pushed under another plate, or over a mid-ocean ridge or hotspot. At a depth of about 100 km, the rock above the slab begins to melt (due to the addition of water) and forms magmas that reach the surface. When magma reaches the surface, it often forms volcanic ridges, such as shield volcanoes or a stratovolcano.
The folds are mountains when two plates collide: the thrust is small with impurities and the crust thickens. As dense continental crust “floats” on dense continental rocks, the weight of any crustal material must be forced upward to hills, plateaus, or mountains, balanced by a greater amount of buoyancy force. Thus the continental crust is generally much thicker under the mountains than in the lowlands.
Blocks are caused by faults in mountain crusts: a plane where rocks move past each other. When rocks of one fault rise relative to another, it can form a mountain. The uplift block blocks are mountain or sinister. Interfered dropped blocks are called grabens. they can become small or extensive rift valley systems.
