Landforms How are landforms made

Tectonic Activity Tectonic activty: mountains and volcanoes including volcanic islands, rifts, sea floor, etc

Tectonic Activity Tectonic activty: mountains and volcanoes including volcanic islands, rifts, sea floor, etc

Erosion Erosion: e.g. wave action creating coastal landforms like bays, sea cliffs, wave-cut platforms, caves, stacks, etc.

Deposition Deposition: beaches, deltas, sandbars, etc.

Biological factors Biological factors can also influence landforms— for example, note the role of vegetation in the development of salt marshes

Biological factors Dunes and the work of corals and algae in the formation of coral reefs

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