This document provides an overview of landforms and landscapes for a Year 7 geography class. It discusses several key landform types including coastlines, mountains, rainforests, and rivers. It also explains the geomorphic processes of weathering, erosion, deposition, and tectonic activity that shape landscapes over time. Finally, it addresses the aesthetic, cultural, and economic values that societies assign to different landscapes.

1. YEAR 7 GEOGRAPHY
LANDFORMS AND LANDSCAPES
TOPIC 2
Mr Shipp

2. LANDFORMS AND
LANDSCAPES

3. WHAT PROCESSES
AND IMPACTS
ARE OCCURRING
TO THESE
LANDSCAPES

4. Sydney, Australia
Coastline Landscape

5. Namibia
Arid Landscape

6. The Alps, Switzerland
Mountain Landscape

7. Borneo, Malaysia
Rainforest Landscape

8. The Nile, Egypt
Riverine Landscape

9. South China
Karst Landscape

10. EXPLANATION OF GEOMORPHIC
PROCESSES THAT CREATE LANDFORMS
EG WEATHERING, EROSION,
DEPOSITION, TECTONIC ACTIVITY

11. GEOMORPHIC PROCESSES
▸ natural processes that
transform the
lithosphere to create
distinctive landscapes
and landforms
▸ These processes are
constantly changing
due to forces between
the 4 spheres on Earth.

12. WEATHERING
▸ The breakdown of
rocks and sediments
into smaller particles
or a solution
▸ weathering does occur
in a range of
landscapes e.g.
coastlines and
mountains

13. EROSION
▸ The wearing
away of the
earth’s surface
(after
weathering)
▸ This process is
affected by the
actions of wind
and water

14. Weathering and Erosion

15. List the processes that are occurring on this coastline

16. DEPOSITION
▸ The relocation
of eroded
matter into a
new location
▸ rivers and
coastline
landscapes
have a large
amount of
deposition

17. Using Google Maps on Google Drive. Make a map of the Major Rivers in
NSW that flow to the Pacific Ocean
Your map needs a title, labels of the rivers you find and to measure one river

18. Orographic Rainfall

19. PLATE TECTONICS
▸ The movement of the major plates that make the earth’s crust
▸ These occur between continents and the ocean floor
▸ Types of processes: divergent, collision, convergent or
transform

21. Plata Tectonics

22. EXPLANATION OF THE AESTHETIC
VALUE OF LANDSCAPES AND
LANDFORMS TO CULTURE AND
IDENTITY

23. AESTHETIC AND CULTURAL VALUE
▸ value placed on
something due
to its beauty
▸ the emphasis
placed on
something for
its importance
and place in
society

25. Hawaii Islands

26. LIST THE
LOCATIONS IN
AUSTRALIA THAT
HAVE AESTHETIC
VALUE TO YOU

27. World Heritage
Site
Aesthetic or
Cultural Value
Reason

29. IDENTIFICATION OF HOW A
LANDSCAPE CAN HAVE ECONOMIC
VALUE FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE

30. PLACE AND ECONOMIC VALUE OF LANDSCAPES
▸ Some
landscapes hold
economic
significance
▸ This can
generate
revenue
through art and
tourism

31. Top Tourist Destinations in Australia

32. ULURU
▸ large sandstone monolith that is 348 metres high and has
a circumference of 9.4 km.
▸ Averages of around 400000 people visit Uluru annually,
providing a large economic boost to the Anangu people

33. CHANGING
LANDSCAPES

34. IDENTIFICATION OF THE
WAYS PEOPLE UTILISE AND
CHANGE LANDSCAPES

35. CHANGING LANDSCAPES IN AUSTRALIA
▸ coastal areas are
heavily changed in
Australia. 80% of
the population live
within 50km of the
coast
▸ a clash between
economic value,
liveability and
aesthetic value can
develop

36. LIST THE
REASONS WHY
AUSTRALIAN’S
LIVE ON THE
COAST

37. CITY
SYDNEY
MELBOURNE
BRISBANE
PERTH
ADELAIDE
Gold Coast
Newcastle
ACT/CANBERRA
Central Coast
Sunshine Coast
Wollongong
HOBART
Geelong
Townsville
Cairns
DARWIN
Toowoomba
Ballarat
Bendigo
Albury/Wodonga
Mackay
Launceston
Rockhampton
Bunbury
Bundaberg
Coffs Harbour
Wagga Wagga
Hervey Bay
Mildura
Shepparton
‘000
4,488
4,375
2,207
1,995
1,283
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WA
2.59m
(10.9%)
NT
0.25m
(1.0%)
SA
1.71m
(7.2%)
QLD
4.77m
(20.1%)
NSW
7.55m
(31.9%)
ACT
0.43m
(1.8%)
TAS
0.52m
(2.2%)
WA
3.1%
QLD
1.8%
ACT
1.6%
VIC
1.9%
NT
1.8%
NSW
1.5%
SA
0.9%
TAS: 0.2%
Today: 5.8%
Today: 0.72 million
Today: 23.7 million
World Today: 1.1%
9.1 million (2.6 people/household)
Births: 310,600 Deaths: 146,200
Departures: 270,600Arrivals: 511,600
Natural increase: 164,400
Net overseas migration: 241,000
A U S T R A L I A’ S P O P U L AT I O N M A P

38. Coastal Issues for Australia

41. Journey to the Centre of the Earth Part 1