New York State has three main types of landscapes: mountains formed from distorted bedrock that creates high relief landforms, plateaus formed from horizontal bedrock that also creates high relief, and plains with flat, low relief landforms. Landscapes are primarily shaped by the underlying bedrock structure and elevation, with hard bedrock resisting weathering to form mountains and soft bedrock eroding easily to form plains, while uplifting and leveling geological forces also influence landscape formation over time.

1. L.O: LANDSCAPE CHARACTERISTICS

2. NEW YORK STATE has all three kinds of
landscapes
• Mountains: high relief landforms
with distorted bedrock structure.
• Plateaus: high relief landforms with
horizontal bedrock structure.
• Plains: flat landforms with low relief.

3. Plains are also called lowlands.

4. Plateaus are also called uplannds

5. Mountains are also called highlands.

6. Landscape are primarily caused by
their underlying bedrock structure
and elevation.
Hard bedrock resists weathering and forms
mountains. Very soft bedrock weathers easily and
forms plains.

7. Uplifting and leveling forces also are
responsible for landscapes
• If uplift prevails= mountains.
• If leveling prevails= plains.

8. Climate and
landscape:

9. glaciers

11. Stream
patterns: