Regents Earth Science - Landscape Development

Relief = change in (time, elevation)

• time

• elevation

mountains

• highlands

• lowlands

plain

• highlands

• lowlands

plain

• horizontal sedimentary rock

• vertical sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

plateau

• uplifted horizontal sedimentary rock

• vertical sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

mountain

• uplifted horizontal sedimentary rock

• vertical sedimentary rock

• igneous rock, metamorphic rock and folded and/or faulted sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

The Catskills is not a

• mountain

• plateau

The Catskills are a

• dissected plateau

• plain

• mountain

mountains

• tilted rock

• folded rock

• faulted rock

• all possible

dendritic drainage pattern

• plain

• mountain

• ridge and valley