UK Upland and Lowland Landscapes

Locations-

North Scotland,Ireland and South West England.

Landscape Formation-

• Batholith = cooled granite
• rock shrinks as it cools creating vertical cracks
• Where the cracks are close they erode faster
• Ice/rivers remove the surface, exposing the Granite tor
• Pressure release as the rock expands and creates horizontal cracks

Characteristics-

Horizontal and vertical cracks; tors; enlarged joints; rounded edges; cutter slopes and broken rocks

Draw diagram showing characteristics

Locations- 

Kent and South/North downs

Formation-

• Millions of years ago chalk formed under warm tropical conditions
• Plates pushing together forced the chalk layers upwards into a dome 
• The chalk in the middle of the dome was removed by weathering and erosion to expose the clays underneath

Characteristics-

Dips; scarp; escarpment and spring line

Location-

North Yorkshire

Formation-

• Calcium carbonate from seacreatures was at sealevel
• Earthquake shifted
• Ice scaping rock above away

Characteristics-

Grybe; stream disapears underground; Cave; Stalacite and stalagmite; clint; limestone pavement;reappearing river