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Geomorphology is the study of landforms on the Earth's surface (and sometimes on other planets), their processes, forms, and sediments. Study includes looking at landscapes to find out how processes of the earth's surface, such as air , water, and ice, can shape the countryside. Landforms are produced by erosion or deposition as these earth-surface processes wear away rock and sediment and are transported and deposited to different locations. The various climatic environments produce various suites of landforms. The desert landforms, such as sand dunes and ergs, are a world apart from the glacial and periglacial characteristics found in polar and subpolar regions. A great deal of geomorphological research was devoted to the origin of landforms. Such studies focus on the forces molding and altering the primary terrestrial surface relief elements. These forces include tectonic activity and movements to surface earth. They also involve weathering and erosion and the deposition by wind, glacial ice and streams of the resulting rock debris. In recent years the effects of human action on the physical
environment have also been given increasing attention. Earth-surface processes today form landforms, albeit often very slowly changing the landscape. Most geomorphic processes operate at a slow rate, but sometimes a large event, such as a landslide or flood, occurs that causes rapid
environmental change and sometimes endangers humans. Geomorphologists are also "landscape-detectives" who work out a landscape 's history. Most of the environments, such as Britain and Ireland, have been glaciated many times, tens and hundreds of thousands of years ago in the past. These glaciations have left their mark on the countryside, such as the Lake District steep-sided valleys and central Ireland's drumlin fields.
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