PROCESSES THAT CAN CREATE LANDFORMS
LIKE THOSE FOUND IN NYC
The large-scale landforms in NYC are:
  • Hills and valleys
  • Gently sloping flat plains
Geologists have proposed a number of hypotheses as to how hills and valleys and plains form. Three of these hypotheses may be previewed by clicking on the blue buttons.

Differential Erosion.
Deposition.
Deformation.


©2002
David J. Leveson