Factors that shape the landscape

Aliano badlands - Basilicata, Italy

Aliano badlands - Basilicata, Italy

Badlands National Park - South Dakota, U

Badlands National Park - South Dakota, U

Cliffs of Moher - Ireland

Cliffs of Moher - Ireland

Horseshoe Bend – Arizona, USA

Horseshoe Bend – Arizona, USA

Grand Canyon – Arizona, USA

Grand Canyon – Arizona, USA

Icelandic landscape

Icelandic landscape

Gorges du Verdon - France

Gorges du Verdon - France

Victoria Falls - Zambia

Victoria Falls - Zambia

A natural landscape, without any human intervention, is often the result of two opposite forces, a battle that has been going on for thousands of years, between the geological processes that occur inside the Earth (the movement of earth plates, volcanic activity, the processes that lead to the creation of new mountains) and the processes that occur externally to the Earth’s surface (erosion and water transport of material, changes due to particular climate conditions and many others).