Category Archives: Landforms

Mud Pot or Mud Pool and Paint Pot: Landforms Resulting from volcanic and Biological Activity

Posted on June 29, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

One of the most interesting looking features of a thermal area is mudpots. A mudpot  or mud pool is an acidic hot spring, or fumarole, with limited water. It usually takes the form of a pool of bubbling mud. The acid … Continue reading →

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Monadnock or Inselberg:An Isolated Hill

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

Monadnock  or inselberg is an isolated rock hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain. In southern and southern-central Africa, a similar formation of granite is known as a kopje, … Continue reading →

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Waterfalls are steep steps in the long journey of a river’s course. Waterfalls are made when a layer of harder rock overlays on a layer of softer rocks. As the river passes over the softer rocks it erodes faster, forming … Continue reading →

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Rashid Faridi | 2 Comments

Extraterrestrial lakes

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

At present the surface of the planet Mars is too cold and has too little atmospheric pressure to permit the pooling of liquid water on the surface. Geologic evidence appears to confirm, however, that ancient lakes once formed on the … Continue reading →

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