Arizona can be divided into three physiographic zones, each distinct and unique from the other. They are: the Colorado Plateau, the Arizona Transition Zone and the Basin and Range Province. The ...

Stephens Seed and Supply recently celebrated with a ribbon cutting and grand opening at its new location. The new location is ...

Criterion (viii): The Pamir Mountains are a major centre of glaciation on the Eurasian continent and Tajik National Park illustrates within one protected area an outstanding juxtaposition of many high ...

Located at the intersection of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Loess Plateau, Kanbula National Geopark is renowned for its spectacular Danxia landforms, rich sedimentary structures, and ...

A new paper in the journal Engineering Geology (Qi et al 2025) includes some information about the amazing Suoertou landslide.

Feng, G. and Sharratt, B. (2009) Evaluation of the SWEEP Model during High Winds on the Columbia Plateau. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 34, 1461-1468.

Recent satellite data reveal that the Konya Basin in the Central Anatolian Plateau of Türkiye is continually being reshaped over millions of years, according to a new analysis led by Earth scientists ...

Mantle waves buoy continents upward and bedeck them with diamonds The waves may explain the origin of dramatic plateaus far from tectonic plate boundaries ...

Scientists solve mystery of some of Earth’s most dramatic landscapes - Results showed that when continents split, the ...

An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff and a plateau is a flat, elevated landform. Now scientists say they have found why and how parts of continents slowly rise to form these landforms.

The mystery of how some of the Earth's most dramatic landforms came into being has been solved, scientists believe. Researchers from the University of Southampton studied the creation of steep ...