2. NEW YORK STATE has all three kinds of
landscapes
• Mountains: high relief landforms
with distorted bedrock structure.
• Plateaus: high relief landforms with
horizontal bedrock structure.
• Plains: flat landforms with low relief.
6. Landscape are primarily caused by
their underlying bedrock structure
and elevation.
Hard bedrock resists weathering and forms
mountains. Very soft bedrock weathers easily and
forms plains.
7. Uplifting and leveling forces also are
responsible for landscapes
• If uplift prevails= mountains.
• If leveling prevails= plains.