Endogenous Processes and Associated Landforms

These are internal forces generated inside

These are internal forces generated inside the earth. They are responsible for the formation of mountains, plateaus and plains, and also for volcanoes

Diastrophism is the slow disturbance

Diastrophism is the slow disturbance or deformation of the earth's crust, including folding, faulting, uplift and depression. It acts over very long p

These are vertical forces that cause

These are vertical forces that cause continents to rise or sink. They build continents on a large scale but do not greatly disturb the horizontality o

These are horizontal mountain

These are horizontal mountain-building forces. They act through compression and tension and greatly disturb the arrangement of rock strata.

Folding is the bending of horizontal

Folding is the bending of horizontal rock layers due to compression. It produces anticlines, synclines and several other fold forms such as symmetrica