how is the human life style responsible for the change in land forms
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Man has a direct effect on the shape of landforms by excavating and piling up earth, reclaiming land from the sea and causing subsidence through mining. These activities have greatly increased since the Industrial Revolution with the development of enormous machinc power and explosives for moving material.
Landform Characteristics
Landforms represent the topographical features on the surface of the Earth. These features include three major types of landforms: uplands, terraces and floodplains. Upland areas characterize the tallest or highest part of a landform situated above low-lying floodplains. Mountains in the upland regions drain rain and melting snow to river terraces that make it to the floodplains and eventually to the delta areas below. Grouped landforms represent the lay of the land or the landscape of the area. The material beneath the landforms also plays a significant role in the area’s development.
Towns and Cities
When the pilgrims settled in North America, they often chose low-lying regions suitable for growing crops near clean, fresh water and access to the sea in natural, protected harbors. The land that forms at these locations, and the weather that affects them play an important role in how the early peoples chose locations on which to build their lives and their communities and whether the community thrived.