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Landscape Regions of NYS

Landscape Regions of NYS. New York State…. Has a wide variety of landscape regions. What is responsible for shaping the landscape of NYS in recent times?. The present landscape of northeastern NYS was created by mountain building processes and eroded by glaciation.

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Landscape Regions of NYS

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  1. Landscape Regions of NYS

  2. New York State… • Has a wide variety of landscape regions

  3. What is responsible for shaping the landscape of NYS in recent times? • The present landscape of northeastern NYS was created by mountain building processes and eroded by glaciation. • Each landscape region is classified by the type of underlying bedrock.

  4. A tour of NYS Landscapes…

  5. Glacial Sediments North Shore, Long Island

  6. Large glacial erratic in Smithtown Bay, Long Island

  7. Loess Glacial till Glacial deposits exposed in beach cliff at Caumsett State Park

  8. Central Park

  9. Large erratic on roche moutonee bedrock. Also note glacial grooves.

  10. Hudson Highlands

  11. Bear Mountain Bridge

  12. Hudson Highlands - View from Bear Mountain

  13. Shawangunk Ridge

  14. unconformity Silurian conglomerate Ordovician shales Shawangunk Ridge, Appalachian Fold Belt, New York

  15. Waterfall over Shawangunk conglomerate on Peters Kill.

  16. Catskill Mountains

  17. Oneonta Formation sandstone overlying red floodplain shales, Catskill Mts. “The Rip Van Winkle Trail”.

  18. Slide Mountain – tallest peak in the Catskills (4180ft)

  19. Saratoga Springs

  20. Adirondack High Peaks

  21. View of high peaks region from top of Whiteface Mt

  22. Sharp arete ridges and glacial cirque on Whiteface Mt. (4865 ft.)

  23. Mt. Marcy: Highest Peak in NYS (5344 ft.) 44°06'45" N 73°55'24" W

  24. Tug Hill Plateau

  25. Salmon River Falls, Tug Hill Plateau

  26. Pixley Falls State Park

  27. Niagara Falls / Niagara Gorge

  28. Ontario power station, Niagara Gorge

  29. American Falls

  30. Horseshoe Falls

  31. Letchworth Gorge

  32. Genesee River, Letchworth gorge

  33. Salt pile, salt mine, near Geneseo, NY.

  34. Watkins Glen

  35. Taughannock Falls These are the highest falls in NYS With a 215 foot plunge, this waterfall stands three stories taller than Niagara Falls.

  36. Mucrospirifer brachiopods and Phacops rana trilobites).

  37. Crinoid columnals

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