https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms Post iconic landforms and why they are significant. en-us 2017-04-19 23:48:52 UTC 2025-12-18 16:05:23 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Xmastree.png joshuamorganlon https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151078 2017-04-19 23:53:19 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151078 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151114

]]> 2017-04-19 23:54:02 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151114 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151186 Reaching 29,029 feet (8,848 meters) above sea level, Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth.]]> 2017-04-19 23:54:51 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151186 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151193 This Canyon is famous for its size. It is a wonder because a river must have eroded this canyon out. It is 4,926 km squared]]> 2017-04-19 23:54:55 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151193 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151274  2,300km-long ecosystem comprises thousands of reefs and hundreds of islands made of over 600 types of hard and soft coral]]> 2017-04-19 23:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151274 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151276 It is 6.8 miles long and was 12,500 years ago. It is the world's largest waterfall.]]> 2017-04-19 23:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151276 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151278 Niagara Falls is the largest waterfall in the world and is located in Ontario, Canada.]]> 2017-04-19 23:55:45 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151278 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151290 The Daintree Rainforest is Australia's largest continuous tropical rainforest. Covering an area of around 2600km square. ]]> 2017-04-19 23:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151290 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151304 The Grand Canyon is 6 million years old and about a mile deep. Through the 277 mile canyon is the Colorado River.]]> 2017-04-19 23:56:03 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151304 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151320 Holds fifth of the world's fresh water and is 4,200 km long. ]]> 2017-04-19 23:56:09 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151320 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151333 Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan’s 3 sacred mountains. Commonly called “Fuji-san' it’s Japan's tallest peak, at 3,776 meters.]]> 2017-04-19 23:56:17 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151333 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151343 The Eye of the Sahara is a dome shaped rock structure 50km across located in the Sahara desert. It was once thought to have been caused by a meteorite impact, but is now believed to have formed from uplifted rock that eventually caused erosion.]]> 2017-04-19 23:56:23 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151343 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151362 It has three volcanic cones and rises approximately 4,900 m from its base to 5,895 metres above sea level.]]> 2017-04-19 23:56:34 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151362 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151386 Located in Australia is it the world's largest coral reef, ranging at 2,300 km long. ]]> 2017-04-19 23:56:57 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151386 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151407 Wave Rock is a natural rock shaped like a breaking wave. It is 14 m high and 110 m long. It is located in Western Australia.]]> 2017-04-19 23:57:09 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151407 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151473 The Gobi Desert is a cold desert, located in Asia between Northern China and Southern Mongolia. It is significant and iconic due to its status as a 'Cold Desert', similar to Antarctica, and due to the stereotyping of deserts as hot. ]]> 2017-04-19 23:57:56 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151473 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151506 2017-04-19 23:58:24 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151506 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151558 2017-04-19 23:59:06 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151558 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151563 Nile river gave many people water and sanitation during ancient Egyptian times.]]> 2017-04-19 23:59:09 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151563 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151567 underwater sinkhole is 320 m wide and 125 m deep, and a major scuba diving attraction. It is part of the Belize Barrier Reef, which is in turn part of the Mesoamerican Reef.]]> 2017-04-19 23:59:12 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151567 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151606 The Sahara desert is the largest desert in the world it is 3.5 million square miles.]]> 2017-04-19 23:59:50 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151606 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151615 The Three Sisters is a rock formation. It is located in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. Millions of people go and see it each year. According to Aboriginal legend they represent three sisters who were turned into stone.]]> 2017-04-19 23:59:59 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151615 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151656 2017-04-20 00:00:32 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151656 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151684  ]]> 2017-04-20 00:00:55 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151684 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151715 spherical boulders lie strewn on New Zealand's Koekohe Beach.
These boulders started forming in sediments on the sea floor over 60 million years ago. Carbonates built up around a central core, similar to the way pearls form around a speck of grit]]> 2017-04-20 00:01:16 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151715 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151753 Flinders range is the largest mountains in south Australia.
Which starts about 200km north of Adelaide. And stretches over 430km from port Pirie to lake Callabonna.]]> 2017-04-20 00:01:49 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151753 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151761 It is New Zealand's longest Glacier]]> 2017-04-20 00:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151761 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151823 It is the world's largest desert and is 3.5 million ]]> 2017-04-20 00:02:40 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151823 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151834 Death Valley is one of the hottest places in the world and is 7,800 square kilometres in area. It is located in Eastern California.]]> 2017-04-20 00:02:49 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151834 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151838 Is there third highest mountain in the world. It is in Nepal and India. ]]> 2017-04-20 00:02:51 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151838 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151873 Located in the Blue Mountains, Australia, each of the sisters stand at 922, 918 and 906 meters tall, which is over 3000 meters above sea level. ]]> 2017-04-20 00:03:17 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151873 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151886
These massive hexagonal black basalt columns rise like steps and interlock neatly. There are over 40,000.]]> 2017-04-20 00:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151886 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151897 Despite being called the 12 Apostles, only eight of these iconic limestone pillars are still standing. Due to their composition of limestone, these pillars are slowly being eroded away by the ocean. The most recent pillar to fall was in 2005, after many years of erosion and wear. They are iconic simply due to their natural placement and alignment, as well as their historic nature. ]]> 2017-04-20 00:03:34 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151897 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151925 concave rock is 14 m high and 110 m long. It is part of the northern side of Hyden Rock, a giant granite outcrop over 2.7 billion years old, located in Hyden Wildlife Park in Western Australia.
The wave is believed to have formed by the action of running water on granite. The colourful streaks on its face are made of minerals left behind by rainwater run-off]]> 2017-04-20 00:03:58 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151925 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151934 It spreads across 35,835 acres (145.02 km²). It is known for its spire shaped rocks.]]> 2017-04-20 00:04:09 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151934 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151981 One of the most iconic reefs that make up the Great Barrier Reef. It's heart shape is made from a group of coral that can be viewed from scenic flights .]]> 2017-04-20 00:04:48 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151981 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151996 It was formed by hundreds of basaltic lava columns]]> 2017-04-20 00:05:02 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167151996 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167152015 The colour is due to the presence of red algae that, along with the solid salt bed of the lakes, create this unusual hue. The pink is at its most intense after rain, due to fresh nutrients being washed into the lakes, which in turn trigger the growth of algae.]]> 2017-04-20 00:05:16 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167152015 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167152038 Heart Reef, in the Great Barrier Reef of the Whitsundays, is a stunning composition of coral that has naturally formed into the shape of a heart]]> 2017-04-20 00:05:40 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167152038 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167152068 It is the tallest mountain in the British Isles it is 1,345 metres above see level.]]> 2017-04-20 00:05:59 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167152068 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167152073 There are about 1500 limestone mounds in Bohol province in the Philippines. They are normally covered by grass, but turn a deep-brown colour during the dry season.]]> 2017-04-20 00:06:00 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167152073 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167152084 2017-04-20 00:06:11 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167152084 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167152141 These natural structures helped guard many Christians from invaders. They lead very deep underground.]]> 2017-04-20 00:06:44 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167152141 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167152182 The hot springs were a natural occurrence but when the Romans settled England they utilised the Hot springs for their Roman Baths. The water is mineral enriched and is heated from volcanic vents.]]> 2017-04-20 00:07:14 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167152182 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167152183 These cliffs were made from erosion from the water. standing at 155 meters from sea level it is a great wonder.]]> 2017-04-20 00:07:14 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167152183 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167152216 The Stone Forest located in China formed around 270 million years ago. There are blade-like-columns and most of them are 10m or taller. The rocks are shaped by wind and water which create stone pillars.]]> 2017-04-20 00:07:52 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167152216 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167152296 massive hexagonal black basalt columns rise like steps and interlock neatly. There are over 40,000.
They probably formed after volcanic activity 50-60 million years ago. The sizes of the columns were most likely determined by the speed at which the erupted lava cooled]]> 2017-04-20 00:08:51 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167152296 https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167152298 The Amazon River is 6,992km in length and runs through the Amazon Rainforest. It runs into the Atlantic Ocean.]]> 2017-04-20 00:08:52 UTC https://padlet.com/joshuamorganlon/8humlandforms/wish/167152298