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1. Nature and Scope of
Geomorphology
Dr. Rambooshan Tiwari
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
IGNTU, Amarkantak

2. Derivation of Geomorphology
Geo Earth
 Morphos Forms
 Logos Discourse
 The term Geomorphology first used by Keith in 1894.
We can extend the term in the Study of Submarine
land forms.
A
Discourse
on
Earth
Forms

3. Definition of Geomorphology
 Scientific study of surface features of the earth
surface involving interpretative description of the
landforms, their origin and development and
nature and mechanism of geomorphic processes
which evolves landforms.

4. Terms in Definition
 Landforms
 Earth Surface (including submarine features)
 Interpretative Description
 Origin and Development
 Nature and Mechanism
 Geomorphic Processes

5. Scientific Study of the origin and evolution of
topographic and bathymetric features created by
physical, chemical or biological processes
operating at or near the Earth’s Surface.
 The analysis, systematic description and
understanding of landscape and the process that
change them.

6. Subject Matter (Nature) of Geomorphology
1. Dimension and Scale of Relief Features (Landforms)
a. Relief features of the First order (continent and Ocean)
b. Relief features of the Second order (mountain, plateau, plains,
lakes)
c. Relief features of the Third order (Relief features by different
agents)
2. Process that shapes the Landforms (dynamic
evolution)

7. 3. Approaches to Geomorphological Studies
a. Process Geomorphology (Climatology is Dominant).
b. Tectonic Geomorphology (Geological Roots of
Geomorphology).
c. Quantitative Geomorphology (geophysicist is Dominant)
d. Regional Geomorphology (Regional Geographers dominant)
e. Megamorphology (regional Scale analysis of landscape based
on images from earth surface)
4. Past, Present and Future Concerns: (Description and
Classification of Landforms, Modelling)

8. SCOPE OF GEOGRAPHY