Genetic types of relief |
Agents and processes |
Representative relief forms |
Typical and characteristic areas |
Volcanic Relief |
The action of forming the relief due to volcanic activityErosion on volcanic rocks |
Building Relief (cones)Erosion reliefExplosive relief (craters) |
Volcanic Chain of the Oriental CarpathiansMetaliferi Mountains |
Petrographic relief |
Influence of rock characteristics on erosion |
Karstic relief Relief formed on conglomerates, sandstones, clays, granite, crystalline shale etc. |
Calcareous regions (karstic)Areas with specific rocks |
Gravitational forms and processes |
Influence of gravity action on some rocks and shapes |
Rock-fallsEarth slidesMudflows |
The SubcarpathiansThe Moldavian Plateau |
Polycyclic modelling relief |
The action of external modelling factors over a very long time |
Erosion floorsPeneplains and pediplains |
Southern CarpathiansWestern CarpathiansCasimcea Plateau |
Glacial and periglacial relief |
Quaternary glaciersSnowFrost - thaw |
Ice circlesGlacial valleysRiver floodplainsTalus deposits |
Southern CarpathiansFăgăraş Depression |