Country Profile Status Update #1

Internal & External Processes

Name ______Country ______

As you learn more about internal and external processes, be thinking also how your country might serve as an example of the physical geography we’ve covered. Below is a checklist of the kinds of things you should be looking for. For each item – if they apply to your country – simply provide terms or a very brief (one sentence) explanation. So in diastrophism, if your country sits along a subduction zone and has volcanoes, it would be safe to say “subduction zone volcanoes.” If a subject doesn’t apply, write “none.” An easy way to search out this information is to Google the subject and your country’s name together or your country’s name and “geology.” Please type your answers on this form. Bring this completed form to Exam 1.

Location

Hemisphere(s) –

Continent(s) –

World/continental region(s) it is a part of –

Bordering countries and/or water body(s) –

Plate Tectonics

Tectonic plate(s) it sits on –

Tectonic plate boundary type(s)in or affecting it –

Tectonic hot spot –

Tectonic Rift zone –

Diastrophism

Warping and folding –

Fracturing and faulting –

Mountain ranges –

Volcanism (is it active?) –

Highest point (name, elevation in feet) –

Lowest point (name, elevation in feet) –

Erosion

Glacial landforms (continental and/or alpine glaciation now or in the past) –

Wind-produced landforms –

Karst regions/features –

Significant water bodies (especially rivers) –

Depositional features (deltas, floodplains, levees, etc.) –

GeomorphologicalNatural Hazards

Geomorphologicalfeatures that affect human life (so, not hurricanes themselves or droughts) –

Notable geomorphological events that cause/caused mass casualties –

Notable ways people have overcome/adapted to geomorphological hazards –

Attach the following:(1) a location map

(2) a map from Google Earth showing the tectonic plate features

(3) a physiographic map (shows landforms like mountains)

(4)a representative picture of your country’s physiography (not a map)

(5) a recent news event for your country about its physicalgeography

Examples of Materials to Attach (in this case, from Croatia)

(1) a location map

It’s good to try to find one that shows regional and global locations together.

(2) a map from Google Earth showing the tectonic plate features

Boundaries that seem far away can have an impact; Croatia is uplifted by the action of convergent boundaries south of Italy and perhaps in the Adriatic Sea.

(3) a physiographic/elevation/shaded relief map (shows landforms like mountains)

Some countries will be more exciting that others.

(4) a representative picture of your country’s physiography (not a map)

This shows the rugged mountainous coastline in southern Dalmatia on the Adriatic Sea at Dubrovnik (red-roofed city in lower right; filming location for HBO’s Game of Thrones’ King’s Landing).

(5) a recent (within the past five years) news event for your country about its physical geography

Green Business|Mon Sep 15, 2014 6:32am EDT

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Croatia struggles with floods after heavy rains

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REUTERS/ANTONIO BRONIC

A view of a house in the midst of floodwater in Zazina village, central Croatia, September 15, 2014.

As many as two-thirds of 21 Croatian counties are struggling with flooding, with the worst occurring in central Croatia, the national rescue agency DUZS said on Sunday.

Heavy rain has been falling since Wednesday, causing rivers to rise, closing roads and threatening houses and factories. No deaths or injuries have been reported so far.

The biggest threat is in flooded areas around the central towns of Sisak, Hrvatska Kostajnica and Karlovac. Several villages have been evacuated and a state of emergency has been declared in the northern municipality of Nedelisce.

The Croatian army has sent hundreds of troops to help local residents build the protective dams along river banks.

In the capital, Zagreb, the rising Sava river and ground water have flooded some 20 houses and nearby parked cars. Firefighters are pumping water out of the cellars.

Officials have said that the most critical situation is expected within the next 48 hours around the town of Sisak, with two major flood waves coming down the Kupa and Sava rivers.

The worst flooding since records began 120 years ago hit the Balkans in May, killing more than 40 people. Some 35,000 people in Bosnia and 25,000 in Serbia were evacuated from their homes, and many more fled on their own.

(Reporting by Igor Ilic; Editing by Larry King)

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