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Rock formations From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (Revision as of 16:40, 28 Sep 2004) Contents [showhide] 1 Rock Formations

1.1 How rock formations are created


2 Lists Of Rock Formations

2.1 Oceania 2.2 Asia 2.3 Middle East 2.4 Africa 2.5 United States of America 2.6 Canada 2.7 Caribbean 2.8 Latin America 2.9 British Isles 2.10 Europe



Rock Formations

How rock formations are created Geologist classify rocks into 3 types according to their origin. A rock structure can be created in any rock type or combination:-

Sedimentary rocks are created from bits of rocks that have broken off other rocks by wind or water erosion, and deposited in their current position by wind or water. An example is Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah. Metamorphic rocks are created by rocks that have evolved into another kind of rock, usually by heat and pressure. An example is Mount Rushmore National Monument in South Dakota. Igneous rocks are created when molten rock cools and solidifies, with or without crystallization. An example is Iao Needle in Maui, Hawaii. Geologists have created a number of terms to describe different rock structures in the landscape that can be formed by natural processes:-

Inselberg is a residual relief feature. It can be an isolated hill, a knob, ridge or small mountain that rises abruptly, like an island, from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain. Inselberg is a German word that means "island mountain". Ayers/Uluru Rock in Australia is a noted example. Peak Stack Mesa Butte Escarpment Gorge Sea Cliff River Cliff

Lists Of Rock Formations

Oceania The Olgas, Northern Territory, Australia Twelve Apostles, Melbourne, Australia Remarkable Rocks, Southern Australia Wave Rock, Hyden, Western Australia Murphy's Hay Stacks, Nullarbor Desert, Western Australia Uluru, Northern Territory, Australia Kata Tjuta,Northern Territory, Australia Pinnacles Desert, Nambung National Park, Western Australia Devil's Marbles, Northern Territory, Australia Truman Track Beach, Punakaiki, New Zealand Castle Hill Basin, South Island, New Zealand Fatu Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia Talava Arches, Niue, South Pacific

Asia Yoichi, Hokkaido, Japan Yeliu, Taiwan Tanjong Bunga, Penang, Malaysia Jabalpur Marble Rocks, Madhya Pradesh, India Face Rock, Deccan, Hyderabad, India Sitio Lugsangan, Barangay Tabon, Cebu, Philippines Yun Meng Mountains, Beijing, China Guilin, China Grandfather and Grandmother stone, Koh Samui, Thailand James Bond Island, Phang Nga, Thailand Halong Bay, Vietnam Seorak-san National Park, Sokcho, South Korea Taichar Chuluu, Arkhangai Aimag, Mongolia Terelj National Park, Gorkhi, Mongolia Tanah Lot, Bali, Indonesia

Middle East Timna Arch, Eilat, Israel Karnei Hittim, Israel Pasabagi, Cappadocia, Turkey Goreme National Park, Turkey Tegherivank, Armenia Geghard, Armenia Petra, Amman, Jordan Wadi Rum Desert, Jordan Kuh-E-Namak, Iran Elemite Rock, Fars, Iran Mahneshan, Zanjan, Iran Pigeon Rocks, Beirut, Lebanon Sakhret-El-Rawsheh, Beirut, Lebanon Gobustan, Azerbaijan Aphrodite's Rock, Paphos, Cyprus Wadi Dhar, Yemen Bani Al Harit, Saana, Yemen

Africa White Desert, Egypt Tamanrasset, Algeria Tassili Mountains, Algeria Cedarberg Wilderness Area, Cape Town, South Africa Kagga Kamma, Ceres, Western Cape, South Africa Vingerklip, Damaraland, Namibia Waterberg Plateau, Namibia Motombo Rock Formations, Zimbabwe Maleme Dam, Matobos, Zimbabwe Domboshava Rocks, Zimbabwe Geuzzam, Niger Pic du Sindou, Burkina Faso Doumes de Fabedougou, Burkina Faso Andringitra, Madagascar Isalo National Park, Madagascar Anse Source d'Argent, La Digue, Seychelles Riyom Rock, Jos, Nigeria Olumo Rock, Abeokuta, Nigeria Kamale Pinnacle, Mubi, Nigeria Siroua Mountains, Morocco Tafraoute, Morocco Chebika Rock, Tunisia Tamazrat, Tunisia Kola Gorge, Cameroon Benguela Province, Angola Iona, Tombwa, Angola Decemhare, Eritrea Tsavo Rocks, Kenya Makuzi Beach, Chintheche, Malawi Massif des Aguilles de Garmi, Mali Burget Tuyur, Selima, Sudan Akakus Mountains, Libya

United States of America Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington Miner's Castle, Munising, Michigan Tent Rocks, Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico City Of Rocks State Park, Grant County, New Mexico Valley of Fire, Las Vegas, Nevada Delamar, Nevada Lexington Arch, Great Basin National Park, Nevada Mushroom Rock, Marquette, Kansas Vedauwoo, Wyoming Red Rock Country, Sedona, Arizona Peralta Canyon, Phoenix, Arizona Hueco Tanks, Big Bend, Brewster County, Texas Palo Duro Canyon, Amarillo, Texas Iao Needle, Maui, Hawaii Gardner Pinnacles, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii Gitchie Manitou Rocks, Lyon County, Iowa City Of Rocks Complex, Burley, Idaho Tower Rock, Jackson County, Missouri Maiden Rock, Wisconsin Rock City, Chattanooga, Tennessee Garden of the Gods, Shawnee National Forest, Illinois

Canada Agawa Bay, Lake Superior Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick Hopewell Rocks, New Brunswick Gabriola Island, British Columbia Brady's Beach, Bamfield, British Columbia Heron Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia Perce Rock, Gaspe, Quebec Tete d'Indien, Perce, Gaspe, Quebec Balancing Rock, Long Island, Nova Scotia Peggy's Cove, Halifax, Nova Scotia Banff National Park, Alberta Drumheller, Alberta Main Topsail Hill, Newfoundland and Labrador Arches, St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador Elephant Rock, Prince Edward Island Giant's Chair, Howard's Cove, Prince Edward Island Victoria Rock, Yukon

Caribbean Ayo Rock Formations, Aruba Casibari Boulders, Aruba Guajataca, Puerto Rico Virgin Gorda Rocks, British Virgin Islands Devil's Trail, Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands Bath's Beach, Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands Coki Beach, St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands Governor's Harbor, Eleuthera, Bahamas Tent Bay, Barbados Pointe des Chateaux, Grande Terre, Guadeloupe Malendure Rock, Basse Terre, Guadeloupe Diamond Rock, Torrens Point, Saba, Netherlands Antilles Stonehaven Bay, Tobago

Latin America Piedras Encimidas Valley, Zacatlan, Mexico Copper Canyon, Chihuahua, Mexico Los Arcos Rocks, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Cerro de Arcos, Loja, Ecuador Dali's Desert, Potosi, Bolivia Valle de Las Rocas, Uyuni, Bolivia Canon de Duene, Bolivia Ponta Grossa, Brazil Pedro do Jacare, Sao Paolo, Brazil Valle de la Luna, Antofagasta, Chile Playa de la Calabocillos, Constitucion, Chile Bosque del Cabo, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica Pinnacle Rock, Bartolome Island, Galapagos Islands Quebrada de Humahuaca, Humahuaca Argentina Ischigualasto, San Juan Province, Argentina Cerro Fitz Roy, El Chalten, Argentina Amambay, Paraguay La Piedra Pintada, Parque Congreso de Abril, Uruguay Colca Canyon, Arequipa, Peru Tepui, Roraima, Canaima National Park, Venezuela Piedras de San Martin, Ciudad de Coro, Venezuela Piedra de Penol, Antioquia, Colombia Laguna de La Plaza, Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, Colombia

British Isles Brimham Rocks, Nidderdale, Yorkshire, England Dovedale, Derbyshire, England Cheesewring, Minions, Cornwall, England Glen Maye, Isle of Man, England Old Harry Rocks, Dorset, England Durdle Door, Dorset, England Elgol, Isle of Skye, Scotland The Cobbler, Arrochar, Argyll and Bute, Scotland Woolacombe Rocks, [[Mull], Scotland Mew Slade, Wales Solva, St. David's Head, Dyfed, Wales Flat Holm, Bristol Channel, Wales White Rocks Beach, Bushmills, Northern Ireland Giant's Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Beara Peninsula, Bantry, County Cork, Ireland Skellig Rocks, Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland

Europe Sarti, Sithonia, Greece Samaria Gorge, Crete, Greece Meteora, Greece Roussillon, France Lesconil, Brittany, France Les Calanche, Corsica, France Rocher des Doms, Avignon, France Etretat, Normandy, France Casis, Marseilles, France Il Gargano, Vieste, Apulia, Italy Palmarola, Sicily, Italy Valle Seriana, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy Golfo di Orosei,Cala Luna, Monte Tiscali, Sardinia, Italy Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland Jokulsa Canyon National Park, Myvatn,Iceland Dimmuborgir, Myvatn, Iceland Dyrholaey, Iceland Eystrahorn, Hvalnes, Iceland Bornholm, Denmark Mons Klint, Mon, Denmark Gedser Odde, Gedser, Denmark Stevns Klint,Ostjaellands, Denmark Sangstrup, Djursland, Denmark Oland, Sweden Busten, Glaskogens Nature Reserve, Kalleboda, Sweden Stegborgsgarden, Stegborg, Sweden Stenhamra, Uppland, Sweden Narpes, Finland Naantali, Finland Skude, Beiningen, Haugaland, Norway Gieranger Fjord, Norway Dwerja, Gozo, Malta Dingli Cliffs, Dingli, Malta Los Roques de Garcia, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain Las Canades, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain Ciudad Encantada, Cuenca, Spain Autol, La Roja, Spain Ponta da Piedade, Lagos, Algarve, Portugal Albufeira, Portugal Porto Moniz, Madeira, Portugal Ponta de Sao Lourenco, Madeira, Portugal Rotenfels, Nahe, Karlsruhe, Germany Teufelsturm, Elbsandstein, Germany Wasgau, Germany Bastei, Switzerland Mount Pilatus, Switzerland Val dal Botsch, Switzerland Teplice,Czech Republic Medvedi Stezka, Sumava, Klatovy, Czech Republic Vrani Skala, Brdy, Czech Republic Suche Skaly, Turnov, Czech Republic Hruboskalsko, Czech Republic Lehotske Skaly, Handlova, Slovakia Haligovske Skaly, Stara Lubovna, Slovakia Sulov Rocks, Strazov, Slovakia Dolina Zelineho Plesa, Vysoke Tatry, Slovakia Sloneczna, Poland Ciezkowice, Poland Zielone Wzgorze, Piechowice, Poland Dolina Koscieliska, Western Tatras, Poland Dunajec Gorge, Zakopane, Poland Lacu Rosu, Transylvania, Romania Bicaz Gorges, Neamt County, Romania Detunatele, Ceahlau, Romania Cheile Dobrogei, Targusor, Romania Melnik, Sandanski, Bulgaria Iskur Gorge, Sofia, Bulgaria Bassarbovo Monastery, Rousse, Bulgaria Sozopol, Bulgaria The Rock, Gibraltar Eagle's Nest Rock, Kokshetau Mountains, Borovoye, Kazakhstan Nikita, Yalta, Ukraine Skaly Taraktasky, Crimea, Ukraine Karadag, Crimea, Ukraine Fiolent, Sevastopol, Ukraine Vidzeme, Latvia Pusena Kalns, Bartava, Latvia Tuapse, Krasnodarsk, Russia Monrepo Park, Vyborg, St. Petersburg, Russia Taganay National Park, Chelyabinsk, Russia Stolby National Park, Krasnoyarsk, Russia Kamen Shahtai, Lake Baikal, Russia Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_formations"

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