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Landscape Regions of NYS
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New York State…• Has a wide variety of landscape regions
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What is responsible for shaping the landscape of NYS in recent
times?• The present landscape of
northeastern NYS was created by mountain building processes and eroded by glaciation.
• Each landscape region is classified by the type of underlying bedrock.
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A tour of NYS Landscapes…
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Glacial SedimentsNorth Shore, Long Island
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Large glacial erratic in Smithtown Bay, Long Island
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Glacial till
Loess
Glacial deposits exposed in beach cliff at Caumsett State Park
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Central Park
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Large erratic on roche moutonee bedrock. Also note glacial grooves.
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Hudson Highlands
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Bear Mountain Bridge
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Hudson Highlands - View from Bear Mountain
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Shawangunk Ridge
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Shawangunk Ridge, Appalachian Fold Belt, New York
unconformity
Ordovicianshales
Silurian conglomerate
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Waterfall over Shawangunk conglomerate on Peters Kill.
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Catskill Mountains
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Oneonta Formation sandstone overlying red floodplain shales, Catskill Mts. “The Rip Van Winkle
Trail”.
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Slide Mountain – tallest peak in the Catskills (4180ft)
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Saratoga Springs
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Adirondack High Peaks
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View of high peaks region from top of Whiteface Mt
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Sharp arete ridges and glacial cirque on Whiteface Mt. (4865 ft.)
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Mt. Marcy: Highest Peak in NYS (5344 ft.)
44°06'45" N 73°55'24" W
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Tug Hill Plateau
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Salmon River Falls, Tug Hill Plateau
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Pixley Falls State Park
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Niagara Falls / Niagara Gorge
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Ontario power station, Niagara Gorge
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American Falls
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Horseshoe Falls
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Letchworth Gorge
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Genesee River, Letchworth gorge
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Salt pile, salt mine, near Geneseo, NY.
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Watkins Glen
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Taughannock Falls
These are the highest falls in NYS
With a 215 foot plunge, this waterfall stands three stories taller than Niagara Falls.
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Mucrospirifer brachiopods and Phacops rana trilobites).
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Crinoid columnals