Learning Outcomes

In this free course, you will learn how to:

• Discuss the concept of soil formation
• Identify the processes of soil formation
• Explain the key factors of soil formation
• Discuss the various classification of soil
• Define mass wasting and the role water plays in mass wasting
• Discuss the classification and types of mass wasting
• Discuss the evolution of the hill slope
• Discuss the mode and rate of slope retreat
• Discuss the direction of a hill slope
• Explain the concept of the arid zone geomorphology
• Discuss landforms in dry regions
• Identify the global distributions and characteristics of pediments