Portal:Geography/Featured picture archive/2005

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This is the 2005 archive of Geography portal selected pictures.

See also 2006 archive.



December 22, 2005[edit]

Featured geography picture[edit]

Hopetoun Falls near Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia.
Hopetoun Falls near Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia.
A waterfall is usually a geological formation resulting from water, often in the form of a stream flowing over an erosion-resistant rock formation that forms a sudden break in elevation. Waterfalls may also be artificial, and they are sometimes used for garden and landscape ornament. Some waterfalls form in mountain environments where erosion is rapid and stream courses may be subject to sudden and catastrophic change. In such cases, the waterfall may not be the end product of many years of water action over a region, but rather the result of relatively sudden geological processes such as thrust faults or volcanic action.

July 13, 2005[edit]

Featured geography picture[edit]

Hurricane Dennis approaches Cuba on July 7 2005.