Wave Rock
By Daniel
What is unique or special about this particular landform?
This curved rock is 14 meters high and 110 m long. It is a portion of the northern part of Hyden Rock and it is over 2.7 billion years old, found in Hyden Wildlife Park in Western Australia.
The wave is said to have developed by the movement of running water on granite.
Where is this Wave Rock located?
Wave Rock is located in Western Australia close to Perth
Do humans take advantage of this landform in any way
Yes, Wave Rock is a very popular tourist location in Hyden park Australia, it has over 140,000 tourists a year.
It has also been featured in TV shows like Japan's Next Top Model and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego and host the
According to Wikipedia the Wave Rock Weekender event which is a music festival that has been operated annually since 2005.
What category does this landform fall under? How was it created?
The form of Wave Rock is the effect of wind and water erosion that has undercut the base and left a rounded overhang.
Wind erosion is a widespread event that happens to mostly flat, bare areas dry, sandy soils or wherever the soil is very loose and dry. Wind erosion is when the wind removes soil from one place and deposits it in another.
It creates soil damage, dehydration and decay of soil formation, nutrient, and fertility declines and air pollution.
Water from the springs flowing down the rock in wetter months’ dissolve minerals which adds to the colouring of the wave
. In the 1960's, crystals from Hyden Rock were said to be over 2700 million years old and they're amongst the oldest crystals in Australia.
How old Is this landform? When was it formed?
My research question was How old Is this landform? When was it formed? and what I found was that in the 1960's, crystals from Hyden Rock were said to be over 2700 million years old and they're amongst the oldest crystals in Australia.
Wave Rock was developed before dinosaurs walked the earth, which occurred about 2.7 billion years ago. Wave Rock is a very old rock, in fact, it is one of the oldest rocks in the world. Wave Rock is quite an old granite formation according to "Wave Rock." Wikipedia. Wave Rock has been opened to weathering processes, which caused it to looked like that, for a duration of about 60 million years.
Incase you were wondering a granite formation forms from the slow crystallization of magma below Earth's surface.
My sources
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"Wave Rock." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 2016. Web. 28 Apr. 2016.
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Dasgupta, Shreya. "The 15 Most Amazing Landscapes and Rock Formations." BBC. 5 Feb. 2015. Web. 22 Apr. 2016.
"Experience Wave Rock and Hippo's Yawn." Experience Wave Rock and Hippos Yawn. Web. 26 Apr. 2016.
"Wave Rock an Ancient Land Ancient Australian-landforms." Skwirk. Web. 27 Apr. 2016.