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A new map of the terrain beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet links hundreds of valleys that previous maps missed or…

Mexico’s second-largest metropolitan area borders on folded rock layers of the Sierra Madre Oriental.

Layers of sedimentary rock that jut from the Soledad Basin at surprising angles have long enthralled television and film producers,…

These glacial landforms jut into northern Lake Huron, surrounded by sheltered channels and coves frequented by fish and small watercraft.

The ocean’s ebbs and flows reveal dynamic tidal flats and a well-traveled shipping route along the coast of Germany.

Snow-capped mountains carved by deep river valleys preside over northwestern Washington state.

Differences in the underlying bedrock and how rivers distribute sediment make the coastlines west of Portland look unlike those northeast…

The hills and basins of Seattle, Washington, have been sculpted by glaciers and modified by humans.

Sediment eroded from ice-capped mountains splays out across a broad river valley on Russia’s Severny Island.






