Umchazamhlaba
Umchazamhlaba yisigaba solwazi oluphathelene nomhlaba esihlala kuwo nokuqonda izehlakalo zawo, umumo wawo, ukubonakala kwawo nokunye okungokwemvelo yomhlaba. NgesiNgisi kuthiwa yi-"Geography". NgokoMchazamhlaba sibona "ukuhlukaniswa komhlaba" okuyizitho zomhlaba ezahlukahlukene. Lapho singabala khona ulwandle, umhlaba, izwekazi, umkhuluzwekazi ("super-continent"), izwe, isiqhingi ("island"), nokunye.
Izinhlobo zoMhlabasiqu
[hlela | Hlela umthombo]Izinhlobo zomhlabasiqu ziyizinhlobo zezinto ezenziwa wumhlaba, njengamagquma, izintaba, izigodi, njalonjalo. Nanti ezinye izibonelo ngezansi:
amaKhwanguqele ("aeolian islands")
amaThungulu ("coasts")
iMvuthuluka ("erosion")
iGudlumfula ("fluvial erosion")
amaGadlazwana ("impact landforms")
imiGede ("karsts")
amaShezi ("sedimentary rock formations")
iziNtaba
iziThambeka ("slopes")
amaZabazaba ("tectonic plates")
iziNtshaba/iziNtabamlilo ("volcanoes")
uKhazenza ("cryogenic weathering")
uZulenza ("weathering")