Theoretical aspects of modern ideas on climatic geomorphology

Abstract

Modern climatic geomorphology identifies 7 climatic-geomorphological zones, unlike the cycles concept by W. Davis, which divided land into 3 zones. Each zone is characterized by its own type of exogenous morphogenesis. Changes of climates induces changes of topography, though morphoclimatic relicts of previous environment are conserved for a long time. From the viewpoint of climatic geomorphology the author reviews the ideas of W. Davis, W. Penck, L. King and doctrine on morphostructure and morphosculpture of I. P. Gerasimov.