In the video, I talk about the geomorphology of the Cappadocia region. Briefly, the content of the video is as follows: In geomorphological terms, the most unique landforms of the region are the fairy chimneys and the badlands topographies. Fairy chimneys are generally defined as mushroom-shaped landforms formed by the erosion of layers of different hardness and composition at different rates. Depending on the type and severity of erosion and the stratification characteristics of the rocks, fairy chimneys can be capped or uncapped, columnar or conical in shape. Most of the Cappadocia region is made up of volcanic rocks, formed by millions of years of volcanic eruptions. The most important of these is the rock formed from volcanic ash called ignimbrite. Ignimbirites are very soft rocks and can be easily carved by humans and easily eroded by external factors such as torrential rain and rivers. According to absolute dating studies, there are 10 different layers of ignimbrite deposited in Cappadocia between 10 million and 2 million years ago. Among these ignimbrite layers, there are different types of rocks such as river deposits, lacustrine deposits, and volcanic lavas. According to the characteristics of each ignimbrite and its interaction with other rocks, the cliffs and fairy chimneys have developed with very different fairy chimneys and badland morphologies.
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