We got a geomorphology assignment, to divide ourselves into groups and then describe a landform created by a particular process in the Tarfala valley. My group consisted of me, Sara and Sandra, and our assigned landform type was fluvial. That made our choice of landform pretty simple: we chose one of all the streams in the valley.
This particular one was a stream filled with meltwater from Storglaciären.
The velocity in it was very high, and it had cut down deep into the silty sand sediment it was running over. The roar of the water was deafening. The ground was shaking from the force of the stream, boulders running down at the bottom sounding like thunder.
The ground wasn’t stable. The river was cutting down into the sediments, making walking along the river creating a little tickle in my stomach.
The dangers of being a geomorphologist. I had forgotten how fun geomorphology can be. Walking around, looking at things, reading the landscape. Very intriguing, especially for a traveloholic like myself.
Katja Malmborg 