Telluride

By Sophie Clarke

HOW WHERE YOU LIVE AFFECTS HOW YOU LIVE?

Elevation 8750 ft. above sea level

Telluride’s Rocky Mountains are mostly made up of the sedimentary rocks Conglomerate and Limestone. These rocks are located at a longitude of 107.82 west and a latitude of 37.94 north in southwest Co.

Telluride is in a u- shape valley created by millions of years of glacial activity. Thus, when the large glacier melted it deposited millions of tons of sediment and rock creating a landslide, forming Telluride.

Water location/special landforms • Telluride’s water

location is the San Miguel river. This river runs right next to Telluride’s main street ( shopping area). The San Miguel river gets a fraction of its water basis from Bridal Veil Water Fall. Colorado’s largest free falling water fall.

Historic Land Changes

• Historic land changes in Telluride are when miners from the 1800’s came to Telluride for zinc, coal, silver, and gold. When they arrived they blew up the mountain using dynamite. When they did so, they turned boulders and large rock into sediment, speeding the weathering and erosion process there.

People

Living: people, animals ( bears, birds, pets ect. ) vegetation and organisms

Working: lift instructors, lodging, food services, construction, retail services, education and unemployed 6.8%

Buildings: Liberty Bell Mine Camp, Idarato mine, and Telluride Christain Fellowship

Recreational activities: skiing, snow boarding, ice skating, river rafting, fishing, and golf

Landform features: San Miguel river and the rocky mountains

People go there: recreational activities, festivals, and the stores

The time I went there

• The time I went Telluride I saw many layers of conglomerate and limestone rock. In addition, I also saw much evidence of chemical weathering due to rust. I also saw that there was rock abrasion happening because the flat rocks, seen and felt in the river. People there had adjusted to the harsh climates of Telluride, I noticed this, because of the caution signs stating to drive slow do to ice. When I went there I skied using the landforms biosphere and geosphere.

The Sphere’sBiosphere: all the Living organisms From people toPine trees. Hydrosphere:All the water basis in Telluride

there largest hydrosphere unit is the San Miguel river. In which, erosion happens differently like by the suspend load ( sediment flowing down river) or by bed load (sediment moved by bouncing, sliding, or rolling)

The spheres geosphere:Is the rockyMountains that runThroughTelluride. Under Telluride’s main crust there are large Crystals that why mining was so

popular. Then there is mantle lithosphere ( body of rock that help plates move). Then there is magma just

Like any area.

Atmosphere: is the change in elevation, since most Residence

come from other towns. People cross trough the tropo – sphere ( first layer of

atmosphere).

References

• www. Topography. Com

• Big book of questions and answers

• www. Telluride. Org • Earth Comm• Topo. com

Telluride

Glacier meltedDeposited sediment

And rock

Miners came and blew up

Mountains

Telluride modern human\

Biosphere happened