DAVIS CYCLE OF EROSION

William Morris Davis was an American Geomorphologist to present general theory of landform development in 1899. The basic goal of Davisian model of geomorphic cycle and general theory of landform development was to provide basis for a systematic description and genetic classification of landforms. According to Davis ‘Geomorphic cycle is a period of time during which an uplifted landmass undergoes its transformation by the process of land sculpture ending into a low feature less plain or Peneplain’.