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Landforms

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

CANYON-

a deep narrow depression in the earths surface, often having a river running through it
Photo by Steve Corey

Grand Canyon, Arizona

Photo by toddwendy

The Narrows, Zion Canyon, Utah

Photo by D.H. Parks

STRAIT-

a narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water

Jamaica Channel, Carribian Sea

The Minch, Mainland Scottland

Photo by world of jan

Strait of Magellan
Connects the South Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

Photo by angela7dreams

VALLEY-

an enlongated lowland between mountians, hills, or other uplands
Photo by glendon27

Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

Photo by .scribe

Valley of Flowers, India

Photo by aloshbennett

PENINSULA-
a mass of land almost entirely surrounded by water, usually connected to the mainland by a narrow neck

Photo by Y. Ballester

Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Photo by Travis S.

Upper Peninsula, Michigan

Photo by AllieKF

Delmarva Peninsula, Maryland

ISTHMUS-

a narrow strip of land, with water on both sides, that connects two larger land masses
Photo by Xerones

Panama

Photo by SEDACMaps

Isthmus of Corinth, Greece

Photo by NASA Johnson

ARCHIPELAGO-

either a group of islands or a body of water that has many islands in it
Photo by lau.svensson

Hawaii

Photo by brewbooks

CAPE-

a point of land extending into the sea; it is usually smaller than a peninsula

Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Photo by kiryna

Cape Hatteras, North Carolina

Photo by BOBXNC

PLAIN-

a broad expanse of generally high and flat land, also called a tableland
Photo by gerd.evermann

Pedro Plains, Jamaica

Great Plains, US

Photo by AbyssWriter

PLATEAU-

elevated flat land
Photo by Wonderlane

Kukenan Tepui, Venezuela

Colorado Plateau

DELTA-

the triangular-shaped land at the mouth of some large rivers
Photo by dkilim

Mississippi River, Mississippi

Photo by jkatze3

Nile River, Northeastern Africa

Photo by sjrankin