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Landforms

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

MOUNTAINS

LAND WITH STEEP SIDES THAT RISES SHARPLY (1,000 FEET OR MORE) FROM SURROUNDING LAND

HILLS

elevated land with sloping sides and rounded summit; generally smaller than a mountain

VALLEYS

area of low land usually between hills or mountains

PLAINS

area of level land, usually at low elevation and often covered with grasses

PLATEAU

area of flat or rolling land at a high elevation, about 300 to 3,000 feet high

ISTHMUS

narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas

PENINSULA

body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water

ISLAND

land area, smaller than a continent, completely surrounded by water

TRENCHES

Tectonic activ- ity also makes deep cuts in the ocean floor

CONTINENTAL SELF

A PLATEAU THAT STRETCHES FOR MILES OFF EVERY COAST

BASIN

area of land drained by a given river and its branches; area of land surrounded by lands of higher elevations

CANYON

deep and narrow valley with steep walls

CLIFF

steep, high wall of rock, Earth, or ice

DELTA

flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth

DIVIDE

stretch of high land that separates river systems
Photo by jamesfarnham

GLACIER

large, thick body of slowly moving ice
Photo by Piero...

HIGHLAND

elevated land area such as a hill, mountain, or plateau

LOWLAND

land, usually level, at a low elevation
Photo by potomo

MESA

broad, flat-topped landform with steep sides; smaller than a plateau
Photo by John-Morgan

MOUNTAIN PEAK

pointed top of a mountain

MOUNTAIN RANGE

a series of connected mountains

SEACOAST

land lying next to a sea or an ocean

VOLCANO

mountain or hill created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the Earth