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Landforms

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

BASIN

AREA OF LAND DRAINED BY A GIVEN RIVER AND ITS BRANCHES; AREA OF LAND SURROUNDED BY LANDS OF HIGHER ELEVATION

CANYON

DEEP AND NARROW VALLEYS 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 DEPOSTIED AT ITS MOUTH

DIVIDE

STRETCH OF HIGH LAND THAT SEPARATES RIVER SYSTEMS

GLACIER

LARGE, THICK BODY OF SLOWLY MOVING ICE

HIGHLAND

ELEVATED LAND AREA SUCH AS A HILL, MOUNTAIN, OR PLATEAU

HILL

ELEVATED LAND WITH SLOPING SIDES AND ROUNDED SUMMIT; GENERALLY SMALLER THAN A MOUNTAIN

ISLAND

LAND AREA, SMALLER THAN A CONTINENT COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY WATER

ISTHMUS

NARROW STRETCH OF LAND CONNECTING TWO LARGER AREAS

LOWLAND

LAND, USUALLY LEVEL, AT A LOW ELEVATION

MESA

BROAD, FLAT TOPPED LANDFORM WITH STEEP SIDES, SMALLER THAN A PLATEAU

MOUNTAIN

LAND WITH STEEP SIDES THAT RISES SHARPLY FROM SURROUNDING LAND; GENERALLY LARGER AND MORE RUGGED THAN A HILL

MOUNTAIN PEAK

POINTED TOP OF A MOUNTAIN

MOUNTAIN RANGE

A SERIES OF CONNECTED MOUNTAINS

PENINSULA

BODY OF LAND JUTTING INTO A LAKE OR OCEAN, SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY WATER

PLAIN

AREA OF LAND, USUALLY AT LOW ELEVATION AND OFTEN COVERED WITH GRASSES

PLATEAU

AREA OF FLAT OR ROLLING LAND AT HIGH ELEVATION, ABOUT 300 TO 3,000 FEET HIGH

SEACOAST

LAND LYING NEXT TO A SEA OR AN OCEAN

VALLEY

AREA OF LOW LAND USUALLY BETWEEN HILLS OR MOUNTAINS

VOLCANO

MOUNTAIN OR HILL CREATED AS LIQUID ROCK AND ASH ERUPT FROM INSIDE THE EARTH