Landforms

What is a landform?

• Landforms are physical features made from nature.
• It is made from rock and dirt. Landforms can be big or small.
• Landforms were made by glaciers.
• Pushing rock and dirt into mountains and carving out lakes.

Islands

• An island is a form of land surrounded by water.
• An island can be in an ocean, lake, river, or a pond.
• Hawaii, one of the states is an island.

Mountains

• Mountains are pieces of land that are taller than the surrounding land.
• Mountains are usually larger than hills.
• We have many mountain ranges in the United States
• The Appalachian Mountain Range.
• Smoky Mountains.

DesertS

• A desert is a flat plain area that receives little or no rainfall.
• Deserts can be extremely hot or extremely cold.
• Deserts cover one/fifth of Earth’s surface.
• One example of a desert is:
• Sahara Desert

LakeS

•  A lake is a body of water surrounded by land.
• Lakes are usally big. Small lakes are called ponds.
• Lake Tahoe, and Crater Lake are some examples of lakes.

Rivers

• Rivers are natural flow of water that travels on the ground.
• Some rivers are long and so wide you can't see the other side.
• The Ohio River and the Nile River are examples of rivers.

Oceans

• Oceans are bodies of water that cover most of Earth.
• Oceans have salt water instead of fresh water.
• The Pacific Ocean, and the Atlantic Ocean are two oceans on Earth.