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Landform Vocab

Published on Mar 17, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

LANDFORMS

BY LUKE

PLATEAU

  • A moutain that was weathered away to make a flat surface.
Photo by Wonderlane

DELTA

  • A deposit of sentiments at the mouth of a river where it makes land

CANYON

  • A deep gorge in the earth, formed by erosion of water and sand

SAND DUNES

  • Hill formed by bowing and depositing sand

WEATHERING

  • The breakdown of objects

DEPOTATION

  • The buildup of objects

EROSION

  • The movement of setiments

U SHAPED VALLEYS

  • Big holes of land that were created by glaciers
Photo by Ken Lund

V SHAPED VALLEYS

  • Valleys created by rivers tearing away setiments.

GLAICERS

  • Big chunks of ice that tear away land.