DIFFERENT LANDFORMS

DELTA

• A triangle shaped deposit
• at the mouth of
• A river were the river
• Empties into another body
• of water.

CANYON

• A deep gorge in the
• Surface of the earth formed
• By erosion of moving water
• And sand.

SAND DUNE

• Hill formed by wind blowing
• and depositing sand.

WEATHERING

• The breakdown of rocks
• Into smaller particles from
• the effects of wind,water,
• and ice.

DEPOSITION

• The build up of land by
• the settlement of sediment
• and soil in a new location.

EROSION

• The movement of weathered
• material on earths surface by
• wind,water,or ice.

PLATEAU

• An area of relatively level
• high ground.

U SHAPED VALLEY

• A u shaped valley or glacial
• trough is formed by the process
• glaciation.It has a charachteristic
• u shape with steep,straight sides
• and a flat bottom.

V SHAPED VALLEY

• A valley formed by flowing
• Water,or river valley is
• usually v shaped.

GLACIERS

• A slowly moving mass
• or river of ice formed by
• the accumulation and compaction
• of snow on mountains or near
• the poles.