LANDFORMS

CANYONS

• Canyons are formed by flowing rivers.
• The Grand Canyon is in Arizona.
• The Grand Canyon is more than a mile at its Deepest point.
• At the Grand Canyon there are cool forests, hot deserts, and more.
• Long ago, people carved homes into canyon cliffs.

MOUNTAINS

• A mountain is the highest kind of land.
• They are often peaked or round at the top.
• The highest mountain on Earth is Mount Everest.
• It is taller than 23 Empire State Buildings stacked one on top of another.
• Miners dig gold and silver out of mountains.

ISLANDS

• An island is born from lava cooling from an underwater volcano
• Islands are bodies of land with water all around it.
• They are smaller than a continent
• Hawaii is a very popular island
• Jamaica is south of Cuba