Landforms Grade 5 LANDFORMS Landforms are the kinds

Landforms Grade 5

LANDFORMS Landforms are the kinds of land a place has. Landforms include mountains, valleys, plateaus, deserts, plains, islands, and peninsulas.

MOUNTAINS Land that rises sharply from the land around it l Mountains can be tall and sharply pointed like the Rocky Mountains. l Mountains can be lower and more rounded like the Appalachian Mountains. l

PLATEAUS Plateaus are landforms that have STEEP SIDES and a FLAT top. l They may stretch for miles in every direction. l

ISLANDS l An island is a piece of land that has water on all sides.

PLAINS The area of flat land or gently rolling land with no trees. l Plains are flat sometimes grassy lands that stretch for miles and can be good habitats for animals like zebras, lions, and elephants, giraffes. l

PENINSULAS A peninsula is a piece of land that has water on ONLY THREE sides and attached to another piece of land. l A good example of a peninsula is FLORIDA. l

ocean l A large body of salt water

lake l A body of water with land on all sides

isthmus l A narrow strip of land joining two larger bodies of land

Peak l Highest part of a mountain; the top

river l A long, narrow body of water that flows through the land

levee l An artificial embankment built at the side of a river to stop flooding

bay l A body of water that is part of a sea or ocean which extends into the land

delta l Land built up by slit deposits at the mouth of a river

tributary l A stream or river that empties into a larger river