What are landforms The natural shapes or features
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What are landforms? • The natural shapes or features on the Earth’s surface are called landforms. • Many different types of landforms can be found on the Earth – here are just a few examples:
Peninsula • Peninsula – a large piece of land that juts far out into the water and is almost surrounded by water. • Florida is a peninsula.
Harbor • Harbor – a deep, sheltered bay. • The Statue of Liberty is in New York Harbor.
Bay • Bay – a small area of sea or lake partly enclosed by dry land. Coves and inlets are very small bays. • The Golden Gate Bridge is in the San Francisco Bay.
Island • Island – a piece of land that is smaller than a continent and completely surrounded by water. • The famous prison, Alcatraz, was built on an island in the San Francisco Bay!
Mountains • Mountain – a rugged, upthrust mass of rock that looms high above the surrounding land. • The Earth’s highest mountain is Mount Everest (29, 029 ft). Highest in the US is Denali in Alaska (Mt. Mc. Kinley – 20, 310 ft)
River • River – a long, large stream. • The Mississippi River is the largest river in the United States.
Coast • Coast – the edge of land that borders a body of water. • Most of the world’s major cities are along coasts or rivers leading to coasts.
Valley River made • Valley – a gently sloping depression between hills or mountains. • Yosemite Valley in California is a glacial valley (one formed by a glacier). Glacier made
Desert • Desert – a very dry or desolate land that receives little or no rainfall. • The largest desert is the Sahara in Africa which is 3. 5 million square miles.
Oasis • Oasis - an isolated green spot in the desert where water flows up from an underground spring. • The Sahara Desert has about 90 oases.
Prairie • Prairie – a temperate grassland characterized by a rich variety of grasses. • Prairie once covered more than 400, 000 square miles of North America.
Delta • Delta – a fan shaped deposit of mud and sand, often green with vegetation, found at the mouths of many rivers. • There is a delta where the Mississippi River empties into the Gulf of Mexico.
Plateau • Plateau – a large highland plain that rises sharply above the surrounding land. • In Idaho, farmers have irrigated and planted crops atop plateaus.
Isthmus • Isthmus – a narrow strip of land that connects two much larger areas of land narrowly separates two large bodies of water. • The Isthmus of Panama connects North and South America.
Beach Sandy or rocky land at the edge of an ocean, sea, or lake
Strait • Strait – a narrow waterway that connects two larger bodies of water. • The Strait of Gibraltar connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
Canyon A canyon is a deep valley with very steep sides. Rivers often flow through canyons. The Grand Canyon is a perfect example of this!
Hill A hill is a rounded area of land higher than the area around it (not as high as a mountain).
Dune A sand dune is a hill of sand that is deposited by the wind.
Cave A cave is a large underground chamber in a hillside or cliff.
Butte An isolated hill or mountain with steep sides
Lagoon A shallow body of saltwater separated from the sea by a shallow sandbank or coral reef
Atoll A ring-shaped coral reef that encircles a lagoon
Archipelago • A stretch of water containing many islands • A famous archipelago are the Hawaiian Islands.
Fjord • a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high glacier cliffs
Volcano • a mountain having a vent through which lava and gas erupts from the earth's crust • there are 169 volcanoes in the United States
Cliff • a steep rock face at the edge of the sea
Tributary a river or stream flowing into a larger river
There are many more landforms that make up our beautiful planet, but for now…. That’s ALL folks!
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