Landforms · Landforms Definitions and Pictures. Landforms Mountain Plateau Mesa Buttes Valley...

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Page 1: Landforms · Landforms Definitions and Pictures. Landforms Mountain Plateau Mesa Buttes Valley Canyon Gorge Grassland or Plain Desert Polar Tundra Coniferous Forest Temperate Forest

LandformsDefinitions and Pictures

Page 2: Landforms · Landforms Definitions and Pictures. Landforms Mountain Plateau Mesa Buttes Valley Canyon Gorge Grassland or Plain Desert Polar Tundra Coniferous Forest Temperate Forest

Landforms

Mountain Plateau Mesa

Buttes Valley Canyon

Gorge Grassland

or Plain

Desert

Polar Tundra Coniferous

Forest

Temperate

Forest

Rain

Forest

Wetlands

Island Peninsula Cape

Isthmus Hill Volcano

Ocean Sea

Strait Channel

Lake River

Delta Bay

Gulf

Land Water

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Mountain

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Mountain

• an area that is much

higher than the

surrounding land

• can continue to grow

and move up or down

• higher up you travel

air gets thinner at top

where it is colder

steep

sides

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Beautiful Brazilian Mt.

scene

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Plateau

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Plateau

• has a flat surface on

top

• high like a mountain

• like the Plateau of

Tibet in SW China

where it is very cold

under the north end of

Himalayas

flat

high

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Mesa

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Mesa

• has a flat surface on

top

• high like a mountain

• smaller than a plateau

flat

high

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Buttes

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Buttes

• has a flat surface on

top

• high like a mountain

• smaller than a mesa

flat

high

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Valley

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Valley

• low land between two

(2) mountains

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Canyon

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Canyon

• made by a river

• in a dry place (desert)

• steep sides similar to

a valley

steep

sides

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Gorge

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Gorge

• narrow

• steep sides

• like a small canyon

narrow

steep

sides

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Grassland or Plain

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Grassland or Plain

• wide open place

• covered with grass

• flat

flat

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Desert

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Desert

• dry place- little to no

precipitation

• plants do not grow

• hot or cold

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Polar

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Polar

• coldest place on earth

• covered with snow

• found only two (2)

places

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Tundra

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Tundra

• cold

• no trees

• has snow

• small plants

• found in the Northern part

of the world

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Coniferous Forest

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Coniferous Forest

• evergreen

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Temperate Forest

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Temperate Forest

• Temperate- Four (4)

seasons

• Seasons: Winter,

Spring, Summer, Fall

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Rainforest

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Rainforest

• Rain- lots of rain

• very hot

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Ocean

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Ocean

• A big body of water

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Sea

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Sea

• A smaller body of

water

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Strait

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Strait

• narrow waterway

• land on both sides

narrow

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Channel

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Channel

• waterway

• land on both sides

• wider than a strait

wide

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Lake

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Lake

• large body of water

• surrounded by landwater

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River

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River

• water that flows

between land

• starts in the mountains

• ends in the ocean

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Delta

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Delta

• where a river and an

ocean meet

• the river drops dirt and

land builds upwater

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Wetlands

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Wetlands

• land with shallow (not

deep) water

• lots of plantsshallow

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Island

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Island

• land

• completely

surrounded by water

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Peninsula

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Peninsula

• land

• water on three (3)

sides 1

2

3

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Cape

water

land

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Cape

• land that sticks out

into the ocean

water

land

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Isthmus

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Isthmus

• a narrow piece of land

• two (2) large bodies of

water on both sides

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Bay

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Bay

• ocean water that

pushes into the land

• makes a circular

shape

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Hill

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Hill

• shorter than a

mountain

• rounded top

rounded

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Volcano

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Volcano

• when magma forces

its way out of the earth

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Gulf

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Gulf

• like a bay

• deep water

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