1. LANDFORMS Physical features on the Earth’s surface on the Earth’s surface Created by: Meggan Schlein & Kristie Benton 2005

2. PLAIN  A flat land that is low in elevation  Examples: Great Plains, Texas, Central Australia (Outback)

3. PLATEAU  An elevated flat land  Examples: Colorado, Tibet, South Africa

4. MOUNTAIN  A very tall, natural piece of land with steep sides  Examples: Mt. Kilimanjaro, Mt. Everest, Mt. McKinley Mt. St. Helens

5. MOUNTAIN RANGE  A Group of mountains  Examples: Rockies, Smokey Mtns., Himalayas, Andes, Alps

6. VALLEY  A low place between mountains  Example: Napa California South TX Death Valley, Utah

7.  A deep valley with narrow sides created by erosion  Example:  Grand Canyon, AZ  Big Bend, TX CANYON

8. Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

9. PENINSULA  A body of land that is surrounded by water on three sides  Examples: Florida, Baja (Mexico),

10. Examples: India, Italy

11. Examples of Peninsulas (continued)  Sinai Peninsula (Egypt)  Bolivar Peninsula (Galveston, TX)

12. ISLAND  Land completely surrounded by water  Example:  Galveston  Madagascar  Tasmania

13. ARCHIPELAGO  A group or chains of islands  Examples: Hawaii Hawaii

14.  Examples: Philippines,Indonesia,Caribbean,Japan

15. ISTHMUS  A narrow strip of land connecting two land masses  Examples: Panama, Corinth

16. Canal  Manmade waterway, a shortcut to transport ships  Examples: Panama Canal

17. Suez Canal, Corinth Canal, Erie Canal

18. Water Landforms

19. L A K E  A large body of water that is surrounded by land on all sides  Examples: Great Lakes, Salt Lake Lake Jackson

20. RIVER  A large, flowing body of water  Examples: Mississippi, Colorado, Rio Grande, Nile, Amazon

22. DELTA  Triangular shaped area where sediment is deposited at the mouth of a river (where it empties into another body of water)  Examples: Nile River Delta, Mississippi River Delta

24. SEA or GULF A large body of salty water that is often connected to an ocean  Examples: Mediterranean Sea Caribbean Sea Gulf of Mexico Gulf of Hormuz

25. STRAIT  A narrow body of water that connects 2 larger bodies of water  Examples: Bering Strait Strait of Gibraltar Strait of Gibraltar