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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

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

Examples: India, Italy

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

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

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

 Examples: Philippines,Indonesia,Caribbean,Japan

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

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

Suez Canal, Corinth Canal, Erie Canal

Water Landforms

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

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

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

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

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