1. Landforms

2. Landforms Naturally found features on the surface of the Earth
Those found underneath the ocean are oceanic landforms

3. Oceanic Landforms

4. Human Environmental Interaction
Landforms can help determine where people live
Describe the picture, as it relates to where people live

5. Weathering Over time, landforms can change
What happened as the land bridge disappeared?

6. Weathering
Can also create new landforms

7. Landform
Definition
Example
Archipelago (atlas)
Bay
Canyon
Cape
Delta
Desert (atlas)
Gulf
Island
Freshwater lake (atlas)
Saltwater lake (atlas)
Mountains (3)
Peninsula
Plain (atlas)
River (3) (atlas)
Tributary (river flow into) (atlas)

8. Landform
Definition
Example
Archipelago
Group of islands
Hawai'i, Florida Keys
Bay
Coastal indentation of sea/lake into land
Tampa Bay, Green Bay
Canyon
Deep valley with steep sides
Grand Canyon
Cape
Point of land extending out into body of water
Cape Cod, Cape Canaveral
Delta
Area of land formed by deposits at mouth of a river
Mississippi Delta
Desert
Area of land with little rainfall or vegetation
Mojave Desert, Sonoran Desert
Gulf
Large extension of sea partly surrounded by land
Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Alaska
Island
Body of land completely surrounded by water
Oahu, Maui
Freshwater lake
Body of freshwater completely surrounded by land
Lake Michigan, Lake Okeechobee
Saltwater lake
Body of saltwater completely surrounded by land
Great Salt Lake
Mountains (3)
Area of land rising much higher than the land around it
Mt McKinley, Mt Hood, Mt Whitney
Peninsula
Long piece of land surrounded on 3 sides by water
Florida, Seward Peninsula, Upper Peninsula
Plain
Large area of flat or gently rolling land
Great Plains
River (3)
Stream of freshwater flowing to another body of water
Mississippi River, Ohio River, Missouri River
Tributary (river flow into)
River that flows into a larger river
Missouri River into Mississippi River