created by Greg Lail

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LANDFORMS

• created by Greg Lail
• 5th Grade Teacher
• Hillcrest Elementary School

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What is a landform?

• A landform is a recognizable, naturally formed
  feature that makes up the Earth's surface.

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Identify the following Landforms
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The Hawaiian Islands
Islands
http//www.geo.arizona.edu/SGE/Hawaii_page/overvie
w/hawaii.jpg
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Island

• An island is a piece of land that is surrounded
  by water.

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Archipelago
http//www.hawaii.edu/spauh/images/islands.jpg
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Archipelago

• An archipelago is a group or chain of islands
  clustered together in a sea or ocean.

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Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano
Volcano
http//www.solarnavigator.net/geography/geography_
images/volcano_hawaii_kilauea_Puu_oo.jpg
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Volcano

• A volcano is a mountainous vent in the Earth's
  crust. When a volcano erupts, it spews out lava,
  ashes, and hot gases from deep inside the Earth.

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Atoll
http//www.bergoiata.org/fe/Oceans-Beaches-Seas/At
oll.jpg
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Atoll

• An atoll is a ring (or partial ring) of coral
  that forms an island in an ocean or sea.

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San Francisco Bay
Bay
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Bay

• A bay is a body of water that is partly enclosed
  by land (and is usually smaller than a gulf).

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Cape ?

• Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts,

http//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thum
b/b/b3/Cape_cod_bay.jpg/600px-Cape_cod_bay.jpg
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• Cape
• A cape is a pointed piece of land that sticks out
  into a sea, ocean, lake, or river.

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Chesapeake Bay
? Estuary
http//veimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/234/MODIS1000018_md.
jpg
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Estuary

• An estuary is where a river meets the sea or
  ocean.

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Gulf
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Gulf

• A gulf is a part of the ocean (or sea) that is
  partly surrounded by land (it is usually larger
  than a bay).

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Delta
http//www.geo.uu.nl/fg/palaeogeography/pictures/d
elta_evolution/delta.jpg
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Delta

• A delta is a low, watery land formed at the mouth
  of a river. It is formed from the silt, sand and
  small rocks that flow downstream in the river and
  are deposited in the delta. A delta is often (but
  not always) shaped like a triangle (hence its
  name, delta, a Greek letter that is shaped like a
  triangle).

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Cape Farewell, New Zealand
?Cliff
http//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/arch
ive/d/d7/20070302213510!Cape_Farewell_Arch.jpg
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Cliff

• A cliff is a steep high face of rock and soil.

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Fjord ?
http//www.norwegianmoose.com/uploaded_images/fjor
ds-718715.jpg
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Fjord

• A fjord is a long, narrow sea inlet that is
  bordered by steep cliffs.

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Isthmus ?
http//eagle.csd49.org/classpages/panama_world.gif
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Isthmus

• An isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting
  two larger landmasses. An isthmus has water on
  two sides.

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Peninsula ?
http//go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_map/florida.gif
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Peninsula

• A peninsula is a body of land that is
  surrounded by water on three sides.

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The Strait of Gibraltar
Spain
Mediterranean Sea
? Strait
Morocco
Atlantic Ocean
http//earth.imagico.de/views/gibraltar_new_small.
jpg
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Strait

• A strait is a narrow body of water that connects
  two larger bodies of water.

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Mississippi River
? River
http//www.ecology.info/images/mississippi-river.j
pg
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River

• A river is a large, flowing body of water that
  usually empties into a sea or ocean.

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Canyon
Grand Canyon, Arizona
http//www.nps.gov/archive/grca/photos/
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Canyon

• A canyon is a deep valley with very steep sides -
  often carved from the Earth by a river.

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Mount Everest
Mountain ?
http//www.thegeminiweb.com/babyboomer/wp-content/
uploads/2007/04/Mount_Everest.jpg
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Mountain

• A mountain is a very tall high, natural place
  on Earth - higher than a hill. The tallest
  mountain on Earth is Mt. Everest.

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Mesa
http//pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/photos/american_west
/images/mesa.jpg
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Mesa

• A mesa is a land formation with a flat area on
  top and steep walls - usually occurring in dry
  areas.

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Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Valley
http//www.jacksonholenet.com/images/content/maps/
valley_summer.jpg
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Valley

• A valley is a low place between mountains.

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Great Sand Dune National Monument, Colorado
SandDune
http//members.cox.net/theuniverse/landscape/so_ca
l_sand_dunes.jpg
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Dune

• A hill or ridge of wind-blown sand

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Glacier
http//www.glaciers.pdx.edu/robin/images/Shot20lo
oking20up20glacier20from20Heliocopter202.jpg
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Glacier

• A glacier is a slowly moving river of ice.