Landform Definitions

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Landform Definitions

• V. Martinez

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Butte

• butteA butte is a flat-topped
• rock or hill formation
• with steep sides.

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Buttehttp//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butte

• Buttes are prevalent in the western United States
  and on the Hawaiian Islands, especially around
  Honolulu. The word "butte" comes from a French
  word meaning "small hill".
• Buttes are formed by erosion when a cap of hard
  rock, usually of volcanic origin, covers a layer
  of softer rock that is easily worn away. This
  hard rock avoids erosion while the rock around it
  wears down. One example of a noted butte is
  Chimney Rock.

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Canyon

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

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Grand Canyon in Arizonahttp//en.wikipedia.org/w
iki/Gorge

• http//library.thinkquest.org/CR0210629/Stephen20
  C's20Page.htm
• The Grand Canyon is located in Arizona and
  stretches to Colorado. The Grand Canyon is a
  national park and has become a national landmark.
  People from all over the world travel to see the
  Grand Canyon. It was formed by the Colorado
  River running through and eroding the land.

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Cape

• capeA cape is a pointed piece of land that
  sticks out into a sea, ocean, lake, or river.

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Delta

• deltaA 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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Delta
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Deserthttp//www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/d
esert.shtml

• desertA desert is a very dry area.

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int?id55846articleTypeId0
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Geyser

• geyserA geyser is a natural hot
• spring that occasionally sprays water and steam
  above the ground.
• Old Faithful is a famous geyser located in
  Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, Montana,
  and Idaho .
• http//www.nps.gov/archive/yell/oldfaithfulcam.htm
  
• http//www.nps.gov/archive/yell/tours/oldfaithful/
  index.htm

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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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Plainshttp//www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/plainmr.
htm

• plainPlains are flat lands that have only small
  changes in elevation.

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Plant life on plains-Why are plains usually well
populated?http//www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/plai
nmr.htm

• Plant life on plains is controlled by the
  climate. Thick forests usually thrive on plains
  in humid climates, grasslands cover fairly dry
  plains such as the Great Plains in the United
  States. Plains are usually well populated because
  the soil and terrain are good for farming, and
  roads and railways are easily built between rural
  towns and cities.

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Coatal Plains

• A coastal plain is a stretch of lowland along a
  seacoast which slopes toward the sea.
• Atlantic Coastal Plain is a good example of a
  fertile and well populated coastal plain.

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Plateau

• plateauA plateau is a large, flat area of land
  that is higher than the surrounding land.

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Prairiehttp//www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/gr
assland/prairie.shtml

• A prairie is a wide, relatively flat area of land
  that has grasses and only a few trees.
• A prairie is a temperate grassland, plains of
  grass that get hot in the summer and cold in the
  winter. Most of the interior of North America was
  a prairie.

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Tundrahttp//www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/tun
dra/tundra.shtml

• A tundra is a cold, treeless area it is the
  coldest biome.
• Arctic tundras are frozen, windy, desert-like
  plains in the Arctic that are dotted with bogs
  and ponds. Permafrost (a layer of frozen subsoil)
  covers the ground, so there is very little
  drainage of water. The short growing season lasts
  for only 50 to 60 days. Arctic tundras are
  located in the far north of Greenland, Alaska,
  Canada, Europe, and Russia.

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Tundra

• Alpine tundras are located high in mountains
  worldwide, above the tree line. The growing
  season is about 180 days, and nighttime
  temperatures are usually below freezing. The soil
  is well-drained (unlike the Arctic tundra).

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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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Volcanohttp//www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/
volcano/