Tennessee Landforms

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Tennessee Landforms

• There are many landforms in Tennessee. Landforms
  can affect the way we live and play. Lets take a
  tour of Tennessee Landforms

K-5.9.1 Identify the earth's major geological
features.          Recognize the earth's major
geological features (e.g., continents, oceans,
lakes).
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Tennessee Landforms

• Tennessees seven natural regions are
• Blue Ridge (Unaka) Mountains
• The Great Valley
• Cumberland Plateau
• Highland Rim
• Nashville Basin
• Gulf Coastal Plain
• Mississippi Flood Plain

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Landforms
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Landforms Vocabulary

• landforms
• bodies of water
• river
• lake
• ocean
• mountain
• valley

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The Appalachian Mountains is the largest
wilderness area in the Eastern United States
Mountains
A mountain is the highest kind of land.
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Plateau
A flat area of land that is higher than the land
around it

• Fall Creek Falls State Park in Pikeville, TN is
  located on the Cumberland Plateau.

This plateau shows how it really is flat like a
table on top!
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Plain

• Plains are broad, nearly level stretches of land
  that have no great changes in elevation.
• Plains are generally lower than the land around
  them.

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River

• The Mississippi River forms the western border of
  Tennessee.

The Tennessee River starts in Knoxville, TN
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Lake

• An inland body of fresh or salt water

Reelfoot Lake is located in Dyersburg, TN
Reelfoot Lake was formed when a massive
earthquake struck the area!
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Bluff

• A high bank with a broad, precipitous and
  sometimes rounded cliff face overlooking a plain
  or body of water.

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Tennessee Attractions
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References

• http//www.ihms.mb.ca/Student20Projects/Student2
  0projects202002-2003/Grade20420Landforms/landfo
  rms.htm 4th graders put together several
  landforms with good pictures.
• http//vathena.arc.nasa.gov/curric/land/landform/l
  andform.html
• http//www.nhptv.org/natureworks/nwep7c.htm A
  lake of great information.
• http//www.tennesseelakeinfo.com/ Information
  about TN lakes.
• http//www.reelfootareachamber.com/tourism/index.h
  tml History of Reelfoot Lake.

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Activities

• Use http//earth.google.com/ to locate the
  landforms you learned.
• http//www.harcourtschool.com/activity/typesofland
  /typesofland.html Click on the landform to learn
  more about it.
• http//www.earthkam.ucsd.edu/public/students/activ
  ities/landformations/index.shtm Can you find the
  landforms?
• http//www.quia.com/mc/512.html
• http//www.quia.com/cc/512.html
• http//www.quia.com/custom/512sear.html Play
  landform games matching, concentration, or word
  search