landforms and waterforms

LandformsEarth’s Physical Features

Created by: Roiden Fredrich Fernandez

LandformsA landform in the earth sciences comprises a geomorphological unit,

and is largely defined by its surface form and location in the landscape.

As part of the terrain a landform is an element of topography

Mountains

It’s a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak. A

mountain is generally steeper than a hill.

Mountains

Mountains are formed through tectonic forces or volcanism.

Mount Everest

Mount Everest is the Earth's highest

mountain.

Plateaus

also called a high plain or tableland, is an area of highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain.

Tibetan Plateau The largest and highest plateau in the world. It is called the "roof of the world", which is still being

formed by the collisions of the Indo-

Australian and Eurasian tectonic

plates.

Tibetan Plateau

Bukidnon Plateau

Plains

A plain is a flat region. Plains occur as lowlands and at the bottoms of valleys but also on plateaus or uplands at high

elevations.

Deserts

A desert is a barren area of land where little precipitation occurs and consequently living conditions are hostile for

plant and animal life. 

Sahara Desert

Antartic Desert

Loess

Loess is a clastic, predominantly silt-sized sediment, which is formed by the accumulation of wind-blown dust.

Loess

Glaciers

A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight; it forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries.

Aletsch Glacier

The Aletsch Glacier, the largest glacier of

the Alps, in Switzerland

Quelccaya Ice Cap

The Quelccaya Ice Cap is the largest glaciated area in the 

tropics, in Peru

Valley

 is a depression that is longer than it is wide. The terms U-shaped and V-shaped are descriptive terms of geography to characterize the form of valleys.

Islands

Is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features

on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. 

Philippines

The Philippines is an Archipelago with 7,

107 islands.

Mauritus Island

Islet

An islet is a very small island.

WaterformsEarth’s Physical Features

Ocean

 is a body of saline water that composes much of a planet's hydrosphere.

Pacific Ocean

Sea

The sea, the world ocean, or simply the ocean. It moderates the Earth's climate and has important roles in the water cycle,

carbon cycle, and nitrogen cycle.

Sea and Ocean

Seas are smaller than oceans and are usually located where the land and ocean meet. Typically, seas are partially enclosed by land.

Strait

A strait is a naturally formed, narrow, typically navigable waterway that connects two larger bodies of water.

Strait of Gibraltar

Gulf

A gulf in geography is a large bay that is an arm of an ocean or sea.

Gulf of Gabes

Gulf of Mexico

Bay

A bay is a large body of water connected to an ocean or sea formed by an inlet of land due to the surrounding land

blocking some waves and often reducing winds.

Manila Bay

Wineglass Bay

Lake

Lake is surrounded by land apart from a river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake.

River

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely at the end of its course, and does not reach another body

of water.

Nile River

 a major north-flowing river in northeastern

Africa, generally regarded as the 

longest river in the world. It is 6,853 km (4,258 miles) long. 

Amazon River

Spring

A spring is a point where water flows out of the ground

Hotspring

Waterfall

A waterfall is a place where water flows over a vertical drop in the course of a stream or river. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge

of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. —

Angel Falls

Angel Falls is a waterfall in Venezuela.

It is the world's highest uninterrupted

waterfall, with a height of 979 m and a

plunge of 807 m.

Lagoon

is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by barrier islands or reefs.

Coastal Lagoon

Atoll Lagoon

Atoll Lagoon

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