created by Greg Lail created by Greg Lail 55thth Grade Teacher Grade TeacherHillcrest Elementary SchoolHillcrest Elementary School

What is a What is a landform?landform?

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

surfacesurface..

Identify the Identify the following following

LandformsLandforms

http://www.geo.arizona.edu/SGE/Hawaii_page/overview/hawaii.jpg

Islands

The Hawaiian Islands

IslandIsland An island is a An island is a

piece of land that piece of land that is surrounded by is surrounded by

water. water.

ArchipelagoArchipelago

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

ArchipelagoArchipelago

An archipelago is a An archipelago is a group or chain of group or chain of islands clustered islands clustered

together in a sea or together in a sea or ocean.ocean.

Volcanohttp://www.solarnavigator.net/geography/geography_images/volcano_hawaii_kilauea_Puu_oo.jpg

Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano

VolcanoVolcanoA volcano is a A volcano is a

mountainous vent in the mountainous vent in the Earth's crust. When a Earth's crust. When a

volcano erupts, it spews volcano erupts, it spews out lava, ashes, and hot out lava, ashes, and hot gases from deep inside gases from deep inside

the Earth.the Earth.

AtollAtoll

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

Atoll Atoll An atoll is a ring An atoll is a ring

(or partial ring) of (or partial ring) of coral that forms coral that forms an island in an an island in an ocean or sea.ocean or sea.

San Francisco Bay

Bay

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

BayBay

Cape Cape →→

Cape Cape CodCod Bay, Massachusetts, Bay, Massachusetts,

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Cape_cod_bay.jpg/600px-Cape_cod_bay.jpg

CapeCape

A cape is a pointed A cape is a pointed piece of land that piece of land that

sticks out into a sea, sticks out into a sea, ocean, lake, or river.ocean, lake, or river.

← Estuary

http://veimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/234/MODIS1000018_md.jpg

Chesapeake Bay

EstuaryEstuary

An estuary is where An estuary is where a river meets the a river meets the

sea or ocean.sea or ocean.

Gulf

GulfGulf A gulf is a part of the A gulf is a part of the ocean (or sea) that is ocean (or sea) that is partly surrounded by partly surrounded by

land (it is usually land (it is usually larger than a bay).larger than a bay).

Delta

http://www.geo.uu.nl/fg/palaeogeography/pictures/delta_evolution/delta.jpg

DeltaDelta

A delta is a low, watery land formed A delta is a low, watery land formed at the mouth of a river. It is at the mouth of a river. It is

formed from the silt, sand and formed from the silt, sand and small rocks that flow downstream small rocks that flow downstream in the river and are deposited in in the river and are deposited in

the delta. A delta is often (but not the delta. A delta is often (but not always) shaped like a triangle always) shaped like a triangle

(hence its name, delta, a Greek (hence its name, delta, a Greek letter that is shaped like a letter that is shaped like a

triangle). triangle).

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/d/d7/20070302213510!Cape_Farewell_Arch.jpg

←Cliff

Cape Farewell, New Zealand

A cliff is a steep A cliff is a steep high face of rock high face of rock

and soil.and soil.

CliffCliff

http://www.norwegianmoose.com/uploaded_images/fjords-718715.jpg

Fjord

↓

FjordFjord

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

http://eagle.csd49.org/classpages/panama_world.gif

Isthmus →

IsthmusIsthmus

An isthmus is a narrow An isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting strip of land connecting two larger landmasses. two larger landmasses.

An isthmus has water on An isthmus has water on two sides.two sides.

Peninsula →

http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_map/florida.gif

PeninsulaPeninsula

A peninsula is a body A peninsula is a body of land that is of land that is

surrounded by water surrounded by water on three sides.on three sides.

http://earth.imagico.de/views/gibraltar_new_small.jpg

← Strait

The Strait of Gibraltar

Spain

Morocco

Mediterranean Sea

Atlantic Ocean

StraitStrait

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

http://www.ecology.info/images/mississippi-river.jpg

← River

Mississippi

River

RiverRiver

A river is a large, A river is a large, flowing body of flowing body of

water that usually water that usually empties into a sea empties into a sea

or ocean.or ocean.

http://www.nps.gov/archive/grca/photos/

Grand Canyon, Arizona

Canyon

CanyonCanyonA canyon is a deep A canyon is a deep

valley with very valley with very steep sides - often steep sides - often carved from the carved from the Earth by a river.Earth by a river.

Mountain →

http://www.thegeminiweb.com/babyboomer/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/Mount_Everest.jpg

Mount Everest

MountainMountain A mountain is a very A mountain is a very

tall high, natural tall high, natural place on Earth - place on Earth -

higher than a hill. The higher than a hill. The tallest mountain on tallest mountain on Earth is Mt. Everest.Earth is Mt. Everest.

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

Mesa

MesaMesaA mesa is a land A mesa is a land formation with a formation with a

flat area on top and flat area on top and steep walls - steep walls -

usually occurring in usually occurring in dry areas.dry areas.

http://www.jacksonholenet.com/images/content/maps/valley_summer.jpg

Valley

Jackson Hole, Wyoming

ValleyValley

A valley is a low A valley is a low place between place between

mountains.mountains.

http://members.cox.net/theuniverse/landscape/so_cal_sand_dunes.jpg

SandDune

Great Sand Dune National Monument, Colorado

DuneDune

A hill or ridge of A hill or ridge of wind-blown wind-blown

sandsand

Glacier

http://www.glaciers.pdx.edu/robin/images/Shot%20looking%20up%20glacier%20from%20Heliocopter%202.jpg

GlacierGlacier

A glacier is a A glacier is a slowly moving slowly moving

river of ice.river of ice.