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What are landforms?•Landforms are the natural shapes or features.
•There are many different types of landforms found on the earth.
Main Landforms
mountainA mountain is a place on Earth’s surface that is much higher than the land around it.
mountain range
a long chain of mountains; a row of connected mountains
hillA hill is land that rises above the land around it.
A hill has a rounded top.
volcano
a cone shaped mountain formed out of rock or ash thrown up from inside the earth, frequently with an opening or
depression at the top
basin
an area of land largely enclosed by higher land.
valleyA valley is a lowland area between higher lands such as mountains.
canyonA canyon is a deep valley with very steep sides.
plainA plain is a flat area on Earth’s surface.
plateauA plateau is a flat area higher than the land around it.
lakeA lake is water that is completely surrounded by land.
coastA coast is the area where the ocean touches the land.
continental shelf
plateau of land surface into the ocean but underwater
peninsula
piece of land that extends into a body of water and is surrounded on three sides by water
isthmusnarrow strip of land with water on both
sides connecting two larger pieces of land
strait
a narrow waterway connecting two larger bodies of water
cliff
a high, steep slope of rock or soil
delta
land built up by
deposits of sand
and silt at the mouth of some rivers
fjord
a narrow inlet of the sea between high banks or cliffs
created by glaciers
cape
a curved or hooked piece
of land extending
into a body of water
gulf
part of a sea or
ocean that reaches
into land; usually
larger than a bay
baypart of a
body of salt water that
reaches into the land; usually
smaller than a gulf
islandAn island is land that is completely surrounded by water.
archipelago
a group of many islands
OTROS TÉRMINOS
GEOGRÁFICOS
oceanOceans are the largest bodies of water on earth.
sea a large body of water, usually salt water, partly or completely
surrounded by land
riverA river is a long flowing body of water.
source
the place where a river
or stream begins
waterfallplace where running water makes a sheer drop, usually over a cliff
brancha river or stream that flows into a larger river or
stream
mouth
place where a river empties into a larger body of water; the end of a
river
altitude the height above sea
level
canal
a man-made waterway connecting two bodies
of water and is designed to shorten
travel time or irrigate
one of the six largest bodies of land on earth
glacier
a large body of slow moving ice which alters the land around it
through displacement
hemisphere
half of the earth usually referred to as eastern or western; northern or
southern
iceberg
a large mass of floating ice that has broken off from a glacier, most of
this is underwater