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Landforms
• A landform is a natural feature of the earth’s surface. Mountains, hills, valleys, plains, and plateaus are all examples of landforms.
Oceans, rivers, lakes, and seas are also landforms.
Continent
• A continent is a huge body of land. • There are seven continents on earth.
Mountain
• A mountain is a raised part of the earth’s surface. It rises up steeply and can be several thousand feet high. The top of a mountain is called a peak.
Appalachian Mountains
Rocky Mountains
hills
• Hills are gently
raised land that
have a rounded top.
They are not as high
as mountains.
Prairie / Plain
• A prairie is a large, relatively flat treeless piece of land.
The Great Plains
valley
• A valley is found between two higher pieces of land, such as hills.
IslandAn island is a piece of land that is completely surrounded by water.
Peninsula
• A peninsula is land that nearly surrounded by water.
• The state of Florida is a peninsula.
PlateauA plateau is a high piece of land
that has steep sides and a flat top.
Canyon
• A canyon is a very steep valley with very steep sides.
• Canyons are formed by rivers that cut into the land.
Ocean
• An ocean is a very large body of salt water.
• There are four oceans found on the earth.
• Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic
Lake
• A lake is a body of water that land all around it.
• Most lakes contain• Fresh water.
River
• A river is a long narrow body of water that flows through the land.
• The Mississippi River is the longest river in the United States