Landforms and Water Features Intro

Landforms and Water Features

They’re all around us!

Professional Teams

Originally from Minnesota

Government

Saratoga Streets

• Arroyo Lane• Big Basin Way• Blue Meadow Drive• Canon Drive• Canyon View Road• Deer Canyon Drive• Foothill Lane• Meadow Oak Lane

• Mt. Eden Road• Mountain Way• River Ranch Road• Riverdale Drive• Rocky Creek Way• Rolling Hills Drive• Saratoga Hills Road• Star Ridge Court

Popular Culture

I. Water FeaturesA. Bodies of Water

1. Oceans and Sea cover 70% earth

a. “Ocean Motion” through currents, waves, and tides

b. Oceans cool wind that blow over lands

2. Lakes, Rivers, Streamsa. Lake Baikalb. Lake Bonnevillec. Headwaters,

tributaries, and Basin3. Other: Strait, Marsh,

Harbor, Bay, Wadi

“Anyone passing through our solar system would be attracted to the blue planet. They would know that the blue color indicated water on Earth. They would now that where there is water there is probably life. They might try to meet us!”

II. Landforms

A. Oceanic Landforms1. Continental Shelf is the

edge of the continent to the deep part of ocean.

2. Islands dot oceans

B. Continental Landforms1. Mountain, range,

valley, cliff, canyon.2. Swamp, delta, cape3. Other: Plateau, mesa,

butte