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Page 1: Landforms - Elizabeth High School€¦ · Landforms. What is a landform? These shapes (except for bodies of water) on the earth’s surface are all examples of landforms. archipelago

Landforms

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What is a landform?These shapes (except for bodies of water) on the earth’s surface are all examples of landforms.

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archipelagoa large group of many islands.

The Hawaiian Islands

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atolla circle of coral that forms an island around a pool of seawater

Lighthouse Reef off the coast of Belize

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How does an atoll form?

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How does an atoll form?

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baya body of water, partly surrounded by land, with a wide entrance to an ocean or sea, and is usually smaller than a gulf

Galveston Bay in Texas

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buttea high, thin, flat topped rock formation

Huerfano Butte south of Pueblo, Colorado

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canyona deep valley with steep sides

The Grand Canyon in Arizona

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cape a piece of land, smaller than a peninsula, that extends into a body of water.

Cape Cod, Massachusetts

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cavea large hole in the side of a hill or mountain, or in the ground

Cave of the Winds, Manitou Springs

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cliff a high, steep, jagged wall of rock

Chalk Cliffs near Buena Vista

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coastThe land along a large, open body of water such as an ocean, sea, gulf, or bay.

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deltaa fan shaped area of small, low, watery islands of sediment at the mouth of a river

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

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A delta is often (but not always) shaped like a triangle (hence its name, delta, a Greek letter that is shaped like a triangle).

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desert a region of little rainfall,where few plants and animals live

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Great Basin DesertUtah

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Polar DesertBaffin Island in Nunavet, Canada

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dunea hill of sand formed by strong winds

Near Alamosa, Colorado

Great Sand Dunes National Park

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Mesquite Flat Dunes in Death Valley National Park in Death Valley, California

Dunes are shaped by the wind, and change all the time.

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The Singing Dunes

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glaciera large mass of ice that moves slowly down a mountain

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a part of the ocean that is extends into the land, has a narrow entrance from the ocean, and is usually larger than a bay.

gulf

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hill

land that rises to a rounded summit, less than 1,000 feet above the surrounding area

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island a piece of land that is surrounded by water

Galveston Island, Galveston, Texas

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isthmus

a narrow strip of land, between two bodies of water, that connects two larger land areas

The Isthmus of Panama connects

North and South America.

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lakea largebody of water that is surrounded by land

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mesa

a medium sized, raised, land formation with a flat top and steep sides

Parriott and Covent Mesas, Colorado River at Red Cliff Lodge Moab, Utah

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mountaina high area of land with steep sides and a sharp peak, that rises 1000 feet or more

Mount Elbert

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You can tell younger mountains by their sharper and pointier peaks. Oldermountains have been worn down and rounded by the forces of weathering and erosion.

Mt. Everest-young or old?

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Sharp, pointy peaks younger mountainsWorn, rounded peaks older mountains

Rockies: young or old? Appalachians: young or old?

Rockies 65-144 million years old Appalachians 286-320 million years old

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ocean a large body of salt water that covers most of the earth

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peninsula

a large piece of land surrounded on most sides by water, that has long coast lines

Italy

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plain a large area of relatively flat land with few trees

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plateaua large, relatively flat area of land with steep sides that stands above the surrounding land

Colorado Plateau, Arizona

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river a large flowing body of water that runs through the land and usually empties into an

ocean orsea

Mississippi River

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sea

a smaller part of the ocean that is partly enclosed by land and connects with the ocean through a passage

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straita narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water

The Strait of Gibraltar, between Europe and Africa

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tundraa cold, dry, treeless region near the Arctic Circle where moss, low grass, and lichens grow, but the permafrost remains frozen

Denali National Park, Alaska

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valley

a long, low place between two mountains.

Oahu Valley, Hawaii

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volcanoa mountainous vent in the earth’s crustthroughwhich lava,gases, andash arereleased

Mount St. Helens in Washington erupted in 1983

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Landforms

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Additional Landforms

These will not be included on the test, but might show up as an extra credit question.

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badlandsa wasteland that has been carved intounusual shapes by windand water

Badlands near Colorado Springs

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a spring that spouts hot water and steam from time to time

geyser

Bee Hive Geyser in Yellowstone National Park

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iceberg

a huge block of floating ice that has broken off a glacier

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lagoon a shallow body of water that is partly cut off from the sea

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fjorda long, narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or slopes

Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska

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fjord

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marsh

a low, wet area where grasses, rushes and cattails grow

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oasisan isolated area of vegetation in a desertoften surrounding a water source

Sahara Desert

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prairie

a region of flat or hilly land covered by tall grasses

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swamp a low, wet area where trees and high shrubs grow

Manchac Swamp, in Louisiana

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waterfall

A stream of water that falls from a high place

Niagara Falls, New York

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Landforms

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Game Time

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bay

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geyser

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atoll

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badlands

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cape

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archipelago

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fjord

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forest

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oasis

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lagoon

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marsh

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swamp