What are landforms?

Elena García Marín What are Landforms?

What are landforms?
Landforms are the natural shapes called landforms.
There are many different types of landforms found on the earth: landforms of continental relief and landforms of coastal relief

Plain
A plain is
a flat area on Earth’s surface.

Plateau
A plateau is a flat area higher than the land around it.

Hill
A hill is
a small elevation in the Earth's surface

Mountain
A mountain is
a place on Earth’s surface that is much higher than the land around it.

Valley
A valley is
a lowland area between higher lands such as mountains.

Depression
A depression is
an area that is
lower than its
surroundings .

Canyon
A canyon is
a deep valley
with very steep sides

Peninsula
A peninsula is a body of land that is surrounded by water on three sides

Island
An island is land that is completely surrounded by water

Archipelago
An archipelago is a group or chain of islands together in a sea or ocean.

Coast
A coast is the area where the ocean touches the land.

Lake
A lake is water that is completely surrounded by land.

River
A river is
a long flowing body of water

Cape
A cape is
a pointed piece of land that sticks out into a sea

Gulf
A gulf is a part of the ocean that is partly surrounded by land (it is usually larger than a bay).

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

Strait or channel
A strait is
a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water

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What are landforms?

by Elena García on Sep 28, 2011

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