Notes on landforms & how they are created with visuals

1. Landforms PPt. by, Robin D. Seamon

3. rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect2/Sect2_1a.html

4. Island- Peninsula - Coral reef- Atoll - Delta - Seamount - Trench - Gulf Plain : Hill: Mountain - Plateau : Mesa : Valley : Canyon: Spring: MAP

5. NEXT: begin definitions: rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect2/Sect2_1a.html

6. Grand Canyon Canyon: plateau :: valley : mountain Colorado River Another picture http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/08/0826_050826_grandcanyon.html http://blog.viarentals.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/The-Grand-Canyon.jpg

7. NEXT DEFINITION

8. Tallest mountain in the world: link The mountain, which is part of the Himalaya range in High Asia, is located on the border between Nepal and Tibet , China . 29,029 ft DEFINITION MORE PICTURES Mt. Everest http://www.mountain7.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/08_wallpaper_mount_everest.jpg

9. Rocky Mountains Appalachian Mountains MORE PICTURES www.worldmapsonline.com/ContiUSreliefmap.htm

10. ELEVATION MAP *Andes *Rocky *Appalacian *Himalayas/ *Brazilian *Great Dividing *Tien Shan *Ural *Sumataran/ Javan Hindu Kush *Great Rift Valley *Alps *Altal *Atlas MORE PICTURES http://www.fotolibra.com/gallery/49768/map-of-worlds-mountain-ranges-illustration/

11. Appalachian Mountains: “ Great Smokey Mtns.” Rocky Mtns. BACK http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/wyoming/images/s/wyoming-rocky-mountains.jpg

13. US Great Plains ANOTHER PICTURE http://thefinalhour.blogspot.com/2010/04/ogallala-aquifer-is-drying-up-which.html http://gasforumblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/press-clippings-can-help-to-reduce-agricultural-accidents/

14. DEFINITION

15. Plateau/ Mesa DEFINITION http://www.hickerphoto.com/data/media/175/colorado_plateau_t3105.jpg

16. Valley DEFINITION http://www.wallpapersphere.com/nature-wallpapers/scenery/hooker-valley.html

17. Plain : flat land Hill: slightly- raised land (with earth & stone underneath) Mountain- a huge hill of rock formed by the movement of the Earth’s plates Plateau : high, flat-topped mountain Mesa : means ‘table’ in spanish; a small plateau Valley : dip between two mountains Canyon: a valley between two high ridges formed by water or ice erosion Spring: underground water supply that comes up Go On BACK

18. Island- land surrounded by water Peninsula - land that juts out surrounded by water on 3 sides Coral reef- a wall of coral that pokes above the water near the drop-off zone in tropical waters Atoll - a coral reef surrounding a lagoon Delta - place where the river empties into the ocean Seamount - a mountain under the ocean Trench - long depression in the ocean floor Gulf – water surrounded by land on three sides Go on BACK

19. Island DEFINITION http://www.inetours.com/Pages/SFNbrhds/Treasure_Island.html

20. Peninsula (Florida from space) DEFINITION http://virtualastronaut.tietronix.com/textonly/act10/images/florida_peninsula_r.jpg

21. LINK with definitions DEFINITION http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1104/969461859_99f6a59c13.jpg

22. Atoll (off coast of Belize) DEFINITION www.renegadebs.com/2006_12_01_archive.html

23. Delta ANOTHER PICTURE

24. Flooded Mississippi Delta Plain DEFINITION

25. Seamount (HAWAII) BACK DEFINITION http://www.full-circle.org/hawaii/science/geology/hawaii2.jpg

26. Ocean trenches BACK DEFINITION http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/images/trenches.gif

27. Gulf of Mexico BACK DEFINITION

29. MOUNTAIN WS