Landforms

3. What are landforms?
• Landforms are the natural
shapes or features.
• There are many different
types of landforms found on
the earth.

4. Main Landforms

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

6. mountain range
a long chain of mountains; a
row of connected mountains

7. hill
A hill is land
that rises
above the
land around
it.
A hill has a
rounded top.

8. volcano
a cone shaped mountain formed out of rock or ash thrown up
from inside the earth, frequently with an opening or
depression at the top

9. basin
an area of
land largely
enclosed by
higher land.

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

11. canyon
A canyon
is a deep
valley with
very steep
sides.

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

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

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

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

16. continental shelf
plateau of land surface into the
ocean but underwater

17. peninsula
piece of land that extends into a body of
water and is surrounded on three sides
by water

18. isthmus
narrow strip of land
with water on both
sides connecting two
larger pieces of land

19. strait
a narrow waterway connecting two
larger bodies of water

20. cliff
a high, steep slope of rock or soil

21. delta
land built
up by
deposits of
sand and
silt at the
mouth of
some rivers

22. fjord
a narrow inlet of the sea
between high banks or cliffs
created by glaciers

23. cape
a curved or
hooked piece
of land
extending into
a body of
water

24. gulf
part of a sea
or ocean
that reaches
into land;
usually
larger than a
bay

25. bay
part of a body
of salt water
that reaches
into the land;
usually smaller
than a gulf

26. island
An island is
land that is
completely
surrounded
by water.

27. archipelago
a group of
many islands

28. OTROS
TÉRMINOS
GEOGRÁFICOS

29. ocean
Oceans are
the largest
bodies of
water on
earth.

30. sea a large body of water, usually salt
water, partly or completely
surrounded by land

31. river
A river is
a long
flowing
body of
water.

32. source
the place where
a river or
stream begins

33. waterfall
place where running water makes a
sheer drop, usually over a cliff

34. branch
a river or stream
that flows into a
larger river or
stream

35. mouth
place where a river empties into a
larger body of water; the end of a
river

36. altitude the height
above sea
level

37. canal
a man-made waterway
connecting two bodies of
water and is designed to
shorten travel time or
irrigate

38. one of the six largest bodies
of land on earth

39. glacier
a large body of slow moving ice
which alters the land around it
through displacement

40. hemisphere
half of the earth usually referred to as
eastern or western; northern or southern

41. iceberg
a large mass of floating ice
that has broken off from a
glacier, most of this is
underwater