This document defines and provides examples of physical features on Earth's surface. Physical features are natural landscapes formed by nature, including landforms like mountains, hills, and plateaus, bodies of water like rivers and oceans, and vegetation types like rainforests and deserts. The document then discusses the different physical features found in Nigeria, such as the Jos and Adamawa Plateaus, Mambilla Plateau, and Rivers Niger and Benue, as well as the tropical rainforests in the southern regions.

1. PHYSICAL FEATURES
WALT: MEANING AND EXAMPLES OF PHYSICAL FEATURES

2. WHAT ARE PHYSICAL FEATURES?
• A natural feature on the surface, such as water, mountains, and
deserts.
• a feature on Earth's surface that has been formed by nature.
Example: Trees, mountains, oceans, rivers, lakes, etc.
• The environment of the earth.

3. WATCH THIS VIDEO

4. FORMS OF
PHYSICAL
FEATURES
Landforms
mountains
hills
Bodies of Water
rivers
oceans
Vegetation
deserts
rainforest

5. Can you identify these Landforms?

6. ANSWERS:
• A plateau
• A hill
• A mountain
Differences among a mountain, a hill and a plateau.
mountain hill plateau
A mountain is a landform
that rises above the earth
surface.
A hill is a landform that rises
above the earth surface.
A plateau is a piece of land
that is suddenly elevated
amidst surrounding plain
area.
A mountain is very steep A hill is not steep it is gentle. A plateau is a sudden rise. It
may therefore be steep.
A mountain has peaks and is
very high.
A hill is not as high as a
mountain.
A plateau has no peak. It is
shaped like a table set upon
the ground.

7. Can you identify these
water bodies?
Peninsula Island
Lake

8. Match these
definitions to the
correct Physical
feature
Water surrounded by Land
Land surrounded by Water
Land almost surrounded by water or
projecting out into a body of water.
Lake
Island
peninsula

9. ACTIVITY 1: PHYSICAL
FEATURES CHART
Make a colourful chart
showing 4 geographical or
physical features you have
just learnt.
Go to Social Studies
channel, Click on the link
shown under PHYSICAL
FEATURES FLIP GRID
ACTIVITY.
It takes you to the Flip Grid
website topic- PHYSICAL
FEATURES.
Now tap the white plus sign
under the topic and then a
camera pops up. Make a 2
minute recording of
yourself talking about the
physical features you have
learnt and then post.
You can like the videos of
other posts made by your
friends on FLIPGRID.

10. Can you Identify these types of
vegetations?
Tropical Rainforest
Deserts
Savannah or grasslands

11. DIFFERENCES AMONG A DESERT, SAVANNAH AND RAINFOREST
DESERT SAVANNAH RAINFOREST
Little or no trees grow here The kind of trees that grow
here are mainly shrubs and
grasses
Lots of tall trees grow here
It has a very hot climate
with little or no rainfall
It has moderate amount of
rainfall
It has a very high amount of
rainfall.

12. ACTIVITY 2:
RESEARCH
WORK
Using google search, Find out
where the following physical
features can be found in
Nigeria:
1. Plateau
2. Hills
3. Mountains
4. Deserts
5. Savannah
6. Tropical Rainforest
7. Islands
8. Lakes
9. Peninsula

13. PHYSICAL FEATURES AND THEIR LOCATIONS IN NIGERIA
PHYSICAL FEATURE LOCATION
Plateau • Adamawa,
• Jos Plateau,
• Obudu, Cross River
Hills • Dalla Hills, Kano
• Idanre Hills, Ondo
• Udi Hills, Enugu
Mountains • Chappai Waddi, Taraba
• Mount Dimlang, Adamawa
• Mount Patti, Kogi
Deserts There is actually no desert in any part of Nigeria. What Is
obtainable is a dessert like terrain in Borno, Yobe, Jigawa
and Katsina states.
Savannah Sudan Savannah, Bornu State.
Tropical Rainforest Most of Nigeria's rainforests are located in the Niger River
Delta. The country's dense forests are concentrated in the
states of Bayelsa, Cross River, Edo, Ekiti, Ondo, Osun, Rivers,
and Taraba.
Islands, lakes, rivers, peninsulas, lagoons Lagos, Rivers, Akwa-Ibom, Cross Rivers, Delta, Bayelsa, Imo

14. PARTS OF A
RIVER

15. Mention some parts of a river mentioned in the video
Parts of a River
• Source
• Channel
• Tributaries
• Mouth
• Delta
• Confluence
• Water fall

16. ACTIVITY 3:
QUIZZIZ GAME ON
PARTS OF A RIVER
Go to Quizziz and then listen to
the teacher to get the game code
and start playing.

17. ASSIGNMENT
Go to Assignments on Teams
Answer the questions on the
QUIZ- PHYSICAL FEATURES.