LANDFORMS AND WATER FORMS

1. LAND AND WATER
AROUND US

2. Land Part
The land part of Earth is made
up of highlands and lowlands.
The highlands are the
mountains, plateaus, hills, and
volcanoes. The lowlands are the
valley and plains.

3. Highlands
MOUNTAIN is the
highest landform on
Earth. The top of a
mountain is called a
peak. The side is
called a slope. The
highest mountain in
the world is Mt.
Everest. It is found
between Tibet and
Nepal.

4. Volcano
A volcano is
special kind of
mountain. It has
an opening called
crater. Lava,
burning stones,
and ashes come
out of the crater
during an
eruption.

5. HILL
Hill is a
highland
that is lower
than a
mountain.

6. PLATEAU
Plateau is an
elevated land
area that is
surrounded by a
lower lang area.

7. lowlands
VALLEY is flat
land between
mountain or hills.
A river usually
flows through it.

8. PLAIN is flat-
level land. A
plain is good
place for
putting up
buildings,
airports, and
railroads. Most
kind of crops

9. Water Forms
• Ocean and Sea
• River
• Lake
• Pond
• Spring and Waterfall
• Underground water

10. Ocean and Sea
The ocean and sea
are very large
bodies of salt water.
The ocean is home
to whales and big
fishes. The Pacific
Ocean is the
largest. The sea is
smaller than the
ocean.

11. River
There are big and
small rivers in the
Philippines. A
river is a flowing
body of fresh
water.

12. LAKE
A lake is a body of
freshwater
surrounded by
land. Some lake
are developed into
fishponds. The
water in some
lake often comes
from a river.

13. Pond
a body of water
smaller than a
lake, sometimes
artificially
formed, as by
damming a
stream.

14. Waterfall
a steep fall or
flow of water in a
watercourse from
a height, as over
a precipice;
cascade

15. SPRING
A spring is a
place where
groundwater
flows out of the
ground. A spring
may flow the
whole year or
only sometimes.

16. UNDERGROUND WATER
Underground water is a
good source of drinking
water. It is taken from
underground sources.
People use water pumps
or deep well to get water.