This document defines and provides examples of different types of landforms, including mountains, valleys, canyons, plains, plateaus, islands, lakes, oceans, coasts, deserts, and rivers. It explains that landforms are natural shapes or features on Earth's surface, and there are many different types found around the world such as mountains, which are tall elevations of land, and valleys, which are lowlands between mountains.

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3. What are Landforms?
First Grade
Science and Social Studies

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

5. Archipelago
• ahr-kuh-pel-uh-goh
A group or
chain of
islands in a
large body of
water
Aegean Sea

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

7. Mountain
• A natural elevation of the
earth’s surface- much, much
taller than a hill.
Mt. Everest

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

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

10. Canyon
• A deep valley
with very
steep sides -
often carved
from the
Earth by a
river.
View from the North
Rim of the Grand
Canyon.

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

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

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

14. Island
• A piece of land that is
surrounded by water.
Coral Island,
Philippines

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

16. Lake
• A large body of water surrounded by land
on all sides. Extremely large lakes are often
called seas.
Lake in Slovenia

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

18. Ocean
• A large body of salt water that
surrounds a continent. Oceans
cover more the two-thirds of
the Earth's surface.

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

20. desert
A desert is
a hot dry
place with
little or no
rainfall.

21. Desert
• A very dry area with very
little precipitation and
vegetation.
The Sahara
Desert

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

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