This document provides information about major landforms of the Earth, including mountains, plateaus, and plains. It discusses different types of mountains such as fold mountains, block mountains, and volcanic mountains. Fold mountains like the Himalayas are young with rugged terrain, while older fold mountains like the Appalachians have more rounded features. Block mountains form when large areas break apart vertically. Volcanic mountains form from volcanic activity and have a central vent. Plateaus are elevated flat lands that may have stepped slopes on one or more sides. Plains are large flat areas generally below 200 meters in elevation formed by rivers and tributaries. Humans have settled in different landforms in various ways.

1. MAJOR LANDFORMS OF
THE EARTH
Done by : ANNATH ROSHNI
TGT (SST)

2. Index
1. Information of the land form features
2. Fold Mountains
3. Block Mountains
4. Volcanic Mountains
5. Plateaus
6. Plain

3. You must have seen some of the land form features as
shown in the figure.
The earth has an infinite variety of land form
Some part of the lithosphere maybe rugged and some flat.
These landform are a result of two process.
You will be amazed to know that the ground you are
standing is slowly moving.
Within the earth, a continuous movement is taking place.
INFORMATION OF LAND FORM FEATURES

4. LAND FORM

5. MOUNTAINS
A mountains is any natural elevation of the earth surface.
1. The mountain may have a small summit and a broad bas.
2. It is consider higher than the surrounding area.
3. Some mountains are even higher than the clouds.
4. In some mountains, there are permanently frozen rivers of
ice, they are called Glaciers.
The Siachen Glacier in Kashmir is the second longest
World’s on-polar areas

6. MOUNTAINS

7. FOLD MOUNTAINS
The Himalayan mountains and the alps are young
fold mountains with rugged relief and high conical
peaks.
The Aravali rang in India is one of the oldest fold
mountains systems in the world.
The Appalachians in north America and the Ural
mountains in Russia have rounded features and low
elevation . They are very old fold mountain.

8. FOLD MOUNTAINS

9. BLOCK MOUNTAINS
Block Mountains are crated when large area
are broken and displaced vertically.
The Rhine valley and the Vosges mountain
in Europe are examples of such mountain
system
The mountain has a flat top

10. BLOCK MOUNTAINS

11. VOLCANIC MOUNTAINS
Volcanic Mountains are formed due to
volcanic activity
Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa and Mt. Fujiyama in
Japan are examples of such mountains.
Volcanic mountains have a hole in the top
middle where the lava comes out just as the
experimental figure of a volcano shown.

12. VOLCANIC MOUNTAINS

13. ICELAND VOLCANOES

14. PLATEAU
A plateau is an elevated flat land. It is a flat topped table land
standing above the surrounding area.
A plateau may have one or more sides with step slopes.
The height of plateaus often varies from few hundred meters
to several thousand meters.
The Deccan plateau in India is one of the oldest plateaus.
The East African Plateaus in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
and the western plateau of Australia are other examples.

15. PLATEAU

16. PLAINS
Plains are large stretches of flat land.
They are , generally, not more than 200 meters
above main sea level.
Some plains are externally level.
Most of the plains are formed by rivers and their
tributes.
Generally, plains are very fertile

17. PLAINS

18. NORTHERN PLAINS

19. SOUTHERN PLAINS

20. LANDFORMS AND THE PEOPLE
Humans have been living on different kinds of
lands forms in different ways . Life is difficult in
mountainous areas .
Plains provide much easy conditions of life.
There are many way to live in plains they can
make roads, house, or easy to grow crops.
People use to pollute water or nature

21. POLLUTED WATER BY HUMANS RIVERSIDE

22. ONE word QUESTION and ANSWER
1. Natural elevation of earth surface?
Ans : mountains.
2. Where is Deccan plateau located ?
Ans : India.
3. From where does river Yangtze flows ?
Ans : China.
4. Glaciers are found in ?
Ans : the mountains.
5. Important mountain range in Europe?
Ans : the Alps

23. THANK YOU