9/26/12 – BR: Identify this landform

Today: Identifying Landforms (what the volcanoes make)

Landforms Project – Due FRIDAY Design, draw, and color a map containing at

least ten of the landforms we will discuss today. Demonstrate that you understand the various forms.

Landforms – 20pts. Color Design – 10 pts. Creativity/Originality – 10 pts.

Types of Landforms Peninsula Volcano Bay Source Tributary Cape Plateau Strait Gulf Sea Isthmus

Lake River Island Range Mountain Archipelago Channel Hill Valley Canal Divide

Peninsula

volcano A vent (opening) in the surface of

the Earth through which magma erupts and also the landform that is constructed by the erupted material.

Pinatubo, Philippines

tributary

Bay

a body of water surrounded by land on three sides.

Hudson Bay, Canada

source The place where a river begins Lake Victoria The Source of the Nile River Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania

Cape

A cape is a pointed area of land that extends out into a body of water.

Cape of Good Hope South Africa

plateau A large flat land at a high elevation Central Siberian Plateau, Russia

strait A narrow deep body of water located between two

land masses. The Bering Strait, North Pacific

Russia Alaska

gulf

an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay

The Gulf of Mexico

sea

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

Mediterranean Sea

Isthmus

•A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas

•Isthmus of Panama

•Central America

lake

The Great Lakes

Northern United States

- A body of fresh water.

riverAmazon River – Brazil

- A flowing body of water moving higher to lower elevations.

island

Madagascar, Southeast Africa

- Land surrounded by water on all sides.

range

Andes Mountain Range

West Coast of South America

- A long narrow group of mountains

mountainMount Everest, Nepal, Asia

Tallest Mountain in the World

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archipelago

Indonesian Archipelago, Pacific Ocean

- A long narrow collection of islands

channelEnglish Channel

Between England and France

- A long narrow strip of water between two large land masses.

hillHills of Rome, Italy

A short rounded rise in elevation

valleyIndus River Valley, Asia

- A low point between mountains or hills.

canalSuez Canal, Egypt

- A man-made waterway

divideContinental Divide, North America

- Line indicating the divergent slopes of a continent