Play-Doh Landforms
Use your Play-Doh to make the landform shown in the picture. Then
write down notes.
Mountain
Volcano
IslandOften an underwater mountain or volcano
ValleyLow land BETWEEN mountains or hills
Glacier
A frozen river
Frozen snow
CanyonCliffs created on both sides of a river; there MUST
be a river
Delta
Fan-like piece of land at a river mouth
PlateauLand higher than the surrounding land, usually
flat and with sloped sides
ButteFlat land higher than the
surrounding land, but with steep sides
A large, wide butte
Mesa
PlainLow land mostly flat or with low hills that can
have grasses, shrubs, or a few trees.
PrairiePlain with grass and shrubs, WITHOUT trees
SteppeA plain that only has trees near rivers or lakes, but is
almost a desert
BayOcean mostly surrounded by land; waters are usually calmer than in other parts of the ocean
PeninsulaLand that juts out into the ocean and is mostly surrounded by water
Flood PlainPlain by a river that gets flooded periodically, leaving the soil EXTREMELY fertile
Sand DuneHill made of sand that is eroded
CliffNearly vertical exposure of rock