Landforms and Regions PowerPoint
- 2. Mountain high, rocky land, usually with steep sides and a pointed or rounded top, higher than a hill
- 3. Fault Mountain Mountains that form when faults or cracks in the earth's crust force some materials or blocks of rock up and others down. The earth's crust fractures (pulls apart). It breaks up into blocks or chunks. Sometimes these blocks of rock move up and down, as they move apart and blocks of rock end up being stacked on one another.
- 4. Fold Mountain Mountains formed when two plates collide head on, and their edges crumbled, much the same way as a piece of paper folds when pushed together.
- 5. Volcano A mountainous vent in the earths crust. When a volcano erupts it spews out hot lava, ashes, and hot gasses from deep inside the earth.
- 6. Plateau A large, flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding land.
- 7. Mesa A land formation having a relatively flat top and steep rock walls.
- 8. Butte A small area of land with steep sides and a flat top.
- 10. Valley A low place between mountains
- 11. A valley formed by flowing water, usually V shaped. River Valley
- 12. A valley that has been carved out by the movement of a glacier, usually in the shape of a U. Glacier Valley
- 13. { Canyon A deep valley with very steep sides, often carved from the Earth by a river.
- 14. A narrow valley between hills or mountains, typically with steep rocky walls and a stream running through it. Gorge
- 15. { A raised part of the earth's surface with sloping sides; old mountain which because of erosion has become rounder and shorter. Hill
- 16. An area of hills, plateaus, and mountains. highlands
- 17. Divide the highest ridge of land separating river basins
- 18. Pass A low place through mountains that allows for passage of people, cars, etc.
- 19. Peak The pointed top of a mountain
- 20. { a fracture in the rocks along which there has been movement fault
- 21. Basin an area of land largely enclosed by higher land.
- 22. { A large hole in the ground or in the side of a hill or mountain. Cave
- 23. Cliff a high, steep slope of rock or soil
- 24. Oceans
- 25. Sea a large body of water, usually salt water, partly or completely surrounded by land
- 26. Strait A narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water.
- 27. Channel a narrow deep waterway connecting two larger bodies of water; the deepest part of the waterway.
- 28. Gulf part of a sea or ocean that reaches into land; usually larger than a bay
- 29. Lake A large body of water surrounded by land
- 30. River A large, flowing body of water that usually empties into a sea or ocean.
- 31. { delta land built up by deposits of sand and silt at the mouth of some rivers
- 32. mouth (of a river) place where a river empties into a larger body of water; the end of a river
- 33. Wetlands • An area of land that is often wet • The soil is often low in oxygen. • Areas include swamps, sloughs, fens, bogs, marshes, etc.
- 34. An area of low-lying land that is waterlogged at all times, usually grasses and reeds grow in a marsh Marsh
- 35. Swamp A type of freshwater wetland that has spongy, muddy land and a lot of water. Many trees and shrubs grow in swamps.
- 36. Bog Wet, muddy ground, composed mainly of decaying plant material
- 37. Tidewater Areas that are directly effected by the tides of the oceans. Some marshes, swamps, and rocky areas along the coast are included.
- 38. Pond A small body of water surrounded by land, Usually smaller than a lake.
- 39. { island an area of land completely surrounded by water
- 40. Peninsula A body of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
- 41. Cape a curved or hooked piece of land extending into a body of water
- 42. Isthmus narrow strip of land with water on both sides connecting two larger pieces of land
- 43. Fjord a narrow inlet of the sea between high banks or cliffs created by glaciers
- 44. Glacier A slowly moving river of ice.
- 45. Harbor a sheltered area of water where ships may anchor safely
- 46. Iceberg a large mass of floating ice that has broken off from a glacier, most of this is underwater
- 47. Sound A wide inlet of the sea or ocean that is parallel to the coastline. It often separates a coastline from a nearby island.
- 48. { archipelago a group of many islands
- 49. Inlet a small part of a body of water that reaches into a coast
- 50. Reef a ridge of rock or sand at or near the surface of the water
- 51. Reservoir a lake where water is collected and stored for future use
- 52. Tributary Sometimes called a branch. A stream or river that flows into a larger river.
- 53. Rapids a part of a river, generally shallow, where the currents move swiftly over rocks
- 54. Waterfall When water in a river suddenly falls off over a steep place.
- 55. Bay part of a body of salt water that reaches into the land; usually smaller than a gulf
- 56. Coast land along the sea or ocean
- 57. continental shelf plateau of land surface into the ocean but underwater {
- 58. Types of grasslands are found around the world. Grass is the most common plant, usually located between forests and deserts. Prairies – North America Pampas – South America Steppes - Europe Savannas - Africa Grasslands
- 59. Savanna Regions of tall grasses with a few trees. Wet and dry seasons
- 60. { A very dry area Desert
- 61. Land area with desert like conditions, few plants, and hills Scrubland
- 62. Plains Flat lands that have only small changes in elevation.
- 63. Prairie A wide, relatively flat area of land that has grasses and only a few trees.
- 64. Tundra A cold, treeless area, usually found at high elevations or at the poles.
- 65. { Forest a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush extensive wooded area
- 66. Forest populated by cone-bearing evergreen trees; mostly found in Coniferous Forest northern latitudes
- 67. forest in a temperate region, characterized by trees that drop their leaves annually Temperate Forest
- 68. A tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall. Rain Forest