by: mrs. jackson tennessee landforms there are many landforms in tennessee. landforms can affect the...
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by: Mrs. Jackson
Tennessee LandformsThere are many landforms in Tennessee.
Landforms can affect the way we live and play. Let’s take a tour of Tennessee Landforms
K-5.9.1 Identify the earth's major geological features. Recognize the earth's major geological features (e.g., continents, oceans, lakes).
Tennessee LandformsTennessee’s seven natural regions are:
Blue Ridge (Unaka) Mountains
The Great Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Highland Rim
Nashville Basin
Gulf Coastal Plain
Mississippi Flood Plain
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Landforms Vocabularylandforms bodies of waterriverlakeoceanmountainvalley
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The Appalachian Mountains is the
largest wilderness area in the Eastern
United States
MountainsMountainsA mountain is the highest kind of land.
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Plateau
• Fall Creek Falls State Park in Pikeville, TN is located on the Cumberland Plateau.
This plateau shows how it really is flat like a table on top!
A flat area of land that is higher than the land around it
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Plain• Plains are
broad, nearly level stretches of land that have no great changes in elevation.
• Plains are generally lower than the land around them.
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River
The Mississippi River forms the western border of Tennessee.
The Tennessee River starts in Knoxville, TN
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Lake
An inland body of fresh or salt water
Reelfoot Lake is located in Dyersburg, TN
Reelfoot Lake was formed when a massive earthquake struck the area!
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Bluff
A high bank with a broad, precipitous and sometimes rounded cliff face overlooking a plain or body of water.
Tennessee Attractions
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References• http://www.ihms.mb.ca/Student%20Projects/Student%20projects%2
02002-2003/Grade%204%20Landforms/landforms.htm 4th graders put together several landforms with good pictures.
• http://vathena.arc.nasa.gov/curric/land/landform/landform.html
• http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/nwep7c.htm A lake of great information.
• http://www.tennesseelakeinfo.com/ Information about TN lakes.
• http://www.reelfootareachamber.com/tourism/index.html History of Reelfoot Lake.
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Activities• Use http://earth.google.com/ to locate the landforms you
learned.• http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/typesofland/
typesofland.html Click on the landform to learn more about it.
• http://www.earthkam.ucsd.edu/public/students/activities/landformations/index.shtm Can you find the landforms?
• http://www.quia.com/mc/512.html • http://www.quia.com/cc/512.html • http://www.quia.com/custom/512sear.html Play landform
games: matching, concentration, or word search