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What is a What is a landform?landform?
A landform is a A landform is a recognizable, naturally recognizable, naturally formed feature that formed feature that makes up the Earth's makes up the Earth's
surfacesurface..
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Identify the Identify the following following
LandformsLandforms
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http://www.geo.arizona.edu/SGE/Hawaii_page/overview/hawaii.jpg
Islands
The Hawaiian Islands
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IslandIsland An island is a An island is a
piece of land that piece of land that is surrounded by is surrounded by
water. water.
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ArchipelagoArchipelago
http://www.hawaii.edu/spauh/images/islands.jpg
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ArchipelagoArchipelago
An archipelago is a An archipelago is a group or chain of group or chain of islands clustered islands clustered
together in a sea or together in a sea or ocean.ocean.
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Volcanohttp://www.solarnavigator.net/geography/geography_images/volcano_hawaii_kilauea_Puu_oo.jpg
Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano
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VolcanoVolcanoA volcano is a A volcano is a
mountainous vent in the mountainous vent in the Earth's crust. When a Earth's crust. When a
volcano erupts, it spews volcano erupts, it spews out lava, ashes, and hot out lava, ashes, and hot gases from deep inside gases from deep inside
the Earth.the Earth.
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AtollAtoll
http://www.bergoiata.org/fe/Oceans-Beaches-Seas/Atoll.jpg
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Atoll Atoll An atoll is a ring An atoll is a ring
(or partial ring) of (or partial ring) of coral that forms coral that forms an island in an an island in an ocean or sea.ocean or sea.
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San Francisco Bay
Bay
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A bay is a body of water A bay is a body of water that is partly enclosed that is partly enclosed by land (and is usually by land (and is usually smaller than a gulf).smaller than a gulf).
BayBay
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Cape Cape →→
Cape Cape CodCod Bay, Massachusetts, Bay, Massachusetts,
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Cape_cod_bay.jpg/600px-Cape_cod_bay.jpg
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CapeCape
A cape is a pointed A cape is a pointed piece of land that piece of land that
sticks out into a sea, sticks out into a sea, ocean, lake, or river.ocean, lake, or river.
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← Estuary
http://veimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/234/MODIS1000018_md.jpg
Chesapeake Bay
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EstuaryEstuary
An estuary is where An estuary is where a river meets the a river meets the
sea or ocean.sea or ocean.
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Gulf
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GulfGulf A gulf is a part of the A gulf is a part of the ocean (or sea) that is ocean (or sea) that is partly surrounded by partly surrounded by
land (it is usually land (it is usually larger than a bay).larger than a bay).
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Delta
http://www.geo.uu.nl/fg/palaeogeography/pictures/delta_evolution/delta.jpg
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DeltaDelta
A delta is a low, watery land formed A delta is a low, watery land formed at the mouth of a river. It is at the mouth of a river. It is
formed from the silt, sand and formed from the silt, sand and small rocks that flow downstream small rocks that flow downstream in the river and are deposited in in the river and are deposited in
the delta. A delta is often (but not the delta. A delta is often (but not always) shaped like a triangle always) shaped like a triangle
(hence its name, delta, a Greek (hence its name, delta, a Greek letter that is shaped like a letter that is shaped like a
triangle). triangle).
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/d/d7/20070302213510!Cape_Farewell_Arch.jpg
←Cliff
Cape Farewell, New Zealand
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A cliff is a steep A cliff is a steep high face of rock high face of rock
and soil.and soil.
CliffCliff
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http://www.norwegianmoose.com/uploaded_images/fjords-718715.jpg
Fjord
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FjordFjord
A fjord is a long, A fjord is a long, narrow sea inlet narrow sea inlet that is bordered that is bordered by steep cliffs.by steep cliffs.
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http://eagle.csd49.org/classpages/panama_world.gif
Isthmus →
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IsthmusIsthmus
An isthmus is a narrow An isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting strip of land connecting two larger landmasses. two larger landmasses.
An isthmus has water on An isthmus has water on two sides.two sides.
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Peninsula →
http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_map/florida.gif
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PeninsulaPeninsula
A peninsula is a body A peninsula is a body of land that is of land that is
surrounded by water surrounded by water on three sides.on three sides.
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http://earth.imagico.de/views/gibraltar_new_small.jpg
← Strait
The Strait of Gibraltar
Spain
Morocco
Mediterranean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
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StraitStrait
A strait is a narrow A strait is a narrow body of water that body of water that connects two larger connects two larger bodies of water.bodies of water.
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http://www.ecology.info/images/mississippi-river.jpg
← River
Mississippi
River
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RiverRiver
A river is a large, A river is a large, flowing body of flowing body of
water that usually water that usually empties into a sea empties into a sea
or ocean.or ocean.
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http://www.nps.gov/archive/grca/photos/
Grand Canyon, Arizona
Canyon
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CanyonCanyonA canyon is a deep A canyon is a deep
valley with very valley with very steep sides - often steep sides - often carved from the carved from the Earth by a river.Earth by a river.
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Mountain →
http://www.thegeminiweb.com/babyboomer/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/Mount_Everest.jpg
Mount Everest
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MountainMountain A mountain is a very A mountain is a very
tall high, natural tall high, natural place on Earth - place on Earth -
higher than a hill. The higher than a hill. The tallest mountain on tallest mountain on Earth is Mt. Everest.Earth is Mt. Everest.
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http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/photos/american_west/images/mesa.jpg
Mesa
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MesaMesaA mesa is a land A mesa is a land formation with a formation with a
flat area on top and flat area on top and steep walls - steep walls -
usually occurring in usually occurring in dry areas.dry areas.
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http://www.jacksonholenet.com/images/content/maps/valley_summer.jpg
Valley
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
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ValleyValley
A valley is a low A valley is a low place between place between
mountains.mountains.
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http://members.cox.net/theuniverse/landscape/so_cal_sand_dunes.jpg
SandDune
Great Sand Dune National Monument, Colorado
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DuneDune
A hill or ridge of A hill or ridge of wind-blown wind-blown
sandsand
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Glacier
http://www.glaciers.pdx.edu/robin/images/Shot%20looking%20up%20glacier%20from%20Heliocopter%202.jpg
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GlacierGlacier
A glacier is a A glacier is a slowly moving slowly moving
river of ice.river of ice.