florida landforms - miami arts charter
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Florida
Landforms Mr. Perez
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Important Vocabulary
• Limestone
• Ridge
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Florida Fun Facts
• No matter where you are in Florida, you’re never more than 110 km from salt water
• About 25 million years ago Florida was completely underwater
• Many of the landforms on Florida are due to changing sea levels
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Limestone
• The Florida peninsula sits on a huge limestone platform
• Limestone is a type of sedimentary rock formed from the
remains of tiny sea animals
• Today, more of the Florida peninsula sits above sea level
than it did 5 millions years ago
• A peninsula is a piece of land surrounded by water on three
sides
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Landform Regions
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Landform Regions
• The three main landform regions in Florida are
1. Northern highlands- gently sloping plateaus
2. Central highlands- long ridges
3. Coastal lowlands- dunes, beaches, and wetlands
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Landforms Across Florida
• Over millions of years, erosion and deposition have
shaped Florida’s landscape.
• Landforms in Florida include:
• Rivers
• Hills and ridges
• Coastal features
• Lakes
• Wetlands
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Videos
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyqDlcs7Jzg&list=P
LRK2QqnLg5vFuqBNBSwe0aLeybDKx0B60
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References
• Pearson Interactive Science Course 1 Chapter 4.5
• Google Images