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The document defines and provides examples of various landforms including archipelagos, bays, canyons, deserts, dunes, gulfs, islands, isthmuses, lakes, mountains, oceans, peninsulas, plains, plateaus, rivers, seas, and valleys. Landforms are features that make up the Earth's surface.

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Landforms Powerpoint

The document defines and provides examples of various landforms including archipelagos, bays, canyons, deserts, dunes, gulfs, islands, isthmuses, lakes, mountains, oceans, peninsulas, plains, plateaus, rivers, seas, and valleys. Landforms are features that make up the Earth's surface.

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LANDFORMS

 Landforms: features that


make up the Earth's
surface.
Archipelago
 ahr-kuh-pel-uh-goh
A group or
chain of
islands in a
large body of
water
Aegean Sea
Bay
A body of
water that is
partly
enclosed by
land (and is
usually smaller
The bay at San Sebastian, Spain.
than a gulf).
Canyon
A deep valley
with very
steep sides -
often carved
from the
Earth by a
View from the North
river. Rim of the Grand
Canyon.
Desert

Avery dry area with very little


precipitation and vegetation.

The Sahara
Desert
Dune
 A hill or a ridge made of sand.
Dunes are shaped by the wind and
frequently change shape.

Mesquite Flat Dunes


in Death Valley
National Park
Gulf
A part of the ocean (or sea) that
is partly surrounded by land (it
is usually larger than a bay).
Gulf of Mexico in
3D perspective.
Island

A piece of land that is


surrounded by water.

Coral Island,
Philippines
Isthmus
A narrow strip of land connecting two
larger landmasses. An isthmus has
water on two sides.

The Isthmus of
Panama connects
North and South
America.
Lake
 A large body of water surrounded by land on all
sides. Extremely large lakes are often called seas.

Lake in Slovenia
Mountain
A natural elevation of the
earth’s surface- much, much
taller than a hill.

Mt. Everest
Ocean
Alarge body of salt water that
surrounds a continent. Oceans
cover more the two-thirds of
the Earth's surface.
Peninsula
 Land that is surrounded by
water on three sides.

The state of Florida


Plain
 Flat
lands that have only small
changes in elevation.
Plateau
A large, flat area of land that is
higher than the surrounding
land.

The Nez
Perce Native
American
Reservation,
Idaho
River
Alarge, flowing body of water
that usually empties into a sea or
ocean.
Sea
A large body of salty water that
is often connected to an ocean.
A sea may be partly or
completely surrounded by land.
Valley
A low place between mountains.

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