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LandForms

Published on Dec 11, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

LAND FORMS

PEYTON GAGGERO

VALLEY

LOW AREA BETWEEN HILLS OR MOUNTAINS.

PLAIN

a large area of flat land with few trees.

REEF

A RIDGE OF JAGGED ROCK, CORAL, OR SAND

PLATEAU

an area of relatively level high ground

ISLAND

PIECE OF LAND SURROUNDED BY WATER

RIVER

LARGE STREAM OF WATER FLOWING IN A CHANNEL TO THE SEA, LAKE, ECT:

MOUNTAIN

A LARGE NATURAL ELEVATION OF THE SURFACE HIGHER THAN OTHER LAND

STRAIT

A NARROW PASSAGE OF WATER CONNECTING TWO BODIES OF WATER

PENINSULA

LAND SURROUNDED BY ALMOST ALL WATER

Isthmus

A NARROW STRIP OF LAND WITH SEA ON EITHER SIDE FORMING LAND LINK

Archipelago

a group of islands

CANYON

deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it

DELTA

FORMED AT THE MOUTH OF A RIVER, FLOWS INTO BODY OF WATER

GULF

A DEEP INLET OF THE SEA ALMOST SURROUNDED BY LAND, NARROW MOUTH