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Landforms

Published on Mar 30, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

LANDFORMS

By: Zoe Fasbender

CANYON

A deep, narrow valley with sides

CAPE

A pointed piece of land extending into a n ocean or lake

DELTA

A triangular area of land formed at the mouth of a river
Photo by ecstaticist

DESSERT

A dry area where few plants grow
Photo by CJ Isherwood

GLACIER

A large ice mass that moves slowly down a mountain or land

ISLAND

A body of land surrounded around water
Photo by ethan.crowley

MESA

A wide, flat-topped mountain with steep sides
Photo by thor_mark 

MOUNTAIN

A natural elevation of Earth's surface with steep sides, higher than a hill
Photo by Justin in SD

OASIS

A spot of fertile land in a desert, supplied with water by a well or spring

PLATEAU

A broad, flat area of land higher than the surrounding land
Photo by wongaboo

STEPPE

A wide, treeless plain
Photo by olfiika

SWAMP

An area of land that is saturated by water
Photo by finchlake2000

VALLEY

Low land between hills or mountain
Photo by Kay Gaensler

VOLCANO

An opening in Earths surface through which gases and lava escape from Earth's inside
Photo by JustinJensen

THE END

Photo by muha...