What are Landforms?

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What are Landforms?

• Third Grade

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What are landforms?

• Landforms are the natural shapes or features
  called landforms.
• There are many different types of landforms found
  on the earth.

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mountain

• A mountain is a place on Earths surface that is
  much higher than the land around it.

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valley

• A valley is a lowland area between higher lands
  such as mountains.

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canyon

• A canyon is a deep valley with very steep sides.

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plain

• A plain is a flat area on Earths surface.

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plateau

• A plateau is a flat area higher than the land
  around it.

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island

• An island is land that is completely surrounded
  by water.

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lake

• A lake is water that is completely surrounded by
  land.

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ocean

• Oceans are the largest bodies of water on earth.

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coast

• A coast is the area where the ocean touches the
  land.

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desert

• A desert is a hot dry place with little or no
  rainfall.

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river

• A river is a long flowing body of water.

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Peninsulas

• A piece of land that projects into a body of
  water and is connected with the mainland by an
  isthmus.

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Gulfs

• A big body of water surrounded by a land area
  almost completely.

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Glacier

• Large ice mass that moves slowly down a mountain
  or across land.

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Volcano

• An opening in the earth, through which lava,
  rock, and gases are forced out