Landforms

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9/17/10 BR What type of land form do you see
here?
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Homework Check

• Using information from today draw each type of
  plate boundary. Make sure to label each type of
  boundary.

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Binder CheckSyllabusMr. Macs Class
GuidelinesStudent Bill of Rights9/8 Exit Slip
(about respect)9/9 Exit Slip (about Robert and
Amelia)9/10 BR and Exit Slip (3 Things You Want
to Learn..)9/14 BR, Notes about Earth Layers
and Axis9/15 BR, Notes about Earth Crust and
Continental Drift9/16 (today) BR, Landform Notes
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Landforms Project Due Tuesday

• Design, draw, and color a map containing at least
  ten of the landforms we will discuss today.
  Demonstrate that you understand the various
  forms.
• Landforms 20pts.
• Color Design 10 pts.
• Creativity/Originality 10 pts.

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Types of Landforms

• Lake
• River
• Island
• Range
• Mountain
• Archipelago
• Channel
• Hill
• Valley
• Canal
• Divide

• Peninsula
• Volcano
• Bay
• Source
• Tributary
• Cape
• Plateau
• Strait
• Gulf
• Sea
• Isthmus

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Peninsula
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volcano

• A vent (opening) in the surface of the Earth
  through which magma erupts and also the landform
  that is constructed by the erupted material.
• Pinatubo, Philippines

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tributary
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Bay

• a body of water surrounded by land on three
  sides.
• Hudson Bay, Canada

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source

• The place where a river begins
• Lake Victoria The Source of the Nile River
• Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania

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Cape

• A cape is a pointed area of land that extends out
  into a body of water.
• Cape of Good Hope
• South Africa

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plateau

• A large flat land at a high elevation
• Central Siberian Plateau, Russia

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strait

• A narrow deep body of water located between two
  land masses.
• The Bering Strait, North Pacific

Alaska
Russia
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gulf

• an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land
  larger than a bay
• The Gulf of Mexico

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sea

• a division of an ocean or a large body of salt
  water partially enclosed by land
• Mediterranean Sea

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Isthmus

• A narrow strip of land that connects two larger
  land areas
• Isthmus of Panama
• Central America

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lake
The Great Lakes Northern United States - A body
of fresh water.
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river
Amazon River Brazil - A flowing body of water
moving higher to lower elevations.
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island
Madagascar, Southeast Africa - Land surrounded by
water on all sides.
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range
Andes Mountain Range West Coast of South
America - A long narrow group of mountains
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mountain
Mount Everest, Nepal, Asia Tallest Mountain in
the World -
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archipelago
Indonesian Archipelago, Pacific Ocean - A long
narrow collection of islands
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channel
English Channel Between England and France - A
long narrow strip of water between two large land
masses.
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hill
Hills of Rome, Italy A short rounded rise in
elevation
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valley
Indus River Valley, Asia - A low point between
mountains or hills.
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canal
Suez Canal, Egypt - A man-made waterway
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divide
Continental Divide, North America - Line
indicating the divergent slopes of a continent