Landforms
physical features on the Earth's surface
What are landforms?
The regular rise and fall of the oceans and bodies of water connected to it.
What are tides?
Plant life that grows naturally in a place.
What is natural vegetation?
A resource that can be made again.
What is renewable?
Pomfret is an example of this type of town.
What is rural?
A group of connected mountains
What is a mountain range?
Streams and rivers that flow into a larger stream or river.
What are tributaries?
The drier side of a mountain.
What is rain shadow?
The use of canals, ditches, or pipes to bring water to dry areas.
What is irrigation?
An area found at or near the foot of a mountain.
What is a piedmont?
The land drained by a river system.
What is a drainage basin?
A cold, dry region where trees cannot grow.
What is tundra?
Farmers use this to make their soil more nutritious for their plants.
What is fertilizer?
The Mountain Range found on the east coast of the United States.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
The five large lakes located between the United States and Canada.
What are the Great Lakes?
The reason the climate varies more from place to place in the west.
What is the western United States is very mountainous?
Gold, copper, oil, and natural gas are examples of this.
What are renewable resources?
The region the extends across most of the center of the United States.
What are the Interior Plains?
Forms part of the border between the United States and Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande?
The four main vegetation regions that cover most of the United States.
What is forest, grassland, desert, and tundra?
Two factors that influence land use.
What are climate and landforms?