Landforms 1
A large body of saltwater that surrounds a continent.
Ocean
Land areas where more water evaporates into the air than comes back through precipitation.
Desert
Flat lands that have only small changes in elevation.
Plains
A mountain that erupts, allowing molten earth 'lava' to flow out.
Volcano
A small, narrow river.
Stream
A hot spring in which water intermittently boils, sending a tall column of water and steam into the air.
Gyser
A large, powerful, slow moving body of ice.
Glacier
Large hill with steep sides, formed when large pieces of the earth collide and force the earth upwards.
Mountain
Land surrounded by water on three sides.
Land surrounded on all sides by water, created by cooled lava, dirt, sand, coral, or breaking off from larger land.
Island
Natural features located on the surface of the earth, shaped by elements like wind and rain.
Landforms
Low spaces between two hills or mountains, created by vegetation growing between the hills and mountains.
Valley
A large body of water surrounded by land on all sides.
Lake
A river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake.
Tributary
The practice of extracting rocks and minerals, which creates changes to the Earth's landforms.
Mining
Large area of tall land with a mostly flat top, formed by erosion of mountains or magma swelling up below the surface.
Plateau
The process of landforms becoming covered by glaciers or ice sheets, causing changes as glaciers move and erode the land.
Glaciation
One of the four spheres of the earth.
Biosphere
The process that moves weathered pieces to a new location using ice, wind, water, and living organisms.
One of the spheres of Earth
Hydrosphere
The natural process that breaks down rocks, soil, and minerals into smaller parts when they contact the Earth's atmosphere.
Weathering
One of the four spheres of the earth.
Geosphere
Found at the edge of rivers where they meet the ocean; dirt and sediment create a triangle piece of land at the mouth of a river.
Delta
One of the four spheres of the earth.
Atmosphere
The process of eroded soil and rock being transported and deposited in new locations, creating or changing landforms.
Depsition