Landforms
Earth's Surface/Crust
Popular Landforms in Georgia
100
A hill of sand made and shaped by the wind.
What is a sand dune?
100
A shaking of Earth's surface, caused by movement of rock in the crust.
What is an earthquake?
100
Barrier Islands located on the coast of Georgia.
What are Jekyll Island or St. Simons Islands?
200
The highest landform on Earth.
What is a mountain?
200
Molten rock that flows from a volcano onto Earth's surface.
What is lava?
200
Known as "Georgia's Little Grand Canyon".
What is Providence Canyon?
300
A deep valley with steep sides.
What is a canyon?
300
A mountain that forms as molten rock flows through a crack into Earth's surface.
What is a volcano?
300
The mountain chain that goes across the northern part of Georgia.
What are the Blue Ridge or Appalachian Mountains?
400
Landforms that are like mountains but not as high and have rounded slopes.
What are hills?
400
A crack in the Earth's crust.
What is a fault?
500
Long, narrow piles of sand that help protect the mainland from wave erosion.
What are barrier islands?
500
Melted rock that is beneath Earth's surface.
What is magma?
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