Wisconsin Landforms
What are islands?
A long hill that is shaped like a teardrop. PG 26-27
What is a drumlin?
Yellow
What is Lake Superior?
Yellow
What is the Wisconsin River?
The region named after the largest of the Great Lakes?
What is the Lake Superior Lowland?
A piece of land that sticks out from a larger land mass and is nearly surrounded by water. PG. 23
What is a peninsula?
A ridge or long hill that was once the edge of a glacier. PG 26-27
What is a moraine?
Green
What is Lake Michigan?
Blue
What is the Chippewa River?
The region containing the headwaters of both the Wisconsin and Wolf Rivers.
What is the Northern Highland?
Level or nearly level lands. PG. 23
What are plains?
A scooped out area that was filled with a large block of ice. When it melted, it left a low area. PG 26-27
What is a kettle?
Blue
What is the Menominee River?
Green
What is the Wolf River?
The region that is home to Wisconsin Dells.
What is the Central Plain?
Features on the Earth's surface. PG. 23
What are landforms?
A long, snake-shaped hill formed of rounded sand and gravel. PG 26-27
What is an esker?
Red
What is the Mississippi River?
Red
What is the Rock River?
The region has Lake Michigan as its eastern border.
What is the Eastern Ridges and Lowlands?
A narrow strip of land that lies between two bodies of water.
What is an isthmus?
A steep, rounded hill formed by streams of melting glacial ice pouring down a hole and depositing their load of dirt and rocks into a large pile.
What is a kame?
Pink
What is the St. Croix River?
Orange
What is the Fox River?
This region has the Mississippi River as its western border.
What is the Western Upland?