Name that Landform
A large, tall area of land that rises above the surrounding land.
What is a mountain?
The Grand Canyon is found in this U.S. state.
What is Arizona
The process where water wears away rock and soil.
What is Erosion
People flatten hills and valleys to create what for cities and people?
what are buildings?
This type of map shows mountains, rivers, and landforms
What is a Physical map
A flat area that rises high above the land around it.
What is a plateau
The Sahara Desert is located on this continent.
What is Africa
This landform is created where a river meets the ocean and drops sediment.
What is a delta
Building this type of structure across a river can create a reservoir or lake
What is a dam
The blue areas on a physical map usually represent this
What is water?
A low area between hills or mountains, often with a river running through it.
What is a Valley
The Himalayas, home to Mount Everest, stretch across this continent.
What is Asia
These moving sheets of ice carve out valleys and shape mountains.
What are Glaciers
When people cut down large areas of forest it is called this
What is deforestation
The symbol on a map that shows direction
What is a compass rose
A piece of land surrounded by water on all sides.
What is an island
The Amazon River Basin is mostly located in this country.
What is Brazil
When wind piles up sand in the desert, it forms these hills.
What are sand dunes
This is when wind, water, or humans remove soil faster than it can form
What is Soil Erosion
The imaginary line that runs through the middle of the earth
What is the equator
A large depression in the ground caused by the collapse of land or meteor impact.
What is a crater or basin
The Great Barrier Reef is found off the coast of this country.
This landform forms when underground water dissolves rock, creating large hollow spaces.
What is a cave
This type of farming on hillsides helps prevent erosion
What is terrace farming
The lines that show elevation on a topographic map
What are Contour lines