MAP IT: Landforms

Mountains & Hills

100

This mountain range stretches all the way from north to south through the states of Montana, Wyoming and Colorado.  

Rocky Mountains

200

These hills in Kansas are home to beautiful wildflowers and butterflies.

Flint Hills

300

These mountains run along the eastern part of the United States from Maine down to Georgia.

Appalachian Mountains

National Parks

100

This is the number of park sites in the United States National Park System.

422

200

This national park in Utah looks like a playground for a giant with reddish rocks that look like arches and some that are flat on top called mesas.  

Arches National Park

300

The Colorado River runs through this national park in Arizona which is almost 300 miles long.

Grand Canyon

Volcanoes, Deserts & Caves

100

This is a mountain where hot rock and lava come up from under the ground.

Volcano

200

In this landform it is very hot and almost never rains. Animals like snakes and tortoise live here. 

Desert

300

A cave is a hollow space underground that's big enough for a person to walk or crawl into.  This is the longest cave in the world located in Kentucky. 

Mammoth Cave

400

This volcano in Washington State erupted in the late 1800's and then again in 1980. 

Mount St. Helens

Other

100

This landform runs down the middle of the United States through the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas & Oklahoma.

The Great Plains