Landforms

World Studies
2009
Clarification
 Greenhouse effect.  Ozone Layer (good)
(good)
 O3 in atmosphere
 Greenhouse gases like protects us from
CO2 absorb heat in the ultraviolet radiation
atmosphere. (good) from the Sun. (good)
 Too much CO2 and we
have global warming.  Chlorine derived gases
(bad) deplete ozone. (bad)
Formation of Earth and Moon
 Earth’s atmosphere is  Moon is believed a
partly due to Earth’s piece of the Earth that
mass and gravitational broke off at early
force. formation. Remained in
Earth’s gravitational
field.
 The Earth also
produces new gases to
replenish what is lost.  Moon has no
atmosphere because of
its mass.
Landforms Project – Due Wednesday

 Design, draw, label, and color a map with ten

of the landforms we will discuss today.

 Landforms – 20pts.
 Color Design – 10 pts.
 Creativity/Originality – 10 pts.
Peninsula
 An area of land that that is
surrounded by water on
three sides.
 Iberian Peninsula
 Spain and Portugal
 Europe
volcano
 A vent (opening) in the surface of
the Earth through which magma
erupts and also the landform that is
constructed by the erupted material.

 Pinatubo, Philippines
tributary
 A small river or stream
that flows into another
larger stream or river
 The Ohio, Missouri, and
Arkansas Rivers are
tributaries of the
Mississippi River.
Bay
 a body of water
surrounded by land on
three sides.
 Hudson Bay, Canada
Source and mouth
 The place where a river begins and the place where it ends.
 Lake Victoria The Source of the Nile River
 Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania
Cape
 A cape is a pointed
area of land that
extends out into a body
of water.
 Cape of Good Hope
 South Africa
plateau
 A large flat land at a high elevation
 Central Siberian Plateau, Russia
strait
 A narrow deep body of water located between two
land masses.
 The Bering Strait, North Pacific

Russia Alaska
gulf
 an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land;
larger than a bay
 The Gulf of Mexico
sea
 a division of an ocean
or a large body of salt
water partially enclosed
by land
 Mediterranean Sea
Isthmus
•A narrow strip of land that
connects two larger land areas
•Isthmus of Panama
•Central America
lake
The Great Lakes
Northern United States
- A body of fresh water.
river
Amazon River – Brazil
- A flowing body of water
moving higher to lower
elevations.
island
Madagascar, Southeast Africa
- Land surrounded by water
on all sides.
range
Andes Mountain Range
West Coast of South America
- A long narrow group of
mountains
mountain
Mount Everest, Nepal, Asia
Tallest Mountain in the World
-
archipelago
Indonesian Archipelago,
Pacific Ocean
- A long narrow collection
of islands
channel
English Channel
Between England and France
- A long narrow strip of water
between two large land masses.
 hill
Hills of Rome, Italy
A short rounded rise in
elevation
valley
Indus River Valley, Asia
- A low point between
mountains or hills.
canal
Suez Canal, Egypt
- A man-made waterway
divide
Continental Divide, North
America
- Line indicating the divergent
slopes of a continent