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Hill or Mountain??

Landforms Are you confused on what they look like? I sure am… let’s explore what they look like!. Hill or Mountain??. What is the difference?. Peak. the pointed top of a mountain or ridge. Atoll. Atolls are islands formed by coral reefs. Butte. Buttes are lone hills

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Hill or Mountain??

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  1. LandformsAre you confused on what they look like? I sure am… let’s explore what they look like!

  2. Hill or Mountain?? What is the difference?

  3. Peak • the pointed top of a mountain or ridge

  4. Atoll • Atolls are islands formed by coral reefs

  5. Butte • Buttes are lone hills of hard rock, with steep sides and flat tops.

  6. Mesa Like buttes, mesas are flat-topped rock hills with steep sides, but they are larger than buttes.

  7. Plateau • A plateau is a large area of high, flat land with steep sides.

  8. Volcano • mountain or hill, usually having a cuplike crater at the summit, formed around such a vent that ash and lava go through

  9. Plain • a plain is flat and has rich Soil; it is often used as farmland

  10. Valley • more or less flat and relatively low region drained by a great river system.

  11. Dune • a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans. In what country would you find a dune?

  12. Canyon • a deep valley with steep sides, often with a stream flowing through it.

  13. Glacier • mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, often descending from high mountains

  14. tributary small stream joining larger one • A stream that flows into a larger stream or other body of water.

  15. bay Which famous bay do you see in this pictures? • a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline

  16. Cape • a piece of land jutting into the sea or some other large body of water

  17. Lagoon • Area of waters that is calmer and shallower than waters in the open sea.

  18. Oasis • small pools amidst huge, largely empty, sandy deserts

  19. Reef • Landforms made of both dead coral skeletons and living coral.

  20. Waterfall • a steep fall or flow of water

  21. peninsula Which state has a peninsula? • an area of land almost completely surrounded by water

  22. isthmus • a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land.

  23. Ocean and Sea? • vast body of salt water that covers almost three-fourths of the earth's surface. Are the oceans and seas the same?

  24. Beach • an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore

  25. Strait • a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water

  26. fjord • a long, narrow arm of the sea bordered by steep cliffs

  27. archipelago • a large group or chain of islands

  28. delta • Forms when a river flows into a body of standing water, such as a sea or lake, and deposits large quantities of sediment

  29. Lake • a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land. Which state has over 10,000 lakes and/or rivers?

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