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Discovering Earth's Landforms: A Fourth Grade Guide

Learn about different landforms like mountains, valleys, canyons, plateaus, and more in this educational resource for fourth-grade students. Explore Earth's diverse landscapes and understand the geography around us.

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Discovering Earth's Landforms: A Fourth Grade Guide

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  1. What are Landforms? Fourth Grade Science and Social Studies

  2. What are landforms? • Landforms are natural land shapes or features. • There are many different types of landforms found on the earth.

  3. mountains & hills A mountain is a place on Earth’s surface that is much higher than the land around it.

  4. valley A valley is a lowland area between higher lands such as hills.

  5. canyon A canyon is a deep valley with very steep sides.

  6. gorge A gorge is a narrow valley that lies between rocky walls, glaciers, hills or mountains.

  7. plain A plain is a flat area on Earth’s surface.

  8. plateau A plateau is a flat area higher than the land around it.

  9. island An island is land that is completely surrounded by water.

  10. lake A lake is water that is completely surrounded by land.

  11. ocean Oceans are the largest bodies of water on earth.

  12. coast A coast is the area where the ocean touches the land.

  13. desert A desert is a hot dry place with little or no rainfall.

  14. river A river is a long flowing body of water.

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