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Tennessee Landforms

Tennessee Landforms. There are many landforms in Tennessee. Landforms can affect the way we live and play. Let’s take a tour of Tennessee Landforms. K-5.9.1 Identify the earth's major geological features.         

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Tennessee Landforms

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  1. Tennessee Landforms There are many landforms in Tennessee. Landforms can affect the way we live and play. Let’s take a tour of Tennessee Landforms K-5.9.1 Identify the earth's major geological features.          Recognize the earth's major geological features (e.g., continents, oceans, lakes). by: Mrs. Jackson

  2. Tennessee Landforms Tennessee’s seven natural regions are: Blue Ridge (Unaka) Mountains The Great Valley Cumberland Plateau Highland Rim Nashville Basin Gulf Coastal Plain Mississippi Flood Plain

  3. Landforms by: Mrs. Jackson l

  4. Landforms Vocabulary landforms bodies of water river lake ocean mountain valley by: Mrs. Jackson

  5. The Appalachian Mountains is the largest wilderness area in the Eastern United States Mountains A mountain is the highest kind of land. by: Mrs. Jackson

  6. Plateau A flat area of land that is higher than the land around it • Fall Creek Falls State Park in Pikeville, TN is located on the Cumberland Plateau. by: Mrs. Jackson This plateau shows how it really is flat like a table on top!

  7. Plain • Plains are broad, nearly level stretches of land that have no great changes in elevation. • Plains are generally lower than the land around them. by: Mrs. Jackson

  8. River The Mississippi River forms the western border of Tennessee. The Tennessee River starts in Knoxville, TN by: Mrs. Jackson

  9. Lake An inland body of fresh or salt water Reelfoot Lake is located in Dyersburg, TN Reelfoot Lake was formed when a massive earthquake struck the area! by: Mrs. Jackson

  10. Bluff A high bank with a broad, precipitous and sometimes rounded cliff face overlooking a plain or body of water. by: Mrs. Jackson

  11. Tennessee Attractions

  12. References • http://www.ihms.mb.ca/Student%20Projects/Student%20projects%202002-2003/Grade%204%20Landforms/landforms.htm 4th graders put together several landforms with good pictures. • http://vathena.arc.nasa.gov/curric/land/landform/landform.html • http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/nwep7c.htm A lake of great information. • http://www.tennesseelakeinfo.com/ Information about TN lakes. • http://www.reelfootareachamber.com/tourism/index.html History of Reelfoot Lake. by: Mrs. Jackson

  13. Activities • Use http://earth.google.com/ to locate the landforms you learned. • http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/typesofland/typesofland.html Click on the landform to learn more about it. • http://www.earthkam.ucsd.edu/public/students/activities/landformations/index.shtm Can you find the landforms? • http://www.quia.com/mc/512.html • http://www.quia.com/cc/512.html • http://www.quia.com/custom/512sear.html Play landform games: matching, concentration, or word search by: Mrs. Jackson

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