New York State Landforms

New York is about 300 miles wide and 300 miles tall. New York is full of LANDFORMS! Landforms are the natural shapes we see on the surface of the earth.

Mountains Mount Marcy is the highest peak in New York. It stands 5,344 feet tall in the Adirondack Mountains.

Valleys New York’s Hudson River Valley is famous for it’s natural beauty. Valley’s often have rivers flowing through them.

Plateau A plateau is a large mostly flat area of land that rises above the surrounding land. The Appalachian Plateau covers much of southern New York.

Plains Plains are flat areas of land and can be found along the shores of Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario.

Hills Hills can be found in many areas of New York. That is good news for the New Yorkers in winter!

Glaciers During the Ice Age, massive sheets of ice covered most of New York. These sheets of ice are called glaciers. As the glaciers moved, they change the land beneath them. Glaciers rounded off the tops of hills, carved valleys, and cut deep holes in the ground. As the climate became warmer, the glaciers started to melt, and the deep holes carved by glaciers filled with water from the melting ice. These holes became our New York Lakes.

The many landforms that make up the great state of New York, do you remember them?? What could these be?

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