What do all the colors mean?
What is this a picture of? What do you see? What do the colors mean?
Open your book to page 13
LandformDefinitionPicture
Key Geographic Features
What is that???
Lakes A lake is a body of water surrounded by land on every side!!
What is all the blue lines?
Rivers A river is a body of water that flows from high to low elevation. Many Tributaries flow into it.
What are all those small blue lines?
Tributaries A body of water that empties into a larger body of water--- look like veins on a map
On how many sides is the water surrounded by????
Gulf and Bay Gulf- A body of water that is connected to the ocean but surrounded by land on many sides Bays- A body of water surrounded by land on three sides (smaller than a gulf)
What are the brown spiky drawings on the map showing?
Mountains Land mass that is high in elevation and jagged
What are these (hint: we roll down them)?
Hills Land mass that is not as high as a mountain
Describe this photo
Plains Plains– land mass that is completely flat
What is the difference between the two? What is similar?
Plateau A plateau– Landform that rises in elevation then is flat on top
What do you notice about the land mass?
Island Surrounded by water on all sides
What do you notice about the land?
Peninsula A piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides
Why?? Why is this important to know???
What do you do if you live here?
If I wanted to trade with someone.. Would I be more willing to go over
What would I do for a living if I lived here?
Landforms Affect the Patterns of Trade Locations of Cities and Towns Westward Movement Agriculture and Fishing Industries
SOL Worksheet
Desk Matchup
Landform Assignment!!
Geography Review Finish up your maps!!!!
Quiz on Landforms and Latitude/Longitude