5th Grade Science and Social Studies What are Landforms? 5th Grade Science and Social Studies

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

Mountains                                       A mountain is a place on Earth’s surface that is much higher than the land around it.

Valley A valley is a lowland area between hills or mountains.

Delta A fan shaped deposit at the mouth of the river.

Canyon A canyon is a V shaped valley that was eroded by a river.

Plains A plain is a flat area on Earth’s surface. (grassland)

Floodplain Land that gets covered by water during a flood.

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

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

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

Oceans Oceans are the largest bodies of water on earth.

Desert A desert is an environment that gets very little rain and has extreme temperatures.

Dunes A mound or hill made of wind blown sand.

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

Rivers A river is a long flowing body of water.