1. 9/26/12 – BR: Identify this landform
Today: Identifying Landforms (what the volcanoes make)

2. Landforms Project – Due FRIDAY
Design, draw, and color a map containing at least ten of the landforms we will discuss today. Demonstrate that you understand the various forms.
Landforms – 20pts.
Color Design – 10 pts.
Creativity/Originality – 10 pts.

3. Types of Landforms Lake River Island Range Mountain Archipelago
Channel
Hill
Valley
Canal
Divide
Peninsula
Volcano
Bay
Source
Tributary
Cape
Plateau
Strait
Gulf
Sea
Isthmus

4. Peninsula

5. volcano
A vent (opening) in the surface of the Earth through which magma erupts and also the landform that is constructed by the erupted material.
Pinatubo, Philippines

6. tributary

7. Bay a body of water surrounded by land on three sides.
Hudson Bay, Canada

8. source The place where a river begins
Lake Victoria The Source of the Nile River
Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania

9. Cape
A cape is a pointed area of land that extends out into a body of water.
Cape of Good Hope
South Africa

10. plateau A large flat land at a high elevation
Central Siberian Plateau, Russia

11. strait A narrow deep body of water located between two land masses.
The Bering Strait, North Pacific
Alaska
Russia

12. gulf
an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay
The Gulf of Mexico

13. sea
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
Mediterranean Sea

14. Isthmus A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas
Isthmus of Panama
Central America

15. lake
The Great Lakes
Northern United States
- A body of fresh water.

16. river Amazon River – Brazil
- A flowing body of water moving higher to lower elevations.

17. island Madagascar, Southeast Africa
- Land surrounded by water on all sides.

18. range Andes Mountain Range West Coast of South America
- A long narrow group of mountains

19. mountain
Mount Everest, Nepal, Asia
Tallest Mountain in the World -

20. archipelago Indonesian Archipelago, Pacific Ocean
- A long narrow collection of islands

21. channel English Channel Between England and France
- A long narrow strip of water between two large land masses.

22. hill
Hills of Rome, Italy
A short rounded rise in elevation

23. valley Indus River Valley, Asia
- A low point between mountains or hills.

24. canal
Suez Canal, Egypt
- A man-made waterway

25. divide Continental Divide, North America
- Line indicating the divergent slopes of a continent