Landforms

A landform with steep walls that cut into the earth caused by erosion from running water.

• Valley

• Canyon

• Gulf

• River

What is this landform?

• mountain
• canyon
• coast
• cliff

What is this landform?

• valley
• hills
• river
• lake

What type of land form will deposition create?

• mountains
• valleys and canyons
• sand dunes and deltas

What process forms valleys and canyons?

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition

What will this delta look like in 1 million years?

• it will be bigger
• they will be smaller

weathering . . . 

• breaks down the rock
• moves it there
• drops the sediment

Erosion . . . 

• breaks down the rock
• moves it there
• drops the sediment

What is sediment?

• large rocks
• small pieces of rock

What forms a u-shaped valley?

• glacier
• river