Landforms

What is a plateau?

• landform with high elevation and a more or less level surface

• landforms with high relief and high elevation

• landform with a nearly flat or gently rolling surface with low relief

What is a mountain?

• landform with high elevation and a more or less level surface

• landforms with high relief and high elevation

• landform with a nearly flat or gently rolling surface with low relief

What is a plain?

• landform with high elevation and a more or less level surface

• landforms with high relief and high elevation

• landform with a nearly flat or gently rolling surface with low relief

What is a mountain range?

• a group of mountains that are closely related in shape, structure, area, and age

• The different mountain ranges in a region

• A larger unit of mountain ranges and mountain systems in a long connected chain

What is a mountain system?

• a group of mountains that are closely related in shape, structure, area, and age

• The different mountain ranges in a region

• A larger unit of mountain ranges and mountain systems in a long connected chain

What is a mountain belt?

• a group of mountains that are closely related in shape, structure, area, and age

• The different mountain ranges in a region

• A larger unit of mountain ranges and mountain systems in a long connected chain

What is a Interior Plain?

• landform with high elevation and a more or less level surface

• plain that lies along a seacoast, low elevation and low relief

• plain that lies away from a coast; low relief, elevation can vary

What is a Coastal Plain?

• landform with high elevation and a more or less level surface

• plain that lies along a seacoast, low elevation and low relief

• plain that lies away from a coast; low relief, elevation can vary