Landforms

What are landforms?

• Landforms are how the land changes.

• Landforms shape the surface of the Earth.

• Landforms are cool

An opening in Earth's surface from which lava flows.

• mountain

• plateau

• volcano

• island

A long ,flowing body of water that is always moving. It flows into the ocean.

• lake

• ocean

• river

• stream

The land between mountains or hills.

• valley

• plateau

• plain

• waterfall

Land that is surrounded by water on all sides.

• lake

• island

• plateau

• canyon

A place on Earth's surface where the land is much higher than the land around it.

• plain

• valley

• hill

• mountain

Large body of salt water that surrounds a continent.

• river

• ocean

• lake

• stream

A flat region of low lands with grass and few trees

• plain

• hill

• valley

• plateau

Small, flowing bodies of fresh water that flows into rivers.

• river

• lake

• stream

• sea

A deep valley with very steep sides.

• mountain

• canyon

• plain

• cave