Landforms & Water facts

A low area carved out by a river, with steep sides

• Floodplain

• Canyon

• Island

• Mountian

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A large underground chamber often found in a hillside or mountain.

• Dune

• Canyon

• Cave

• Sinkhole

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

An area of land with 3 of its sides surrounded by water

• Peninsula

• Glacier

• Volcano

• Spring

A pile of sand created when wind blows sand from one place to another.

• Hill

• Mountian

• Valley

• Sand Dune

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a thick flowing sheet of ice on land.

• Island

• Glacier

• Canyon

• Sinkhole

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A piece of ice falls off a glacier and floats in the water.

• Mountian

• Iceberg

• Glacier

• Cave

A flat area of land at a high elevation

• Spring

• Cave

• Plateau

• Mountian

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A landform that rises high above the land and has steep slopes.

• Canyon

• Dune

• Mountian

• Valley

A hole in the ground caused by water draining underneath.

• Spring

• Sinkhole

• Valley

• Volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The lower, flat are that happens between mountains or hills, often formed by glaciers.

• Canyon

• Floodplain

• Valley

• Cave

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2