Earth’s surface has many natural shapes, or features called landforms.
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Landforms
1st Grade
Mountains• A place on Earth’s
surface that is much higher than the land around it.
Peninsulas• A piece of land that
projects into a body of water and is connected with the mainland by an isthmus.
Islands • An area of land that is
surrounded by a large body of water.
Plains • A flat area on Earth’s
surface.
Valleys• A lowland area
between higher land like mountains.
Plateaus
• A flat area higher than the land around it.
Gulfs • A big body of water
surrounded by a land area almost completely.
Rivers• A moving body of
water.
Bays A body of water
partially enclosed by land but with a wide mouth, affording access to the sea.
LakesA large inland body of
fresh water or salt water.
Questions
• Which body of water moves?
Questions
• Which is higher, a mountain or a valley?
Questions
• What’s the name of a body of land that’s surrounded by water?
Questions
• What’s the thing that connects a peninsula to a larger body of land?
Questions
• What’s the name for a body of water that’s only partially enclosed by land?
• (Hint: This body of water has a wide mouth.)