Transcript Warm Up
Landform Review Chapter 2 Mountain – Mt. Everest, Nepal a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area usually in the form of a peak Valley – Yosemite Valley, California a depression with predominant extent in one direction. Canyon – Grand Canyon, Arizona a deep ravine between cliffs often carved from the landscape by a river. Volcano – Popocatepetl, Mexico an opening, or rupture, in a planet's surface or crust, which allows hot magma, volcanic ash and gases to escape from below the surface. Plateau – Colorado Plateau, Utah a high plain or tableland Mesa – Black Mesa, New Mexico A table mountain Delta Indus River Delta, Pakistan Nile River Delta, Egypt -formed from the deposition of the sediment carried by the river Island – Fiji, South Pacific Ocean any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water Peninsula Shimabara Peninsula, Japan a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. Bay – Hout Bay, South Africa an area of water mostly surrounded by land, which generally has calmer waters than the surrounding sea Harbor – Port Miou, France a place where ships, boats, and barges can seek shelter from stormy weather, or else are stored for future use. Steppe – Daurian Steppe, Mongolia An area characterized by grassland plains without trees apart from those near rivers and lakes. Desert – Sahara Desert, Tunisia A region that receives an extremely low amount of precipitation Oasis – Taghit, Algeria an isolated area of vegetation in a desert, typically surrounding a spring or similar water source. Alluvial Fan - Iran a fan-shaped deposit formed where a fast flowing stream flattens, slows, and spreads Archipelago a chain or cluster of islands Beach a geological landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, lake or river. Canal – Panama Waterways used for carrying ships and boats, shipping goods and conveying people Cape – Cape Cod, Massachusetts a point or body of land extending into a body of water, usually the sea. Crater – Meteor Crater, AZ Circular depression in the earths surface Dam – Hoover Dam, NV & AZ a barrier that impounds water or underground streams Escarpment – Caprock, TX a steep slope or long cliff that results from erosion or faulting Estuary – Rio de la Plata, Argentina a partly enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Floodplain a flat or nearly flat land adjacent to a stream or river that experiences flooding during periods of high discharge Hill a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain, generally lower and less steep than a mountain. Isthmus a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas usually with water on either side Lake a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land and not considered part of the ocean. Plain land with relatively low relief, that is flat or gently rolling. Prairies and steppes are types Strait – Strait of Gibraltar a channel of water that lies between two land masses