Transcript Land forms

FEATURES OF THE EARTH
There are 5 continents in the world
We can also find 6 if we divide North and South America or 7 if we include Antarctica
These continents are surrounded by 5 oceans
that cover about 75% of the Earth’s Crust:
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Southern Ocean
The Earth has many features, but we are going to
learn only some of them.
Water features
• Sea: a body of salt water, eg: Mediterranean
Sea, Red Sea, Sea of Marmara, Baltic Sea
• Ocean: also a body of salt water, but bigger
than a sea, eg: Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean
Where the sea and the land meet is called the
COAST
• River: a moving body of fresh water that flows
to other bodies of water such as bigger rivers,
seas or lakes eg Mississipi, Nile, Volga…
• Lake: a small body of water surrounded by
land eg Titicaca
Landforms
• Mountain: a raised area of land.
Some mountains are very high and rocky with snow
on the top, and others are lower, with trees.
The highest mountain in the world is Everest
• Hill: also a natural elevation of the land, but
smaller than a mountain
• Plain: a large land area that is mostly flat
• Valley: a low land area between mountains
• Island: a piece of land with water all round
• Archipelago: a group of islands