Landforms Grade 5 LANDFORMS Landforms are the kinds of land a place has. Landforms include...
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LANDFORMS
Landforms are the kinds of land a place has.
Landforms include mountains, valleys, plateaus, deserts,plains, islands, and peninsulas.
MOUNTAINS
Land that rises sharply from the land around it
Mountains can be tall and sharply pointed like the Rocky Mountains.
Mountains can be lower
and more rounded like the
Appalachian Mountains.
PLATEAUS
Plateaus are landforms that have STEEP SIDES and a FLAT top.
They may stretch for miles in every direction.
PLAINS
The area of flat land or gently rolling land with no trees.
Plains are flat sometimes grassy lands that stretch for miles and can be good habitats for animals like zebras, lions, and elephants, giraffes.
PENINSULAS
A peninsula is a piece of land that has water on ONLY THREE sides and attached to another piece of land.
A good example of a peninsula is FLORIDA.