Play-Doh Landforms

Use your Play-Doh to make the landform shown in the picture. Then

write down notes.

Mountain

Volcano

IslandOften an underwater mountain or volcano

ValleyLow land BETWEEN mountains or hills

Glacier

A frozen river

Frozen snow

CanyonCliffs created on both sides of a river; there MUST

be a river

Delta

Fan-like piece of land at a river mouth

PlateauLand higher than the surrounding land, usually

flat and with sloped sides

ButteFlat land higher than the

surrounding land, but with steep sides

A large, wide butte

Mesa

PlainLow land mostly flat or with low hills that can

have grasses, shrubs, or a few trees.

PrairiePlain with grass and shrubs, WITHOUT trees

SteppeA plain that only has trees near rivers or lakes, but is

almost a desert

BayOcean mostly surrounded by land; waters are usually calmer than in other parts of the ocean

PeninsulaLand that juts out into the ocean and is mostly surrounded by water

Flood PlainPlain by a river that gets flooded periodically, leaving the soil EXTREMELY fertile

Sand DuneHill made of sand that is eroded

CliffNearly vertical exposure of rock