Different Kind of Landforms and Water forms.
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2. Landforms
A landform in the earth sciences comprises a geomorphological unit,
and is largely defined by its surface form and location in the landscape.
As part of the terrain a landform is an element of topography
3. Mountains
It’s a large landform that stretches above the surrounding
land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak. A mountain
is generally steeper than a hill.
6. Plateaus
also called a high plain or tableland, is an area of highland,
usually consisting of relatively flat terrain.
7. Tibetan Plateau The largest and highest
plateau in the world. It
is called the "roof of
the world", which is still
being formed by the
collisions of the Indo-
Australian and Eurasian
tectonic plates.
10. Plains
A plain is a flat region. Plains occur as lowlands and at the
bottoms of valleys but also on plateaus or uplands at high
elevations.
11. Deserts
A desert is a barren area of land where little precipitation
occurs and consequently living conditions are hostile for plant
and animal life.
16. Glaciers
A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly
moving under its own weight; it forms where the accumulation
of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries.
18. Quelccaya Ice Cap
The Quelccaya Ice
Cap is the largest
glaciated area in
the tropics, in Peru
19. Valley
is a depression that is longer than it is wide. The terms U-
shaped and V-shaped are descriptive terms of geography to
characterize the form of valleys.
20. Islands
Is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded
by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features
on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys.
27. Sea
The sea, the world ocean, or simply the ocean. It moderates the
Earth's climate and has important roles in the water cycle, carbon
cycle, and nitrogen cycle.
28. Sea and Ocean
Seas are smaller than oceans and are usually located where the land and
ocean meet. Typically, seas are partially enclosed by land.
29. Strait
A strait is a naturally formed, narrow, typically navigable
waterway that connects two larger bodies of water.
34. Bay
A bay is a large body of water connected to an ocean or sea
formed by an inlet of land due to the surrounding land blocking
some waves and often reducing winds.
37. Lake
Lake is surrounded by land apart from a river or other outlet
that serves to feed or drain the lake.
38. River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an
ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows
into the ground or dries up completely at the end of its course, and does
not reach another body of water.
39. Nile River
a major north-flowing
river in northeastern
Africa, generally
regarded as the longest
river in the world. It is
6,853 km (4,258 miles)
long.
43. Waterfall
A waterfall is a place where water flows over a vertical drop in the
course of a stream or river. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater
drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. —
44. Angel Falls
Angel Falls is a
waterfall in Venezuela.
It is the world's
highest uninterrupted
waterfall, with a height
of 979 m and a plunge
of 807 m.
45. Lagoon
is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of
water by barrier islands or reefs.