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Play- Doh Landforms. Use your Play- Doh to make the landform shown in the picture. Then write down notes. Mountain. Volcano. Island. Often an underwater mountain or volcano. Valley. Low land BETWEEN mountains or hills. Glacier. Frozen snow. A frozen river. Canyon. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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