Science landforms

13 landforms vocabulary words

13 cards·by Charlie2

Landforms

Any feature on earth's surface

Canyon

A deep valley with very steep sides

Weathering

The way rocks are broken down into smaller pieces

Erosion

The movement of weathered rock and soil

Flood

A large amount of water that covers normally dry land

Barrier island

A thin island near a coast

Plateau

A flat area higher than the land around it

Valley

A low land area between high lands

Earthquake

The shaking of earth's surface caused by movement of the crust

Glacier

A huge sheet of ice

Volcano

An opening in earth's surface from which lava flows

A flat area on earth's surface

Plain

A place on earth's surface that is much higher than the land around it

Mountain