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Types of Landforms Explained

Landforms are natural features on the Earth's surface, including plains, plateaus, hills, mountains, valleys, depressions, canyons, peninsulas, ridges, islands, archipelagos, coasts, lakes, rivers, capes, gulfs, bays, and straits or channels. They can be found on land as continental relief landforms or in water as coastal relief landforms. The document then provides definitions and brief descriptions of each type of landform.

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Types of Landforms Explained

Landforms are natural features on the Earth's surface, including plains, plateaus, hills, mountains, valleys, depressions, canyons, peninsulas, ridges, islands, archipelagos, coasts, lakes, rivers, capes, gulfs, bays, and straits or channels. They can be found on land as continental relief landforms or in water as coastal relief landforms. The document then provides definitions and brief descriptions of each type of landform.

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LANDFORMS

Roll No:15011NB009
LANDFORMS
• Landforms are the natural shapes of the
Earth’s surface.
• Landforms can be on land (landforms of
continental relief) and in water too (landforms
of coastal relief)
LANDFORMS
 Plain  Island
 Plateau  Archipielago
 Hill  Coast
 Mountain  Lake
 Valley  River
 Depression  Cape
 Canyon  Gulf
 Peninsula  Bay
 Ridge  Strait or channel
PLAIN

A plain is a flat area on Earth’s surface.


PLATEAU

A plateau is a flat area


higher than the land
around it.
HILL

A hill is a small
elevation in the Earth's
surface
MOUNTAIN
A mountain is
a place on Earth’s surface
that is much higher than
the land around it.
VALLEY

A valley is
a lowland area between
higher lands such as
mountains.
DEPRESSION

A depression is an area
that is lower than its
surroundings.
CANYON

A canyon is
a deep valley
with very steep sides
PENINSULA

A peninsula is a body
of land that is
surrounded by water
on three sides
RIDGE
A ridge or mountain
ridge is a geological feature
consisting of a chain of
mountains or hills that form
a continuous elevated crest
for some distance.
ISLAND

An island is land
that is completely
surrounded by
water
ARCHIPELAGO
An archipelago is a
group or chain of islands
together in a sea or
ocean.
COAST

A coast is the
area where the
ocean touches
the land.
LAKE

A lake is water that is


completely
surrounded by land.
RIVER

A river is
a long flowing body of
water
CAPE

A cape is
a pointed piece of
land that sticks out
into a sea
GULF

A gulf is a part of the


ocean that is partly
surrounded by land (it is
usually larger than a bay).
BAY
A bay is
a body of water that is
partly enclosed by land
(and is usually smaller
than a gulf).
STRAIT OR CHANNEL
A strait is
a narrow body of water
that connects two larger
bodies of water

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