Magnus Magnusson
SS Period 2
archipelago
http://www2.unil.ch/biomapper/opengl/Landscapes.html
A group or chain of islands clustered together in
a sea or ocean.
Real world examples:
•Hawaiian Islands
•Aleutian Islands,
Alaska
Atoll
Volcanic Atolls
I lava you!
an island that is constructed
of coral and encircles a
lagoon. It is found mostly in
the tropics
real world examples:
Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands
Ahe Atoll, French Polynesia
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a bend or small bay between two points
of land
Think of it as taking a petite, little “bite” out of the land.. not a
chunk!!!
Real world examples:
Great Australian Bight
Bight of Benin, Africa
cape
What is a cape???
Cape Landforms Have 2 Main Characteristics:
1. A large portion of land extending into an ocean or
other large body of water
2. A change of shape and direction from the rest of the
coastline
What is a Cape Landform?
A cape is a portion of land that differs in shape from the
rest of the coastline and extends for a substantial
distance into the ocean or another large body of water
How are Capes Formed?
Volcanic activity, glaciers, wave action and changes in
sea level may all help to form capes.
Where Can a Cape Be Found?
Capes are common on ocean coastlines around the
world and can also be found on other large bodies of
water.
http://worldlandforms.com/landforms/cape/#sthash.09wwdZZN.dp
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Definition: A point of land that
juts out into the water.
Real world
examples:
•Cape Cod
(Massachusetts)
•Cape Horn
• (Tip of South America)
Delta
At the mouth of many rivers
a delta can form. A delta is made of
the soil and debris that the river has
washed down its entire route. When
the river comes to the mouth, the
speed of the water often slows and it
allows the material to pile up there.
Deltas can be all shapes, but are
usually formed in a fan shape or a
triangle. Over time, this material can
become very thick; Even thick
enough to build on. The city of New
Orleans, Louisiana is built on the
delta of the Mississippi River where
the river meets the Gulf of Mexico.
A fan shaped deposit of earth materials at the
mouth of a stream or river.
Colorado River Delta, Mexico
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Real world examples:
Kenai Fjords, Alaska
Lysefjord, Norway
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A fjord is a long, deep, narrow body of water that reaches far inland.
Fjords are often set in a U-shaped valley with steep walls of rock on
either side.
Fjords are found mainly in Norway, Chile, New Zealand, Canada,
Greenland, and the U.S. state of Alaska.
Fjords were created by glaciers. In the Earth's last ice age, glaciers
covered just about everything. Glaciers move very slowly over time, and
can greatly alter the landscape once they have moved through an area.
Glaciers carve deep valleys. This is why fjords can be thousands of
meters deep. Most fjords are deeper than the coastal sea into which they
empty.
geyser
How does a geyser work?
Mother Nature didn’t create this geothermal wonder,
but neither did aliens. In 1916, a rancher drilled a
well in hopes of turning the desert into a fertile
wetland, but accidentally hit a geothermal pocket of
water. It wasn’t until 1964 that boiling water started
to escape to the surface and that is how this
geothermal wonder came to be. It’s located on
private property, the Fly Ranch. This phenomena
has been named Fly Geyser in the Black Rock
Desert of Nevada, located about 20 miles north of
Gerlach.
Definition:
A spring that
spouts hot water
and steam from
time to time.
Real world examples:
•Old Faithful (Yellowstone Nat. Park,
Wyoming)
•Clepsydra, (Yellowstone Nat. Park, Wyoming)
A narrow strip of
land connecting
two larger land
masses. It has
water on two
sides
Real world examples:
•Isthmus of Panama
•Isthmus of Kra, Thailand
(aka Devil’s Neck)
Mountain Range
New Zealand Southern Alps Mountain
Range
Top Ten Mountain Ranges
The Himalayan Mountain Range
Real World examples:
The Himalayas
The Rocky Mountain Range
The Appalachians
New Zealand Southern Alps
oasis
Gabr-Own Oasis Lake/Libya- photo by BenTaher
Small oasis town in the Inca region of Peru
A fertile or green spot in the desert
• Real world examples:
• Dakhla (Egypt, Africa)
• Terkezi (Chad, Africa)
Real world examples:
•Horseshoe Lake, Canada
•Kinabatangan River
Oxbow Lake, Borneo
peak:
Where do you think this one can be found??
http://www.everestnews.com/g2005/g2fe2005u06222005.htm Laila Peak, Pakistan
Now, let’s find the real one
Matterhorn
in the Alps
Mt. Everest-World's Largest Peak
The top or pinnacle of a mountain.
14 Highest Peaks in
the world
• Real world examples:
• Avery’s Peak (Maine)
• Pike’s Peak (Colorado)
peninsula
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baja_peninsula_(mexico)_250m.jpg
A piece of land that is almost surrounded by
water. It extends into the water
• Real world
examples:
• Florida
• Yucatan Peninsula
(Mexico)
http://www.ecoaction.gc.ca/news-nouvelles/images/Peel-Plateau-A9-A.-Mills.jpg
The Columbia Plateau is uniformly
covered with basaltic lava flows. It
spans a huge area in the U.S. states of
Idaho, Washington, and Oregon
Mauritius is located on the Mascarene Plateau, an underwater plateau created millions
of years ago by seafloor spreading. Sand near the island of Mauritius is moved by
currents down off the edge of the plateau, creating the illusion of a magical waterfall.
A flat area that is much higher than the land
around it.
• Real world examples:
• Columbia Plateau (Washington, Oregon, Idaho)
• Ozark Plateau (Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas)
Rainforest
Is this one?
NO!
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rain_forest_NewZealand.JPG
The Hoh Rainforest is located on the
Olympic Peninsula in western Washington
state, USA. It is one of the largest temperate
rainforests in the U.S. A temperate rainforest .
When people hear the word ”rainforest”
they most likely think of the lush jungle plants,
colorful birds, high humidity, and heavy
rainfall of tropical rainforests. These forests
are found in Southeast Asia, Africa, South
America, and Central America in countries
such as Panama. But there is another kind of
rainforest, called the temperate rainforest that
exists right in the United States along the
coastline of the Pacific Northwest and in
Canada, and Alaska.
Temperate rainforests are formed in the
Pacific Northwest because the coastal
mountain ranges in Washington, Oregon, and
Northern California trap the air masses full of
moisture that rise from the Pacific Ocean. As
this moisture condenses into rain it creates
lush rainforests with trees like the Coastal
Redwood in California that grow to enormous
sizes.
A dense forest with broad-leaved evergreen
trees and high annual rainfall.
• Real world examples:
• Amazon Rainforest (South America)
• Congo Rainforest (Africa)
river with source and
source
mouth
Following the River
Severn from start to
finish
mouth
http://bruntcliffegeographyeight.blogspot.com/
A large stream of water that flows into another
body of water such as a lake or an ocean.
• Real world examples:
• Androscoggin River (ME)
source – Lake Umbagog (ME/NH border)
mouth – Merrymeeting Bay (Maine)
• Piscataqua River(ME - NH)
source – Bow Lake (NH)
mouth – Portsmouth Harbor (NH)
sea
http://geology.com/nasa/marine-phytoplankton.shtml
The Dead Sea
A large body of salt water. It may be partly or
completely surrounded by land.
• Real world examples:
• Caspian Sea (Europe/Asia)
• Beaufort Sea (Northern Canada)
strait
http://lorax.earthkam.ucsd.edu/public/students/activities/landformations/strait2.shtml
What is a strait?
Crossing the Strait of Gibraltar-can they do it?
Make if from Spain to Africa?
A narrow body of water connecting two larger
bodies of water.
• Real world examples:
• Denmark Strait (Iceland/Greenland)
• Hudson Strait (Northern Canada)
tributary
http://ak.water.usgs.gov/yukon/index.php
A stream or river that flows into a larger river.
• Real world examples:
• Ohio River (tributary of the Mississippi River)
• Missouri River (tributary of the Mississippi River)
valley
http://www.asiagrace.com/china/tibet-valley.php
A low area between hills and mountains.
• Real world examples:
• Hudson River Valley (New York)
• Nile River Valley (Egypt)
desert
http://www.cawater-info.net/all_about_water/en/?p=194
volcano
http://www.swisseduc.ch/stromboli/perm/montserrat/index-en.html
waterfall
Cataratas del Iguazú 021a / Iguassu Falls 021a- photo by Claudio.Ar
glacier
coral reef
http://www.coralreefinfo.com/
moraine
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/glossary.aspx?alpha=m&id=196&lang=En
boreal forest
http://thewebsiteofeverything.com/habitats/Boreal_forest.html
prairie pothole
www.gettyimages.com