Identify the landforms, materials and processes around your area.
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A landform is a feature on the Earth's surface that is part of the terrain. Mountains, hills, plateaus, and plains are the four major types of landforms. Minor landforms include buttes, canyons, valleys, and basins. Tectonic plate movement under the Earth can create landforms by pushing up mountains and hills.
A landform is a natural physical feature of the Earth's surface largely defined by its form and location in the landscape. Examples of landforms include oceans, rivers, valleys, plateaus, mountains, plains, hills and glaciers.
Following are some of the common types of landforms and their characteristics.
Mountains. Mountains are landforms higher than the surrounding areas.
Plateaus. Plateaus are flat highlands that are separated from the surroundings due to steep
slope.
Valleys.
Deserts.
Dunes.
Islands.
Plains.
Rivers.
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