Session 4 - Famous Landforms and Bodies of Water

famous landforms& bodies of water

landforms

bodies of water

Grade 32020/2021

famous landforms

hill

plateau

Mountain

coast

canyon

valley

peninsula

bay

isthmus

desert

mountains

Matterhorn

The Matterhorn is in border between Switzerland and Italy and an iconic emblem of the Swiss Alps.

Mount Everest

Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth. It is located on the border between Nepal and Tibet.

plateau

Kukenan Tepui

Kukenan Tepuy is a fine example and remarkable plateau in the Gran Sabana National Park, Venezuela

Island in the Sky

It is part of the popular Canyonland’s National Park in Utah, United States.

hills

Cypress Hills

The Cypress Hills are a geographical region of hills in southwestern Saskatchewan and southeastern Alberta, Canada.

chocolate hills

The Chocolate Hills are a geological formation in the Bohol province of the Philippines. There are at least 1,260 hills in total.

valley

kashmir valley

it is in the portion of the Kashmir region administered by India.

canyon

fish river canyon

The Fish River Canyon is second only in grandeur to the Grand Canyon in Arizona

grand canyon

The Grand Canyon is located in northern Arizona

coast

great ocean road

The Great Ocean Road begins a 90 minute drive from Melbourne’s city centre.

napali coast

Hawaii, US

isthmus

panama isthmus

connecting North and South America

peninsula

florida peninsula

Florida Peninsula is the portion of Florida that extends south from the mainland of the southeastern US.

bay

ha long bay

Ha Long Bay is situated in north Vietnam round a 120 kilometer long coast line

port jackson

Port Jackson is the natural harbor of Sydney

desert

gobi desert

The Gobi Desert is a vast, arid region in northern China and southern Mongolia.

sahara desert

The Sahara is a desert on the African continent, it is the largest hot desert in the world.

famous bodies of water

stream

geyser

waterfall

lagoon

river

estuary

lake

geyser

pamukkale

Pamukkale, meaning “cotton castle” in Turkish, is an unreal landscape famous for its white terraces.

old faithful

Old Faithful, geyser, northwestern Wyoming, U.S., located at the head of the Upper Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park.

waterfall

IGUASSU FALLS

Puerto Iguazú, Argentina / Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil

niagara falls

Ontario, Canada / New York, USA

stream

niagara falls

This stream in Crested Butte, Colorado, United States

river

nile river

The Nile is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, and it's been considered the longest river in the world

amazon river

The Amazon River in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world

estuary

rio de la plata

is the estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River at Punta Gorda.

Thames estuary

The Thames Estuary is where the River Thames meets the waters of the North Sea, in the south-east of Great Britain.

lagoon

Blue Lagoon – Croatia

Blue Lagoon in Croatia has no coral reefs, as it was formed between a number of small islands separated by the lagoon between them.

Pileh Lagoon

This little beauty is nestled away on the island of Phi Phi Leh near Krabi, Thailand

lake

dead sea

The Dead Sea is a salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank to the west.

Crater Lake

Crater Lake is a crater lake in south-central Oregon in the western United States

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