Landforms

A landform is any natural (not man-made) formation on the surface of the earth. Landforms can include large featrues like mountain ranges, plateaus and continents, as well as smaller features like hills and ponds. Some Landforms are:

	An Ithsmus is a narrow strip of land, bordered on two sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.		Hills are a raised area or mound of land.
	A canyon is a deep valley with very steep sides - often carved from the Earth by a river.		An island is a piece of land that is surrounded by water.
	A cape is a pointed piece of land that sticks out into a sea, ocean, lake, or river.		A Butte is a flat-topped rock or hill formation with steep sides.
	A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered on three sides by water, but is still attached to the mainland.		Plains are flat lands that have only small changes in elevation.
	A Plateau is a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side.		A prairie is a region of flat, gently sloping, or hilly land covered chiefly by tall grasses and not many trees.
	A valley is a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river.		A volcano is a mountain or hill, usually having a cuplike crater at the summit, formed around such a vent from the ash and lava expelled through it.
	A cove is small, horseshoe-shaped body of water along the coast; the water is surrounded by land formed of soft rock.		Glaciers are made up of fallen snow that, over many years, compresses into large, thickened ice masses.