landform
landforms: 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 o
Lighthouse
For upon |This landform, in Palo Duro Canyon, Texas, is nicknamed the “Lighthouse.” A landform is a feature on the Earth’s surface that is part of the terrain. Mountains, plains, and buttes (like these) are all landforms.
Death Valley
The landforms of mountain ridges and valleys dominate the view from Dante’s View, near Death Valley, California. Some of the ranges visible from Dante’s View include the Owls head, Panamint, and Funeral mountains.
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Palouse River
The Palouse River runs through a canyon in southeast Washington. This canyon was probably formed by a combination of tectonic activity and erosion. Tectonic plate movement under the Earth can create landforms by pushing up mountains and hills. Erosion by water and wind can wear downland and create landforms like valleys and canyons. Both processes happen over a long period of time, sometimes millions of years.
Everest
Mount Everest, Nepal, left, is the highest landform on Earth. Mount Everest is part of the Himalayas range that runs through central Asia. This view of Mount Everest was taken from Kala Pattar, another Himalayan mountain.
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. Erosion by water and wind can wear downland and create landforms like valleys and canyons. Both processes happen over a long period of time, sometimes millions of years.
It took 6 million years, in fact, for the Colorado River to carve out the Grand Canyon in the U.S. state of Arizona. The Grand Canyon is 446 kilometers (277 miles) long.
The highest landform on Earth is a mountain: Mount Everest in Nepal. It measures 8,850 meters (29,035 feet) above sea level. It is part of the Himalayas range that runs across several countries in Asia.
Landforms can exist underwater in the form of mountain ranges and basins under the sea. The Mariana Trench, the deepest landform on Earth, is in the South Pacific Ocean.
These striking landforms, called buttes, are created by erosion.
Photograph by Anthony Boyer, MyShot
And It’s Getting Deeper
At the Grand Canyons’ deepest point, it is over a mile (1.83 kilometers) from its top to its floor.
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