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chapter 9-landforms
Mrs.Castile's class
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| landform | a natural land shape or feature |
| topography | ALL the kinds of land forms in an area (mountains plains) |
| glacier | a sheet of ice |
| sand dune | a sand hill formed and shaped by wind |
| delta | landform of sand and other material deposited at the mouth of a river |
| sinkhole | a collapse of an underground cave |
| earthquake | a movement of the ground, caused by the sudden release of energy in earth's crust. |
| fault | a break in earth's crust |
| magma | molten rock beneath earth's surface |
| volcano | a mountain made of lava and ash |