Play- Doh Landforms

Play-Doh Landforms Use your Play-Doh to make the landform shown in the picture. Then write down notes.

Mountain

Volcano

Island Often an underwater mountain or volcano

Valley Low land BETWEEN mountains or hills

Glacier Frozen snow A frozen river

Canyon Cliffs created on both sides of a river; there MUST be a river

Delta Fan-like piece of land at a river mouth

Plateau Land higher than the surrounding land, usually flat and with sloped sides

Butte Mesa A large, wide butte Flat land higher than the surrounding land, but with steep sides

Plain Low land mostly flat or with low hills that can have grasses, shrubs, or a few trees.

Prairie Plain with grass and shrubs, WITHOUT trees

Steppe A plain that only has trees near rivers or lakes, but is almost a desert

Bay Ocean mostly surrounded by land; waters are usually calmer than in other parts of the ocean

Peninsula Land that juts out into the ocean and is mostly surrounded by water

Flood Plain Plain by a river that gets flooded periodically, leaving the soil EXTREMELY fertile

Sand Dune Hill made of sand that is eroded

Cliff Nearly vertical exposure of rock