Examples of physical landforms found on world maps for students

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🏔️ A mountain is a large landform that rises prominently above its surroundings, usually exhibiting steep slopes and a relatively small summit area.
• 🏞️ A plateau is a flat, elevated landform that rises sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side. Plateaus can be formed by a number of processes, including upwelling of volcanic magma, extrusion of lava, and erosion by water and glaciers.
• 🏜️ A desert is a barren area of land where little precipitation occurs and consequently living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life.
• 🏝️ An island is a piece of subcontinental land that is both surrounded by water and smaller than a continent.
• 🌊 A peninsula is a piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides but connected to the mainland on one side.
• 🌍 A plain is a broad area of relatively flat land. Plains are one of the major landforms on Earth, and they cover more than one-third of the world's land area.

Practice Quiz

1. Which of the following landforms is a large, elevated area of flat land?
   1. Mountain
   2. Plateau
   3. Valley
   4. Canyon
2. What is a landform that is surrounded by water on three sides called?
   1. Island
   2. Peninsula
   3. Archipelago
   4. Strait
3. Which landform is typically dry and receives very little rainfall?
   1. Forest
   2. Desert
   3. Grassland
   4. Wetland
4. What is a large landform that rises high above its surroundings?
   1. Hill
   2. Mountain
   3. Plateau
   4. Plain
5. Which of the following is a piece of land completely surrounded by water?
   1. Peninsula
   2. Island
   3. Cape
   4. Isthmus
6. What is a large, flat area of land with few or no trees?
   1. Valley
   2. Plain
   3. Delta
   4. Tundra
7. Which type of landform is formed by deposition of sediment at the mouth of a river?
   1. Canyon
   2. Delta
   3. Glacier
   4. Volcano