This story is from Tar Heel Reader. Follow this link to see the original and to find the photo credits. http://tarheelreader.org/2009/03/04/landforms-4/

1. Landforms by Shannon

2. Landforms are all around us.

3. Mountains are tall landforms that often have snow on top.

4. The space between two mountains is called a valley.

5. A plateau is like a mountain with a flat top.

6. Hills are like small mountains.

7. A river runs downhill and ends at the ocean.

8. Waterfalls occur when a stream or river runs over a cliff.

9. A canyon is formed when water runs downhill between two plateaus.

10. A large part of the earth is covered by oceans.

11. A bay is formed when water is surrounded on three sides by land.

12. An island is a landform that is surrounded by water.

13. We can see many landforms on maps.