Mr. Detamore's 3rd grade class each created one slide for this presentation. The students researched their landform and created original artwork to accompany their writing.

1. Landform Glossary
Mr. Detamore’s Class
November 2012

2. bay
A bay is a body of
water
It is mostly surrounded
by land.
Aidan G.

3. continent
 It is a very, very big
piece of land.
 There are only 7
continents. They are
not all close to each
other.
By Sarah

4. cove
 A cove is a horseshoe shaped
body of water
 The water is surrounded by
land formed of soft rock.
By Jake

5. delta
 A delta is an area of land that
forms at the mountain of a
river.
 A delta is usually shaped as
a triangle.
By Pranika

6. desert
 a desert is a place where
plants have a hard time
growing because it is very
dry.
 The Sahara desert is about
the size of the U.S.A.
By Joshua

7. equator
 A line that goes
through the world.
 On the equator it is
very hot.
By Jakob

8. geyser
A geyser is underground.
Geysers are found in volcanic
areas.
by Oliver G

9. island
 An island is a piece
of land surrounded
by water.
 It is a small piece of
land .
 Some islands have
lots of palm trees.


10. isthmus

 An isthmus is a skinny
part of land that
connects bigger bodies
of land
By Abigail

11. lake
 A lake is body of water
with land all around it.
 Did you know that some
lakes are made from
glaciers?
By Aidan B.

12. longitude
 longitude and latitude are
two measurements to locate
any point on earth
 The Greenwich meridian is a
special line on a map of
Earth
By Nick

13. mountain
 A mountain is a part of the
land that is much higher
than the land around it.
 Did you know that the
largest mountain chain in
north America is the rocky
mountains.
 The tallest mountain is
mount Everest.
by victor

14. ocean
The ocean is a large body of water
that covers most of the Earth.
The waters of the ocean are all
connected to each other in some
way.
By Isabella

15. peninsula
 Peninsulas are areas of land
that are surrounded by water
except the point where they
connect to a larger piece of
land.
 Peninsulas are usually long
thin strips of land
By Tina

16. plateau
 A plateau is a high flatland
with trees and plants.
 It’s high up but it’s smaller
then a mountain.
 They are curved like an
edge of the paper.
By Jackson

17. pond
 A pond is a little body of
water.
 Little animals are in a
pond.
By SAMUIL

18. river
definition ( A large body
of water
Rivers slow down at its
mouth. The soil that
carries along sometimes
builds up there.
By Luke

19. sea
A sea is a large body of water
surrounded by land.
The Black Sea is between
Europe and Asia.
By Jacob F.

20. tributary
Definition: a tributary
is a part of a river
system
A river can have more
than one tributary.
By Claude

21. valley
A valley is a natural dip in
the ground.
Valleys run through hills ,
mountains , and flat
areas.
By Rebecca K.

22. volcano
• Definition: A volcano is hole
or crack in earth.
• Sometimes, hot rocks and
gas shoot out of that crack.
By Madeline