Rapids Rapids Landforms Have 2 Main Characteristics: A fast moving section of a river Has rough water Example of a Rapids Landform: Lava Falls Rapid, Colorado River, Arizona, USA The rapids picture above is of river rapids in Norway. What is a Rapids Landform? Rapids are a fast moving portion of a river with rough […]
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Pond Pond Landforms Have 2 Main Characteristics: Small body of water Generally smaller than a lake Example of a Pond Landform: The pond picture above is of Walden Pond, Concord, Massachusetts, USA What is a Pond Landform? A pond is a small body of water, usually smaller than a lake. A pond can be part […]
Landforms Lesson Plans This lesson was adapted from: http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/827.html This lesson plan is for: Social Studies, English, Language arts and is suitable for Grade 2 What students will accomplish in lesson : The students will explore different landforms on http://worldlandforms.com which will lead to a presentation on their favorite landforms. Goals : Social Studies – Students will develop […]
5 Types of Volcanoes By David Olmstead In planet’s surface or earth crust there are openings or ruptures that allows volcanic ashes, different gases and hot magma to escape are generally known as Volcanoes. Generally when the tectonic plates converges or diverge these volcanic eruptions takes place. different types of volcanoes of volcanoes that can […]
Alluvial Fan Alluvial fan landforms have 2 main characteristics: Fan or cone shaped Build up of sedimentary material such as gravel and silt Examples of Alluvial Fan Landforms: Death Valley National Park, California, USA Near the mountains south of the Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang, China lies an alluvial fan 25 miles long and nearly as wide. The […]
Headland Landforms Headland Landforms Have 2 Main Characteristics: 1. Prominent land extending into a large body of water 2. Often a cliff or other elevated landform Example of a Headland Landform: Cape Agulhas, Western Cape, South Africa The headland picture above is from Puerto Rico. What is a Headland Landform? A headland is an area […]
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In Asia, China, India, Nepal, and Bhutan are home to one of the eight wonders of the world and one of the most beautiful mountains in the world, the Himalaya Mountains also called the Himalayas. Boasting as the world’s highest and most famous mountain peak, Mt. Everest. Within the verse of the ‘Kumarsambhava’, Sanskrit […]
Nature have provided us with fascinating landforms and features. The most often adored landforms are volcanoes. Like the perfect cone structure of Mayon Volcano in the Philippines or Mount Fiji in Japan, people look at their beauty and wonder with great appreciation to nature. Volcanoes are mountains with a very disastrous nature. Their only […]
Taal Volcano is the second most active volcano found in the province of Batangas. A complex volcano in the middle of Taal Lake and is often called an island within a lake, that is an island within a lake that is on an island as well as one of the lowest volcano in the […]
Mayon Volcano is one of the active volcanoes in the Philippines. Located in the southern part of Luzon about 473 kilometers (294 miles) from Makati Business District of the Philippines, Mount Mayon is the main landmark of the Province of Albay of Bicol Region. According to local folklore, the volcano was named after Daragang […]
The global temperature and weather is to a large extent a direct result of the sun’s effect to our planet.  Together with the atmosphere and the rotation of the earth on its axis. The earth on which weather moves on has its own effect on the weather. The different landforms like mountains, volcanoes, plains, and the […]
