Different Shapes of Land
The land on Earth has many different shapes. These shapes of land are called landforms. Some land is high and some land is low.
Key idea
Landforms are the different shapes of land on Earth, such as a mountain, a hill, a valley and an island.
Some Landforms
- A mountain is land that is very high.
- A hill is raised land that is lower than a mountain.
- An island is land with water all around it.
- A river is water that flows over the land.
- A valley is the low land between two hills or mountains.
Example
Mount Kinabalu in Sabah is a very tall mountain. We can walk up a small hill in a park. The sea meets the land at a sandy beach where we can play.
Remember
- Landforms are shapes of land.
- A mountain is higher than a hill.
- An island has water all around it.