Landforms

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arch
Curved rock formed when chemical and or physical weathering weakened the center causing erosion
butte
A hill with steep sides and a small, flat top. It is smaller than a mesa.
mesa
A single, wide, flat topped hill with at least one steep side
gorge
A narrow, steep sided valley or canyon
canyon
A V-shaped gorge with steep sides eroded by a stream
hanging valley
A valley floor above another valley floor caused by glacial erosion
hoodoo
A rock shaped like a mushroom or statue. Formed when weak rocks erode away and leave behind stronger rocks.
alluvial fan
a fan-shaped mass of rocks formed where a stream flows from a steep slope onto land that is flatter
flood plain
Land covered by water during a flood. Small particles like sand and silt deposit in this area
delta
A fan-shaped deposit of earth materials at the mouth of a stream
composite volcanoLandform built by alternating eruptions of lava, cinders and ash.cinder coneA volcano formed from a pile of cinders and other volcanic material blown out in an explosive eruption.sand duneSand deposited by wind in ridges, mounds or hillsshield volcanoVolcano built of very fluid lava. They look wider than looking tallmorraineUnsorted rocks and soil carried and deposited by glaciersleveeA bank along a stream that may prevent land from flooding.faultA break in Earth's crust where blocks of rocks fracture and move.plateauA high, nearly level uplifted area made of horizontal layers of rockcalderaA hole that forms when the top of a volcano blows off or when the magma below the volcano drains awayspheroidal rocksRounded rocks formed by physical and chemical weathering