What is landform?

Landform is what shapes the Earth’s surface, just like how different toys shape a playroom.

Imagine you have a big sandbox. When you scoop up sand with your hands, pile it into hills, dig out holes for lakes, and flatten some parts to make roads, that's like how landforms are made in real life. The hills are like the mounds of sand you make, the valleys are like the spaces you dig, and the plains are like the flat areas where your toy cars zoom.

How Landforms Are Made

Just like you can shape a sandbox with your hands, landforms are shaped by nature. Water from rivers can carve out valleys, just like you digging with a spoon. Mountains can be pushed up by big forces underground, like when you press two sides of the sandbox together and make it rise.

Sometimes, landforms change over time, just like how your sandbox looks different after a rainstorm or if you add more sand.

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Examples

  1. A mountain is a big landform that rises above the surrounding area.
  2. Valleys are like long, low areas between mountains.
  3. Plateaus are flat, elevated landforms.

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