Informative site about mountains. Look at the picture and read all about mountains, then take a quiz to show how much you know!

Read about the different types of mountains and how they are formed.

Informative site offering detailed information about the Appalachian Mountains. Click on links to various peaks and view photographs of these beautiful mountains.

Site from the Southern Kings Consolidated School about mountains. Learn what mountains are and how they form.

Understand the formation and geology of different landforms around the Earth.

Join Aldo, and learn about many different types of geological landforms.

Describes five types of landforms found in a tropical rainforest.

What is a mountain? Discover how mountains are formed, the types of mountains, and their importance.

This site from Mountains Magnificent for learning about the culture, trails, and atmosphere of the Himalaya Mountains.

Lesson plan with subsequent pages to use with the lesson. Images with landform word match up and additional work on earth modeling.

The NPS offers a good overview of the forces that create a plateau and experiments to help students understand. Lesson plan.

At this site from USGS you can view pictures and resources on the volcanoes located in the Cascade Mountain Range. Experience their beauty and splendor as you learn more about these volcanic mountains.

Detailed and thorough information about the Himalaya Mountains. Learn all about this mighty mountain chain and its diverse environment.

This clickable map of the United States defines different geographic features such as mountains, plains, islands, and deserts.

This instructional activity builds upon a National Geographic film covering George Mallory's effort to climb Mount Everest in 1924. It looks at the physical features of mountains, and the landform features of Mount Everest that present...

Lots of information here about glaciation, types of glaciers, the formation of glacial ice, changes in glacier size, how glaciers move, glacial erosion, landforms produced by glaciers, glacial deposition and drift, effects of glaciation...

The Tennessee River Gorge outside Chattanooga is recognized as a protected biosphere reserve by the United Nations due to its immense proportion of species to acres. Understanding the formation of the gorge helps explain why so many...

This is written to support and further your content learning about the dynamic nature of Earth's surface. The goal is for you to develop a conceptual understanding of landforms so that you will be able to more effectively teach...

This site contains helpful information and photos of the Himalayas. Learn valuable information from world traveler Mogens Larsen and journey with him to the enchanting Himalaya Mountains.

A map from 1904 of Africa and Madagascar showing the principal mountain, lake, and river systems. Mountain chains are shown with heavy black lines.

An outline map from 1904 of Asia showing mountain systems, plateau, plains, major lakes, rivers, coastal features, and seas of the region. This map is used as a key map for locating landform features on a traditional relief map, where...

A color relief map of Australia showing the mountain and highland systems of Australia, including the Australian Alps, and the central lowlands. This map also shows the Murray River and other major rivers and lakes.

A rich collection of highly engaging learning modules on topics related to the natural environment. Covers four main areas - plate tectonics, forms and processes, weather and climate, and rainforest and desert. Within each of these,...

The four major geographic regions of Texas are described in text and a slideshow, with a discussion of their landforms, climate, vegetation, animals, and resources.