Explore Landforms with Simba

Help Simba explore the pride lands, and learn about the different

landforms he is seeing.

Pick a Type of Landform

Mountain

• They have steep, sloping sides.• The highest point is called a

peak or summit.• A mountain range is a series

of mountains.• They form when the plates

on the Earth smash together.Click on Timon to move on.

Valley

• Land that takes the shape of a “U” or “V.” • Surrounded by mountains

and hills.• Formed millions of years

ago by glaciers. Click on Timon to move on.

Hill

• Looks like a little bump in the Earth.• Easier to climb than

mountains.• Formed by erosion, which is

when rock and soil get washed away and put in a new place.

Click on Timon to move on.

Peninsula

• Land surrounded by water on three sides.• Florida is an example of this.• Can be both big and small.• Found on every continent.

Click on Timon to move on.

Island

• Land that is not connected by any other land.• Formed from larger pieces

of land that broke off during earthquakes or from volcanos.

Click on Timon to move on.

Plateau

• Raised flat surfaces.• Surrounded by steep slopes.• Formed by volcanic or

erosion processes.

Click on Timon to move on.

Plain

• Very flat land.• Lowlands at the bottom of

valleys or plateaus.

Click on Timon to move on.