Landscapes
Look around you, what do you see? Everything around you is a landscape! Landscapes can be natural and man-made. Natural landscapes are areas that have not been transformed by human activity. Man-made landscapes have been transformed by human activity. There are various reasons why humans may transform a natural landscape to be a man-made landscape: people may farm the land for food or build on the land for shelters. People may also create roads and railways for transport. In the picture above there are examples of everything I have just mentioned, can you find examples of natural and man-made landscapes, farmed land, houses (shelters), and roads in this landscape picture?
Rural vs. Urban Landscapes
Rural landscapes are typical of the countryside. Rural landscapes have fewer inhabitants than urban landscapes. Rural landscapes can be categorized by big open spaces, fields, pastures, and perhaps an agricultural presence: open spaces are ideal for farming. What do you see in this rural landscape?
Urban landscapes are found in towns and cities. Urban landscapes typically include houses or apartment buildings and shops, they can also include factories. More people tend to live in urban landscapes because all the amenities necessary for a comfortable life are close by. There are also motorways in urban landscapes. Sevilla is an example of an urban landscape! What do you see in this urban landscape?
Inland vs. Coastal landscapes
Inland landscapes are far away from the coast. They have landforms such as mountains, hills, valleys, rivers, and plains! 
This diagram of an inland landscape has a few more features labeled so you can learn even more about the characteristics of inland landscapes!
Practice labeling the landforms of an inland landscape here!
Coastal landscapes are next to the sea or coast! Coastlines can be straight or irregular. They have landforms such as beaches, cliffs, headlands, and bays.
Here is a picture of the coastal landscape of Half Moon Bay, California (where I am from).
Can you identify a few of the coastal landforms in this picture?
Practice labeling the landforms of a coastal landscape here!
Try this interactive worksheet to see how well you can identify different landscapes!
What is a relief? A relief is the difference between the highest and the lowest elevations in an area. A relief can be flat or mountainous! Mountain landscapes have mountain ranges, mountains, ravines, and valleys. Flat landscapes have plains and plateaus.A plain is an area of low, flat land. There are also coastal plains.A plateau is a high plain, often inland. The Meseta in the center of Spain is a big plateau.
What is your favorite landscape? Which of the landscapes we have just learned about have you visited?
Urban landscapes are found in towns and cities. Urban landscapes typically include houses or apartment buildings and shops, they can also include factories. More people tend to live in urban landscapes because all the amenities necessary for a comfortable life are close by. There are also motorways in urban landscapes. Sevilla is an example of an urban landscape! What do you see in this urban landscape?
Inland vs. Coastal landscapes
Inland landscapes are far away from the coast. They have landforms such as mountains, hills, valleys, rivers, and plains!
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| This diagram of an inland landscape has a few more features labeled so you can learn even more about the characteristics of inland landscapes! Practice labeling the landforms of an inland landscape here! Coastal landscapes are next to the sea or coast! Coastlines can be straight or irregular. They have landforms such as beaches, cliffs, headlands, and bays. |
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| Here is a picture of the coastal landscape of Half Moon Bay, California (where I am from). Can you identify a few of the coastal landforms in this picture? Practice labeling the landforms of a coastal landscape here! |
What is a relief? A relief is the difference between the highest and the lowest elevations in an area. A relief can be flat or mountainous!
Mountain landscapes have mountain ranges, mountains, ravines, and valleys.
Flat landscapes have plains and plateaus.
A plain is an area of low, flat land. There are also coastal plains.
A plateau is a high plain, often inland. The Meseta in the center of Spain is a big plateau.
What is your favorite landscape? Which of the landscapes we have just learned about have you visited?
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