Explain the structural differences between plains, plateaus, and mountains. Explain the origins and features of folded, upwarped, volcanic, and fault-block mountains. Tell how the topography of an area influences its development. The topography is made up of different kinds of landforms. They typically have narrow summits and steep sides.
Relief is high.
Includes the Appalachian Mountains, the Canadian Rockies, the Alps, Urals, and the Himalayas. Includes the Black Hills of South Dakota, the Adirondack Mountains of New York, and parts of the Rocky Mountains. Volcanic mountains - formed when hot magma from the Earth's interior breaks through the surface of the Earth. Plains are flat areas that do not rise far above sea level. They are areas of low relief.