Landforms
Elevated Landforms
Water
Miscellaneous
Land & Sea
100
butte
What is raised land with steeps sides and a flat top that is smaller than a mesa?
100
Land higher than level ground, but not as high or as steep as a mountain.
What is a hill?
100
A large inland body of fresh or salt water
What is a lake?
100
A dry area of land with fewer than 10 inches of precipitation a year
What is a desert?
100
A large area of sea or ocean partly surrounded by land
What is a gulf?
200
A strip of land that connects two larger areas of land
What is an isthmus?
200
An opening in the earth's crust through which molten lava, ash, and gases are ejected
What is a volcano?
200
An area of a sea or ocean partially enclosed by land; usually smaller than a gulf
What is a bay?
200
A landmass surrounded by water on three sides
What is a peninsula?
200
A flat-topped hill with steep sides, smaller than a mesa
What is a butte?
300
The entire body of salt water that covers more than 70% of the earth's surface
What is ocean?
300
A high, steep rock face
What is a cliff?
300
A large natural stream of water that empties into an ocean, a lake, or another body of water
What is a river?
300
A treeless plain usually covered with tall grass
What is a prairie?
300
An elevation of land higher than a hill
What is a mountain?
400
A low place between hills or mountains
What is a valley?
400
High, flat land with steep sides, larger than a mesa
What is a plateau?
400
A large body of salt water completely or partially surrounded by land
What is a sea?
400
A shallow body of water along a coast, but protected from the ocean
What is a lagoon?
400
A slow moving river of thick ice
What is a glacer?
500
A narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water
What is a strait?
500
A broad, flat-topped hill with steep sides
What is a mesa?
500
Wetland of fresh or salt water with reeds and a variety of plant life
What is a swamp?
500
One of Earth's seven principal landmasses
What is a continent?
500
A group or chain of islands
What is an archipelago?
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