Landforms
Bodies of Water
Landforms
Bodies of Water
This & That
100
a mountain with vents through which molten lava, ash, and gas erupts
What is a volcano?
100
a body of water nearly surrounded by land
What is a bay?
100
a piece of land completely surrounded by water
What is an island?
100
the smallest streams
What are brooks?
100
a large area of flat land that is covered with wild grasses
What is a prairie?
200
the low hills at the base of a mountain
What are foothills?
200
a small body of water that is surrounded by land on three sides
What is a gulf?
200
A high, rounded area of earth
What is a hill?
200
middle-sized streams
What are creeks?
200
Broad, flat land with slightly rolling hills
What is a plain?
300
a deep and narrow canyon with steep sides
What is a ravine?
300
a large stream of fresh water that flows to a lake or ocean or another large stream
What is a river?
300
The land that rises high above the land and has steep sides
What are mountains?
300
large inland body of salty water
What is a sea?
300
a dry land where few people live and little grows
What is a desert?
400
a long area of land called that has water on three of its sides
What is a peninsula?
400
the Earth's largest bodies of salt water
What are oceans?
400
the low lands between mountains or hills
What is a valley?
400
the largest river in the United States
What is the Mississippi River?
400
a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake
What is a tributary?
500
hill or mountain with steep sides and a flat top and stands by itself
What is a mesa or plateau?
500
a narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water
What is a strait?
500
A curved or hooked piece of land surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a cape?
500
a large body of fresh water with land all around it
What is a lake?
500
Land built by deposits of soil at the mouth of the river
What is a delta?
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