Land
These landforms are usually very flat, with few trees.
Plains
What is an inland body of water?
Lake
What is the place where the ocean meets the land?
Coast
What is a hill of sand shaped by wind?
Dune
What is a large, thick body of slow moving ice and snow
glacier
1) What is an area of land completely surrounded by water? 2) Give ONE specific example (specific place)
Island; Answers will vary (Mackinac Island, Greenland, Iceland, Australia, Madagascar, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, etc.)
Fill in the blank: The ___ of the river is where a river empties into a larger body of water.
Mouth of the river
What is an area where a river deposits soil into the ocean. It is flat, low-laying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river.
A delta
What is the place that is extremely dry with few water and plants?
Desert
Narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
Isthmus
What is a piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
Peninsula
What is a narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water
A Strait
What is part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline and can be quite small.
Bay
What is a single steep rock formation that rises sharply from a landscape
Butte
What is an area with a water source (and sometimes vegetation) in a desert
Oasis
What is a lowland with moist soil and tall grasses
marsh
What is a small river that flows into a larger river or stream
Tributary
What is an archipelago?
A group of many islands
What is an area of rugged land that generally rises above 2,000 feet
Mountain
What is a narrow, steep depression in the ocean
Trench
Area of grassland and scattered trees
Savanna
What is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body by a border.
Lagoon
What is a high point of land that narrowly extends into a body of water.
A broad, flat-topped mountain with steep sides; smaller than a plateau
Mesa
A dry terrain where rich soils have been eroded
Badlands